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| 5 | 5 | | 34-LS0196\A |
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| 11 | 11 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 3 |
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| 13 | 13 | | IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA |
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| 15 | 15 | | THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION |
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| 17 | 17 | | BY SENATOR CLAMAN |
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| 19 | 19 | | Introduced: 1/10/25 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Referred: Prefiled |
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| 23 | 23 | | A RESOLUTION |
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| 25 | 25 | | Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to the 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | duration of regular sessions of the legislature. 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | * Section 1. Article II, sec. 8, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read: 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 8. Regular Sessions. The legislature shall convene in regular session 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | each year on the fourth Monday in January, but the month and day may be changed by 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | law. The legislature shall adjourn from regular session not later than ninety [NO |
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| 32 | 32 | | 7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | LATER THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY] consecutive calendar days from the date 8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | it convenes except that a regular session may be extended once for up to ten 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | consecutive calendar days. An extension of the regular session requires the affirmative 10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | vote of at least two-thirds of the membership of each house of the legislature. The 11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | legislature shall adopt as part of the uniform rules of procedure deadlines for 12 |
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| 38 | 38 | | scheduling session work not inconsistent with provisions controlling the length of the 13 |
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| 39 | 39 | | session. 14 |
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| 40 | 40 | | * Sec. 2. Article XV, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new 15 |
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| 41 | 41 | | section to read: 16 34-LS0196\A |
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| 45 | 45 | | Section 30. Transition; Regular Legislative Session Duration. The 2026 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | amendment to Section 8 of Article II first applies to the First Regular Session of the 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Thirty-Fifth Alaska State Legislature and thereafter. 3 |
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| 48 | 48 | | * Sec. 3. The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of 4 |
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| 49 | 49 | | the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the 5 |
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| 50 | 50 | | State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state. 6 |
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