SJR 47 - Current law provides that any constitutional amendment or new constitution takes effect when approved by a simple majority of the votes cast on the measure. This constitutional amendment, if approved by the voters, requires any constitutional amendment or new constitution to be approved by both a simple majority of the votes cast on the measure statewide and a simple majority of the votes cast in at least three-quarters of the Congressional districts in the state.

The amendment additionally prohibits campaign committees in support or opposition of a proposed constitutional amendment or new constitution from knowingly accepting contributions from foreign governments, foreign political parties, or foreign nationals.

This constitutional amendment is substantially similar to the introduced SJR 74 (2024), SJR 48 (2024), SJR 59 (2024), SJR 61 (2024), and a provision in SJR 83 (2024), and similar to SJR 28 (2023), SJR 33 (2023), provisions in SJR 2 (2023), SJR 10 (2023), SJR 17 (2023), HJR 18 (2023), and HCS/HJR 30 (2023).

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Statutes affected:
Introduced (0462S.03): 0.000, 0.000