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SJR 1238: Percentage of Elector Votes Required to Approve an Amendment or a Revision

JOINT RESOLUTION by Rodriguez

Percentage of Elector Votes Required to Approve an Amendment or a Revision; Proposing an amendment to Section 5 of Article XI of the State Constitution to increase the percentage of elector votes required to approve an amendment to or a revision of the State Constitution from 60 percent to 66 and 2/3 percent, except that the repeal of an amendment or revision need only be approved by the same percentage of elector votes as was required at the time of passage of such amendment or revision, etc.

Last Action: 4/30/2021 Senate - Died in Rules
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Ethics and Elections (EE)
  2. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/11/2021 Senate • Filed
    2/18/2021 Senate • Referred to Ethics and Elections; Rules -SJ 126
    2/22/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 03/01/21, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building --Meeting cancelled
    3/2/2021 Senate • Introduced -SJ 126
    3/4/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 03/09/21, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
    3/9/2021 Senate • Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 5 NAYS 3 -SJ 239
    3/10/2021 Senate • Now in Rules
    4/21/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/20/21, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
    4/30/2021 Senate • Died in Rules

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  • SJR 1238, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/11/2021 at 10:49 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Ethics and Elections (Pre-Meeting) 2/26/2021 (pdf)
    Ethics and Elections (Post-Meeting) 3/10/2021 (pdf)
    Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/19/2021 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 61 Percentage of Elector Votes Required to Approve Constitutional Amendment or Revision Roth Identical Last Action: 4/30/2021 H Died on Second Reading Calendar Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    234294 - Amendment
    Delete lines 14 - 20 and insert:     		Ethics and Elections
    (Taddeo)     		3/8/2021
    9:08 AM     		Unfavorable
    3/10/2021     		Web Page
    PDF
    524756 - Amendment
    Between lines 61 and 62 insert:     		Ethics and Elections
    (Bradley)     		2/26/2021
    4:03 PM     		Withdrawn
    3/1/2021     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/9/2021 9:00 AM Ethics and Elections 5 Yeas - 3 Nays

    Citations - Constitution (1)

    Article Section Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    XI Section 5 Page 1 (pdf)

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