| 1 | 1 | | *HJ9206* |
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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE JOINT |
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| 4 | 4 | | RESOLUTION No. 4 |
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| 5 | 5 | | _____ |
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| 6 | 6 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOL UTION |
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| 8 | 8 | | Citations Affected: Article 4 of the Constitution of the State of |
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| 9 | 9 | | Indiana. |
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| 10 | 10 | | Synopsis: Membership of the general assembly. Increases the |
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| 11 | 11 | | membership of the Indiana senate to 100 members and the membership |
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| 12 | 12 | | of the Indiana house of representatives to 200 members. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Effective: This proposed amendment must be agreed to by two |
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| 14 | 14 | | consecutive general assemblies and ratified by a majority of the state's |
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| 15 | 15 | | voters voting on the question to be effective. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Dvorak |
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| 17 | 17 | | January 6, 2022, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative |
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| 18 | 18 | | Procedures. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 20222294 |
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| 20 | 20 | | 2022 HJ 4—HJ 9206/DI 75 Introduced |
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| 21 | 21 | | Second Regular Session of the 122nd General Assembly (2022) |
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| 22 | 22 | | PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana |
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| 23 | 23 | | Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, |
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| 24 | 24 | | additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional |
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| 26 | 26 | | provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the word |
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| 27 | 27 | | NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds a |
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| 28 | 28 | | new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts |
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| 30 | 30 | | between statutes enacted by the 2021 Regular Session of the General Assembly. |
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| 31 | 31 | | HOUSE JOINT |
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| 32 | 32 | | RESOLUTION No. 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to Article 4 of |
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| 34 | 34 | | the Constitution of the State of Indiana concerning the general |
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| 35 | 35 | | assembly. |
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| 36 | 36 | | Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 37 | 37 | | 1 SECTION 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2 State of Indiana is proposed and agreed to by this, the One Hundred |
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| 39 | 39 | | 3 Twenty-Second General Assembly of the State of Indiana, and is |
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| 40 | 40 | | 4 referred to the next General Assembly for reconsideration and |
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| 41 | 41 | | 5 agreement. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 6 SECTION 2. ARTICLE 4, SECTION 2 OF THE CONSTITUTION |
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| 43 | 43 | | 7 OF THE STATE OF INDIANA IS AMENDED TO READ AS |
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| 44 | 44 | | 8 FOLLOWS: Section 2. (a) The Senate shall not exceed fifty nor have |
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| 45 | 45 | | 9 one hundred (100) members. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 10 (b) The House of Representatives one hundred members; and they |
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| 47 | 47 | | 11 shall have two hundred (200) members. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 12 (c) Senators and Representatives shall be chosen by the electors |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2022 HJ 4—HJ 9206/DI 75 2 |
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| 50 | 50 | | 1 of the respective districts into which the State Indiana may, from time |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2 to time, be divided. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2022 HJ 4—HJ 9206/DI 75 |
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