Mississippi House Concurrent Resolution 40 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

A Concurrent Resolution Proposing An Amendment To Section 33, Mississippi Constitution Of 1890, To Provide That The People Reserve To Themselves The Right To Exercise The Legislative Power Of The State 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 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.

Constitution; amend to provide that the people have the right to propose new laws or amend existing laws by initiative.

Rep. William Arnold [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	House	Died In Committee
2022-01-17	House	Referred To Constitution

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/HC/HC0040.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HC/HC0040IN.htm