| 1 | 1 | | Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to the Arkansas |
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| 2 | 2 | | Constitution. |
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| 3 | 3 | | *MBM121* 02/03/2025 10:44:32 AM MBM121 |
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| 4 | 4 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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| 5 | 5 | | 95th General Assembly 2 |
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| 6 | 6 | | Regular Session, 2025 SJR 9 3 |
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| 8 | 8 | | By: Senator B. King 5 |
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| 11 | 11 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8 |
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| 12 | 12 | | AN AMENDMENT TO ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 5, § 9 |
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| 13 | 13 | | 20, PERMITTING THE STATE OF ARKANSAS TO BE SUED AS A 10 |
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| 14 | 14 | | DEFENDANT IN STATE COURT TO ENFORCE CONSTITUTIONAL 11 |
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| 15 | 15 | | RIGHTS OR AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW. 12 |
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| 17 | 17 | | 14 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Subtitle 15 |
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| 19 | 19 | | A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PERMITTING 16 |
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| 20 | 20 | | THE STATE OF ARKANSAS TO BE SUED AS A 17 |
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| 21 | 21 | | DEFENDANT IN STATE COURT TO ENFORCE 18 |
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| 22 | 22 | | CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OR AS OTHERWISE 19 |
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| 23 | 23 | | PROVIDED BY LAW. 20 |
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| 25 | 25 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY -FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 22 |
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| 26 | 26 | | STATE OF ARKANSAS, AND BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, A MAJORITY OF ALL 23 |
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| 27 | 27 | | MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH HOUSE AGREEING THERETO: 24 |
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| 29 | 29 | | THAT the following is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of 26 |
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| 30 | 30 | | the State of Arkansas, and upon being submitted to the electors of the state 27 |
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| 31 | 31 | | for approval or rejection at the next general election for Representatives 28 |
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| 32 | 32 | | and Senators, if a majority of the electors voting thereon at the election 29 |
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| 33 | 33 | | adopt the amendment, the amendment shall become a part of the Constitution of 30 |
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| 34 | 34 | | the State of Arkansas, to wit: 31 |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 1. The purpose of this joint resolution is to amend Arkansas 33 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Constitution, Article 5, § 20, to permit the State of Arkansas to be sued as 34 |
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| 38 | 38 | | a defendant in state court to enforce constitutional rights or as otherwise 35 |
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| 39 | 39 | | provided by law. 36 |
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