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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION 1026 By: Roberts
AS INTRODUCED
A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
to refer to the people for their approval or
rejection a proposed amendm ent to Section 2 of
Article V of the Constitution of the State of
Oklahoma; requiring certain percentage of legal
voters be from each congressional district of the
state for certain petitions; providing bal lot title;
and directing filing.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE OF THE
1ST SESSION OF THE 59TH 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 2 of Article V of the
Constitution of the State of Oklahoma to read as follows:
Section 2. The first power reserved by the people is the
initiative, and eight per centum eight percent (8%) of the legal
voters shall have the right to propose any legislative measure, and
fifteen per centum eight percent (8%) of the legal voters shall have
the right to propose ame ndments to the Constitution by petition, and
every such petition shall include the full text of the mea sure so
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proposed. Of the signatures that need to be collected, at least
fifteen percent (15%) must come from legal vo ters of each
congressional district of this state. The second power is the
referendum, and it ma y be ordered (except as to laws n ecessary for
the immediate preservation of the public pe ace, health, or safety),
either by petition signed by five per centum percent (5%) of the
legal voters or by the Legislature as other bills are enacted. The
ratio and per centum percent of legal voters herei nbefore stated
shall be based upon the total number of votes cast at the last
general election for the Office of Governor.
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 PROPOSITI ON IS AS FOLLOWS:
This measure amends the Oklahoma Constitution. It amends the
section pertaining to initiative and referendum pet itions. The
amendment changes the percentage of legal voters necessary to
propose certain petitions from each congressional district of
this state.
SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
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SECTION 3. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall,
immediately after the passage of this resolution, prepare and file
one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set fort h in SECTION 2
hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney
General.
59-1-5445 LRB 01/14/23