Bill > S0152

This Joint Resolution proposes amendments to the State Constitution to require a "supermajority vote" – meaning a two-thirds vote of each house of the legislature – to pass a general law that "preempts" a subject of legislation to the state. Preemption, in this context, means that a state law would prevent local governments, like cities or counties, from making their own laws on that specific subject. Currently, such laws can be passed with a simple majority vote. This resolution aims to make it harder for the state to take away the power of local governments to legislate by requiring a higher level of agreement within the legislature.