MS HC39 | 2022 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Failed on April 5 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-05 - Died In Conference
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Summary

A Concurrent Resolution Proposing An Amendment To Sections 33, 56, 61 And 72, Mississippi Constitution Of 1890, To Provide That The People Reserve To Themselves The Right To Propose New Laws And To Amend Or Repeal Existing Laws By Initiative, And To Approve Or Reject The Same In An Election Independent Of The Legislature; To Provide That Such An Initiative Measure May Be Proposed By A Petition Signed Over A Twelve-month Period By Qualified Electors Equal In Number To At Least Twelve Percent Of The Votes For All Candidates For Governor In The Last Gubernatorial Election; To Provide That The Signatures Of The Qualified Electors From Any Congressional District Shall Not Exceed The Total Number Of Signatures Required To Qualify An Initiative Measure For Placement On The Ballot Divided By The Number Of Congressional Districts In Existence On The Day That The Petition Is Filed; To Provide That No More Than Five Initiative Measures May Be Submitted To The Voters On A Single Ballot, And The First Five Initiative Measures Submitted To The Secretary Of State With Sufficient Petitions Shall Be The Measures That Are Submitted To The Voters; To Provide That In Order To Be Approved, An Initiative Measure Must Receive A Majority Of The Votes Cast And Not Less Than Forty Percent Of The Total Votes Cast At The Election At Which The Initiative Measure Was Submitted; To Provide That If Conflicting Initiative Measures Are Approved At The Same Election, The Initiative Measure Receiving The Highest Number Of Affirmative Votes Shall Prevail And Become Law; To Provide That The Legislature Shall Provide By Law The Manner In Which Initiative Petitions Shall Be Circulated, Presented And Certified; To Provide That The Mississippi Constitution Shall Only Be Amended By A Proposed Amendment Being Passed By Two-thirds Vote Of Each House Of The Legislature And Upon Receiving A Majority Vote When Placed On The Ballot To Be Voted Upon By The Qualified Electors Of The State; And Proposing An Amendment To Section 273, Mississippi Constitution Of 1890, To Delete The Provisions Authorizing Constitutional Amendments By Initiative;

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Title

Constitution; amend to provide that people have the right to propose new statutes and to amend or repeal existing statutes.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2022-03-08 - Senate - Senate Adopted As Amended (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-08 - House - House Adopted (Y: 92 N: 26 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2022-04-05HouseDied In Conference
2022-03-29 Suspend from Deadlines by HC 89
2022-03-25HouseConferees Named Shanks,Bain,McLean
2022-03-25SenateConferees Named Polk,Thompson,Blackwell
2022-03-25HouseConferees Named Shanks,Bain,Wright
2022-03-14HouseDecline to Concur/Invite Conf
2022-03-09SenateReturned For Concurrence
2022-03-08SenateAdopted As Amended
2022-03-08SenateAmended
2022-03-01SenateTitle Suff Adopted As Amended
2022-02-17SenateReferred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
2022-02-09HouseTransmitted To Senate
2022-02-09HouseMotion to Reconsider Tabled
2022-02-08HouseMotion to Reconsider Entered (McCray, Shanks, Hobgood-Wilkes)
2022-02-08HouseAdopted
2022-01-31HouseTitle Suff Do Be Adopted
2022-01-17HouseReferred To Constitution

Mississippi State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/HC/HC0039.xml
Texthttps://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HC/HC0039IN.htm
Texthttps://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HC/HC0039PS.htm
Amendmenthttps://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/ham/HC0039_H_Amend_01.htm
Amendmenthttps://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/ham/HC0039_H_Amend_02.htm
Amendmenthttps://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/ham/HC0039_H_Amend_03.htm
Amendmenthttps://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/ham/HC0039_H_Amend_04.htm
Amendmenthttps://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/sam/HC0039_S_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Roll Callhttps://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/votes/house/0360035.pdf
Roll Callhttps://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/votes/senate/0640009.pdf

Bill Comments

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