Bill Text: IL SJRCA0012 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides for a referendum to reject any Public Act by a petition signed by a number of electors. Provides signature and content requirements for the petition. Provides requirements for the validity and sufficiency of petitions. Provides that if a petition is valid and sufficient, the proposed referendum shall be submitted to the electors at the general election specified in the petition. Provides that if the voters in a specified election reject a Public Act, it shall cease to be in effect on the date specified in the referendum. Effective upon being declared adopted.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-30 - Referred to Assignments [SJRCA0012 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SJRCA0012-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
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3 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | submitted to the electors of the State for adoption or | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | rejection at the general election next occurring at least 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | months after the adoption of this resolution a proposition to | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | amend Article IV of the Illinois Constitution by adding | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | Section 16 as follows:
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11 | ARTICLE IV
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12 | THE LEGISLATURE
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13 | (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 16 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | SECTION 16. INITIATIVE TO HOLD A REFERENDUM ON LEGISLATION | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | (a) A referendum to reject any Public Act, excepting | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | appropriation measures, passed by the General Assembly and | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | enacted into law may be proposed by a petition signed by a | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | number of electors equal in number to at least 5% of the total | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | votes cast for Governor in the preceding gubernatorial | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | election. The petition shall be signed by the petitioning | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | electors and filed with the State Board of Elections not more | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | than 90 days after the enactment of the Public Act. A petition | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | shall contain the Public Act number, the date of the general |
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1 | election at which the proposed amendment is to be submitted, | ||||||
2 | and the date, if the Public Act is rejected, that it will cease | ||||||
3 | to be in effect. | ||||||
4 | (b) The procedure for determining the validity and | ||||||
5 | sufficiency of a petition shall be provided by law. If the | ||||||
6 | petition is valid and sufficient, the proposed referendum | ||||||
7 | shall be submitted to the electors at the general election | ||||||
8 | specified in the petition. If the voters in the specified | ||||||
9 | election reject the Public Act, it shall cease to be in effect | ||||||
10 | on the date specified in the referendum.
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11 | SCHEDULE
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12 | This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being | ||||||
13 | declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois | ||||||
14 | Constitutional Amendment Act.
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