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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE JOINT
RESOLUTION 2 By: Dahm
AS INTRODUCED
A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
to refer to the people fo r their approval or
rejection a proposed amend ment to Section 1 of
Article I of the Oklahoma Constitution; declaring the
State of Oklahoma a sovereign state; providing that
any laws contrary to the U nited States Constitution
are null and void; providing ballot title; and
directing filing.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF RE PRESENTATIVES 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 1 of Article I of the
Oklahoma Constitution to read as follows:
Section 1. The State of Oklahoma is an inseparable a sovereign
state, a part of the Federal Un ion known as the United States of
America, and the Constitution of the United States is the supreme
law of the land and any laws to the contrary are null, void, and of
no effect in this state .
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SECTION 2. The Ballot Title for the propo sed 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 PROPOSITIO N IS AS FOLLOWS:
This measure amends Section 1 of Article 1 of the Oklahoma
Constitution. This section declares the State of Oklahoma a
sovereign state and a part of the Federal Union with the United
States Constitution as the su preme law of the land. This
measure declares that any law to the contrary is null, vo id, and
of no effect in this state .
SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
SECTION 3. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall,
immediately after the passage of th is resolution, prepare and file
one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in SECTION 2
hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney
General.
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