HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION J

 

 

March 21, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Gay-Dagnogo, Sabo, Schor, Byrd, Scott, Brinks, Dianda, Cochran, Chirkun, Lasinski, Elder, Chang, Robinson, Hammoud, Wittenberg, Neeley, Sneller, Ellison, Zemke, Durhal, Liberati, Pagan, Yanez, Hertel, Moss, Hoadley and Love and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

     A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, by amending section 27 of article IV, to

 

require a record roll call vote to give an act immediate effect.

 

     Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

 

state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, to require a record roll call vote to give an

 

act immediate effect, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the

 

people of the state:

 

ARTICLE IV

 

     Sec. 27. No An act shall not take effect until the expiration

 

of 90 days from the end of the session at which it was passed, but,

 

by a record roll call vote, the legislature may give immediate

 

effect to acts by a with approval by two-thirds vote of the members

 

elected to and serving in each house.

 

     Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be

 

submitted to the people of the state at the next general election

 

in the manner provided by law.