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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
SENATE JOINT
RESOLUTION 4 By: Haste
AS INTRODUCED
A Joint Resolution directing the S ecretary of State
to refer to the people f or their approval or
rejection a proposed amendment t o Section 3 of
Article V and Section 1 of Article XXIV of the
Oklahoma Constitution; increasing percentage of vote
required to pass certain measures; providing ballot
title; and directing filing.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF R EPRESENTATIVES OF THE
1ST 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 prov ided by law,
the following proposed amendment to Sect ion 3 of Article V of the
Oklahoma Constitution 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 bi ll
on which the referendum is demanded. The veto power of the Governor
shall not extend to measures voted on by the people. All elections
on measures referred to the people of the sta te shall be had at the
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next election held throughout the state, except when the Legislature
or the Governor shall order a special election for the express
purpose of making such reference. Any measure referred to the
people by the initiative or referendum shall take effect and be in
force when it shall have been approved by a majority not less than
sixty percent (60%) 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, who shall submit the same to the people. The
Legislature shall make suitable provisions f or carrying into effe ct
the provisions of this article.
SECTION 2. 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 Sect ion 1 of Article XXIV of the
Oklahoma Constitution to read as follows:
Section 1. Any amendment or amen dments to this Constitution may
be proposed in either branch of the Legislature, and if the same
shall be agreed to by a majori ty of all the members elected to ea ch
of the two (2) houses, such proposed a mendment 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 their approval
or rejection, at the next regular general election, except when the
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Legislature, by a two -thirds (2/3) vote of each house, shall order a
special election for that purpose. If a majority not less than
sixty percent (60%) of all the electors voting on any proposed
amendment at such election shall vote in favor thereof, it shall
thereby become 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 or against each
proposal submitted; provid ed, however, that in the submission of
proposals for the ame ndment of this Constitution by articles, which
embrace one general subject, each proposed article shall be deemed a
single proposal or proposition.
SECTION 3. The Ballot Title for the proposed Constitutional
amendment as set forth in SECTI ONS 1 and 2 of this resolution shall
be in the following form:
BALLOT TITLE
Legislative Referendum N o. ____ State Question No. ____
THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
This measure would amend Sec tion 3 of Article 5 of the Oklahoma
Constitution. It would increase the vote required to pass an
initiative or referendum petition from a simple majority to a
60% vote of the electors voting on the petition. This measure
would also amend Section 1 of Article 24 of the Oklahoma
Constitution. It would increase the vote required to pass a
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constitutional amendment proposed by the Legislature from a
simple majority to a 60% vote of the electors voting on the
amendment.
SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
SECTION 4. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall,
immediately after the passage of this resolution, prepare and file
one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in SECTION 3
hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney
General.
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