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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION 1007 By: Fugate
AS INTRODUCED
A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
to refer to the people for their approval or
rejection a proposed amendmen t to Section 1 of
Article XXIV of the Constitution of the State of
Oklahoma; modifying provisions related to voting
requirement for passage during legislative process;
providing ballot title; and directing filing.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE OF THE
1ST SESSION OF THE 60TH 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 XXIV of the
Constitution of the State of Oklahoma 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 majority three-fourths (3/4) of all the
members elected to each of the two (2) houses, s uch proposed
amendment or amendments shall, with the yeas and nays thereon, be
entered in their journals and referred by the Secretary of State to
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the people for their approval or rejection, at the next regular
general election, 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 such election shall vote in favor thereof, it shall thereby
become a part of this Constituti on.
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; 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 Constitutiona l
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 amends the Oklahoma Constitution. It amends
Section 1 of Article 24. This section relates to proposed
amendments to the Oklahoma Constitution if the proposal is
referred to a vote of the people in a measure passed by the
Legislature. This measure would change the number of votes
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required for passage of the measure during the legislative
process. It would increase the voting requirement from a
majority of the members of each chamber of the Legislature to
three-fourths (3/4) of the members of each chamber of the
Legislature.
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 Ballot Title set forth in
SECTION 2 hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the
Attorney General.
60-1-10729 MAH 01/08/25