Bill Text: MI SJRH | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Legislature; rules; passage of bills introduced during regular session held after November election in an even-numbered year; require a 2/3 vote in both houses. Amends sec. 26, art. IV of the state constitution.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-06-13 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SJRH Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SJRH-Introduced.html
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION H
June 13, 2019, Introduced by Senators WOJNO, IRWIN, POLEHANKI, BAYER, BULLOCK, MCCANN, RUNESTAD, GEISS, ALEXANDER, ANANICH and BRINKS and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending section 26 of article IV, to
require a two-thirds vote on any bill introduced during a regular
legislative session held after the November election in an even-
numbered year.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to require a two-thirds vote on any bill
introduced during a regular legislative session held after the
November election in an even-numbered year, is proposed, agreed to,
and submitted to the people of the state:
ARTICLE IV
Sec. 26. No bill shall be passed or become a law at any
regular session of the legislature until it has been printed or
reproduced and in the possession of each house for at least five
days. Every bill shall be read three times in each house before the
final passage thereof. A bill introduced during a regular session
held after the November election in an even-numbered year shall not
become law without the approval of two-thirds of the members
elected to and serving in each house. No bill shall become a law
without the concurrence of a majority of the members elected to and
serving in each house. On the final passage of bills, the votes and
names of the members voting thereon shall be entered in the
journal.
Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be
submitted to the people of the state at the next general election
in the manner provided by law.
