Bill Text: MI HJRI | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Legislature; sessions; sine die; establish as the Friday before the first Monday in November in an even numbered year. Amends sec. 13, art. IV of the state constitution.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-15 - Joint Resolution Electronically Reproduced 03/14/2017 [HJRI Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HJRI-Introduced.html

---

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION I

 

 

March 14, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Howell, Crawford, Lucido, Hernandez, Hoadley and Chang and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

     A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, by amending section 13 of article IV, to

 

provide for the end of the legislative session at certain times in

 

certain years.

 

     Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

 

state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, to provide for the end of the legislative

 

session at certain times in certain years, is proposed, agreed to,

 

and submitted to the people of the state:

 

ARTICLE IV

 

     Sec. 13. The legislature shall meet at the seat of government

 

on the second Wednesday in January of each year at twelve o'clock

 

noon. Each The regular session in an odd numbered year shall

adjourn without day, on a day determined by concurrent resolution,

 

at twelve o'clock noon. The regular session in an even numbered

 

year shall adjourn without day on the Friday before the first

 

Monday in November. Any business, bill, or joint resolution pending

 

at the final adjournment of a regular session held in an odd

 

numbered year shall carry over with the same status to the next

 

regular session.

 

     Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be

 

submitted to the people of the state at the next general election

 

in the manner provided by law.