Bill Text: MO HJR42 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposes a constitutional amendment changing the dates that specified actions can take place on bills filed in a legislative session
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-05 - Voted Do Pass (H) [HJR42 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2012-HJR42-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SATER.
4444L.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
JOINT RESOLUTION
Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an amendment repealing sections 20(a) and 25 of article III of the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting two new sections in lieu thereof relating to the general assembly.
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein:
That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2012, or at a special election to be called by the governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for adoption or rejection, the following amendment to article III of the Constitution of the state of Missouri:
Section A. Sections 20(a) and 25, article III, Constitution of Missouri, are repealed and two new sections adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 20(a) and 25, to read as follows:
Section 20(a). The general assembly shall adjourn at midnight on May thirtieth until the first Wednesday after the first Monday of January of the following year, unless it has adjourned prior thereto. All bills in either house remaining on the calendar after 6:00 p.m. on the first Friday following the second Monday in [May] April are tabled. The period between the first Friday following the second Monday in [May] April and May thirtieth shall be devoted to the enrolling, engrossing, and the signing in open session by officers of the respective houses of bills passed prior to 6:00 p.m. on the first Friday following the second Monday in [May] April.
The general assembly shall automatically stand adjourned sine die at 6:00 p.m. on the sixtieth calendar day after the date of its convening in special session unless it has adjourned sine die prior thereto.
Section 25. No bill other than an appropriation bill shall be introduced in either house after the [sixtieth] fiftieth legislative day unless consented to by a majority of the elected members of each house or the governor shall request a consideration of the proposed legislation by a special message. No appropriation bill shall be taken up for consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the first Friday following the first Monday in [May] April of each year.
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