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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
SENATE JOINT
RESOLUTION 5 By: Taylor
AS INTRODUCED
A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
to refer to the people for their approval or
rejection a proposed amendment to Section 1 of
Article XXIV of the Oklahoma Constitution; increasing
percentage of vote re quired 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 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 amendments to this Constitution may
be proposed in either branch of the Legislature, and if the same
shall be agreed to by a major ity of all the members elected to ea ch
of the two (2) houses, such 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 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 voter s shall vote separately for or against each
proposal submitted; provided, however, that in the submission 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.
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 N o. ____ State Question No. ____
THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
This measure would amend Section 1 of Article 24 of the Oklahoma
Constitution. It would increase the vote required to pass a
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?
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FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
SECTION 3. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall,
immediately after the passage of this resolution, prepare and file
one copy thereof, including the Ballot Titl e set forth in SECTION 2
hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney
General.
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