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Introduced Version
HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION No. 4
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOL UTION
Citations Affected: Article 4 of the Constitution of the State of
Indiana.
Synopsis: Membership of the general assembly. Increases the
membership of the Indiana senate to 100 members and the membership
of the Indiana house of representatives to 200 members.
Effective: This proposed amendment must be agreed to by two
consecutive general assemblies and ratified by a majority of the state's
voters voting on the question to be effective.
Dvorak
January 6, 2022, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative
Procedures.
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HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION No. 4
A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to Article 4 of
the Constitution of the State of Indiana concerning the general
assembly.
Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of the
2 State of Indiana is proposed and agreed to by this, the One Hundred
3 Twenty-Second General Assembly of the State of Indiana, and is
4 referred to the next General Assembly for reconsideration and
5 agreement.
6 SECTION 2. ARTICLE 4, SECTION 2 OF THE CONSTITUTION
7 OF THE STATE OF INDIANA IS AMENDED TO READ AS
8 FOLLOWS: Section 2. (a) The Senate shall not exceed fifty nor have
9 one hundred (100) members.
10 (b) The House of Representatives one hundred members; and they
11 shall have two hundred (200) members.
12 (c) Senators and Representatives shall be chosen by the electors
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1 of the respective districts into which the State Indiana may, from time
2 to time, be divided.
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