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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION 1052 By: O'Donnell
AS INTRODUCED
A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
to refer to the people for their approval or
rejection a proposed amend ment to Section 3 of
Article V and Section 1 of Article XXIV of the
Constitution of the State of Oklahoma; requiring
certain measures contain wording in ballot title
related to fiscal impact ; authorizing procedures to
be established pursuant to enabling le gislation;
providing ballot title; and direct ing filing.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE OF THE
2ND SESSION OF THE 58TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for
their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law,
the following proposed amendment to Section 3 of Article V and to
Section 1 of Article XXIV of the Constitution of the State of
Oklahoma to read as follows:
Section 3. Referendum petitions shall be filed with the
Secretary of State not more than ninety (90) days after the final
adjournment of the session of the Legislature which passed the bill
on which the referendum is demanded. The veto power of the Governor
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shall not extend to measures voted on by the people. All electi ons
on measures referred to the people of the state shall be had at the
next election held throughout the state, except when the Legislature
or the Governor shal l order a special election for the express
purpose of making such reference. Any measure refer red to the
people by the initiative or referendum shall take effect and be in
force when it shall have been approved by a majority of the votes
cast thereon and not otherwise.
The style of all bills shall be: "Be it Enacted By the People
of the State of Oklahoma."
Petitions and orders for the initiative and for the referendum
shall be filed with the Secretary of State and addressed to the
Governor of the state, w ho shall submit the same to the people. The
Legislature shall make suitable provisions for car rying into effect
the provisions of this article.
Any initiative petition filed with th e Secretary of State,
including an initiative petition to amend the Oklaho ma Constitution,
and any measure referred to the ballot pursuant to action by the
Legislature, which is submitted to the ballot pursuant to the
provisions of this section shall have incl uded in the ballot tit le a
statement which describes the specific fisc al impact, whether
positive, neutral, or negative, that the proposed amendment to
statutes or to the Constitution would have as determined by the
State Auditor and Inspector. T he Legislature shall enact laws to
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prescribe the procedure pursuant to which the fiscal analysis is
conducted and the method f or including the fiscal impact in the
ballot title of the measure.
Section 1. Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution may
be proposed in either branch of the Legislature, and if the same
shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected t o each
of the two (2) houses, suc h proposed amendment or amendments shall,
with the yeas and nays thereon, be entered in their journals and
referred by the Secretary of State to the people for thei r approval
or rejection, at the next regular general electi on, except when the
Legislature, by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of each house, shall order a
special election for that purpose. If a majority of all the
electors voting on any proposed amendment at su ch election shall
vote in favor thereof, it shall thereby b ecome a part of this
Constitution.
No proposal for the amendment or alteration of this Constitution
which is submitted to the voters shall embrace more than one general
subject and the voters shall vote separately for o r against each
proposal submitted; pr ovided, however, that in the subm ission of
proposals for the amendment of this Constitution by articles, which
embrace one general subject, each proposed article shall be deemed a
single proposal or proposition.
Any proposal to amend the Constitution submi tted to the ballot
pursuant to the provisions of this section shall have included in
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the ballot title a statement which describes the specific fiscal
impact, whether positive, neutral, or negative, that the amendment
would have as determined by the State A uditor and Inspector. T he
Legislature shall enact laws to prescribe the procedure pursuant to
which the fiscal analysis is conducted and the method f or including
the fiscal impact in the ballot title of the measure.
SECTION 2. The Ballot Title for the proposed Constitutional
amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be in
the following form:
BALLOT TITLE
Legislative Referendum No. ____ State Question No. ____
THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
This measure would amend the Oklahoma Constitution. It would
amend Section 3 of Article 5 and it woul d also amend Section 1
of Article 24. This measure would require ballot titles to
contain a statement of fiscal imp act. It would apply to ballot
titles for measures being voted upon as a result of an
initiative petition. The initiative petition could contain
changes to the Oklahoma Statutes or it could contain changes to
the Oklahoma Constitution. The fiscal impact statement would be
required in both cases. The Legislature can refer measures to
the people. Those measures can contain changes to the Okl ahoma
Statutes or changes to the Oklahoma Co nstitution. The fiscal
impact statement would be required for any of those measures
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referred by the Legisla ture. The fiscal imp act statement would
be prepared by the State Auditor and Inspector. The Legislatur e
would be required to write procedures so that the fiscal impact
statement was included in the ballot title for any of these
measures.
SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
SECTION 3. The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives,
immediately after the passage of this resolution, shall prepare and
file one copy thereof, including the B allot Title set forth in
SECTION 2 hereof, with the Secretary of State and one cop y with the
Attorney General.
58-2-8379 MAH 12/27/21