House Joint Resolution No. 216 proposes a constitutional amendment to allow 16- and 17-year-old citizens of the state to apply for admission as electors, with the understanding that they will be granted the right to vote upon reaching the age of 18, provided they meet all other qualifications. The current state constitution only permits citizens to apply for elector status if they will turn 18 by the day of a regular election. The resolution also allows 17-year-olds who will be 18 by the day of a regular election and have applied for elector status to vote in primaries. The proposed amendment will be presented to voters with the ballot designation: "Shall the Constitution of the State be amended to allow any citizen who has attained the age of sixteen years to preregister to be an elector, for the purpose of becoming an elector on such citizen's eighteenth birthday?"

The resolution, if passed by at least three-fourths of the membership of each house of the General Assembly, will be placed on the 2024 general election ballot. If it passes by a simple majority but less than three-fourths, it will be referred to the 2025 legislative session. If approved in that session by a majority of each house, it will appear on the 2026 general election ballot. The amendment will become part of the state constitution if it receives a majority vote in the general election. The resolution is expected to incur a one-time cost of $10,000 in FY 25 due to increased printing costs for the ballot. The Government Administration and Elections Committee has given a joint favorable recommendation for this resolution.