25.3051.01001
Title.02000
Adopted by the House Government and
Veterans Affairs Committee
Sixty-ninth
March 14, 2025
Legislative Assembly
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Senators Hogue, Klein, Dever
Representatives Klemin, Lefor, Weisz
A concurrent resolution to amend and reenact section 9 of article III and section 16 of article IV
of the Constitution of North Dakota, relating to requiring each resolution adopted by the
legislative assembly proposing a constitutional amendment and each initiative petition and
measure proposing a constitutional amendment to be comprised of a single subject.
STATEMENT OF INTENT
This measure would require each resolution adopted by the legislative assembly proposing a
constitutional amendment and each initiative petition and measure proposing a constitutional
amendment to be comprised of a single subject.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN:
That the following proposed amendments to section 9 of article III and section 16 of
article IV of the Constitution of North Dakota are agreed to and must be submitted to the
qualified electors of North Dakota at the primarygeneral election to be held in JuneNovember of
2026, in accordance with section 16 of article IV of the Constitution of North Dakota.
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 9 of article III of the Constitution of North Dakota is
amended and reenacted as follows:
Section 9. A constitutional amendment may be proposed by initiative petition. The
proposed amendment may not embrace or be comprised of more than one subject, as
determined by the secretary of state, and the secretary of state may not approve the initiative
petition for circulation if the proposed amendment comprises more than one subject. If signed
by electors equal in number to four percent of the resident population of the state at the last
federal decennial census, the petition may be submitted to the secretary of state. All other
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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4007
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
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provisions relating to initiative measures apply heretoto initiative measures for constitutional
amendments .
SECTION 2. AMENDMENT. Section 16 of article IV of the Constitution of North Dakota is
amended and reenacted as follows:
Section 16. Any amendment to this constitution may be proposed in either house of the
legislative assembly, and if. The proposed amendment may not embrace or be comprised of
more than one subject. If agreed to upon a roll call by a majority of the members elected to
each house, must be submitted to the electors and if a majority of the votes cast thereonupon
the question are in the affirmative, the amendment is a part of this constitution.
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