CS/HB 1743: Constitutional Amendments
GENERAL BILL by Ethics & Elections Committee ; Reagan
Constitutional Amendments; requires Attorney General to provide to Secretary of State & sponsor copy of petition to Supreme Court requesting advisory opinion as to validity of initiative petition; requires Supreme Court to render certain advisory opinions by April 1 of general election year; requires initiative petitions to be filed by February 1 of general election year in order to be placed on ballot, etc. Amends 16.061, 100.371.
Effective Date: Upon becoming law
Last Action: 5/6/2005 Senate - Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HB 1589 (Ch. 2005-278)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 5/6/2005 Senate - Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HB 1589 (Ch. 2005-278)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 3/18/2005 | House |
• Filed; Introduced -HJ 00231 |
| 3/31/2005 | House |
• Referred to Judiciary (JC); State Administration Council -HJ 00326 |
| 4/11/2005 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary (JC), 04/13/05, 1:00 pm, Morris Hall |
| 4/13/2005 | House |
• Favorable by Judiciary (JC); YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -HJ 00530; Now in State Administration Council -HJ 00530 |
| 4/18/2005 | House |
• On Council agenda-- State Administration Council, 04/20/05, 9:15 am, Morris Hall |
| 4/20/2005 | House |
• Favorable with CS amendment by- State Administration Council; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -HJ 00618 |
| 4/21/2005 | House |
• Pending review of CS -under Rule 6.3(b); Placed on Calendar -HJ 00618 |
| 4/26/2005 | House |
• Placed on Special Order Calendar |
| 4/27/2005 | House |
• Placed on Special Order Calendar -HJ 00719; Read second time -HJ 00830; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00830; Ordered engrossed -HJ 00830 |
| 4/28/2005 | House |
• Read third time -HJ 01004; Passed as amended; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 -HJ 01004 |
| 4/28/2005 | Senate |
• In Messages |
| 5/2/2005 | Senate |
• Received, referred to Ethics and Elections; Governmental Oversight and Productivity; Rules and Calendar -SJ 00816 |
| 5/6/2005 | Senate |
• Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HB 1589 (Ch. 2005-278) |