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STATE OF WYOMING
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. SJ0003
Constitutional amendment vote requirement.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Laursen, D, Biteman, French, Ide and McKeown and Representative(s) Allemand,
Locke, Slagle and Ward
A JOINT RESOLUTION
for
1 A JOINT RESOLUTION to amend the Wyoming Constitution to add
2 a requirement for constitutional amendments to be ratified by
3 a majority of the electors in not less than three-fourths of
4 the counties.
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6 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING,
7 two-thirds of all the members of the two houses, voting
8 separately, concurring therein:
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10 Section 1. The following proposal to amend Wyoming
11 Constitution, Article 20, Section 1 is proposed for
12 submission to the electors of the State of Wyoming at the
13 next general election for approval or rejection to become
14 valid as a part of the Constitution if ratified by a majority
15 of the electors at the election:
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2 Article 20, Section 1. How amendments proposed by
3 legislature and submitted to people.
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5 Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be
6 proposed in either branch of the legislature, and, if the
7 same shall be agreed to by two-thirds (2/3) of all the members
8 of each of the two houses, voting separately, such proposed
9 amendment or amendments shall, with the yeas and nays thereon,
10 be entered on their journals, and it shall be the duty of the
11 legislature to submit such amendment or amendments to the
12 electors of the state at the next general election, and cause
13 the same to be published without delay for at least twelve
14 (12) consecutive weeks, prior to said election, in at least
15 one newspaper of general circulation, published in each
16 county, and if a majority of the electors in the state and in
17 not less than three-fourths (3/4) of the counties shall ratify
18 the same, such amendment or amendments shall become a part of
19 this constitution.
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1 Section 2. That the Secretary of State shall endorse
2 the following statement on the proposed amendment:
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4 Article 20, Section 1 of the Wyoming Constitution requires
5 constitutional amendments to be ratified by a majority of the
6 electors to become part of the constitution. This amendment
7 would add a requirement for constitutional amendments to be
8 ratified by a majority of the electors in not less than three-
9 fourths (3/4) of the counties.
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11 (END)
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