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SB 1506: Constitutional Amendments/Initiative

JOINT RESOLUTION by Atwater

Constitutional Amendments/Initiative; constitutional amendment that would reserve to electors the right to propose laws by initiative process & approve it by referendum & would require approval from three-fifths of electors voting on issue in order for proposed law to be adopted; such laws would not be subject to Governor's veto power & could not be amended or repealed by Legislature in its first 2 years without extraordinary majority vote, etc. Amends Art. III, Art. IV, Art. XI.

Last Action: 5/2/2003 Senate - Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/21/2003 Senate • Prefiled
3/4/2003 Senate • Introduced, referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Appropriations; Rules and Calendar -SJ 00081
3/28/2003 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 04/02/03, 1:00 pm, 412-K --Temporarily postponed
5/2/2003 Senate • Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections