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This constitutional amendment proposes to amend the State Constitution to require a four-fifths majority vote in order to approve a constitutional amendment for submission to the voters during a lame duck session of the Legislature. Currently, amendments require a three-fifths majority vote to be submitted to the voters. This means 24 votes in the Senate and 48 votes in the General Assembly. An amendment can also be submitted to the voters if the amendment receives a simple majority vote in each house in sequential legislative years. This means 21 votes in the Senate and 41 votes in the General Assembly. This amendment would require a four-fifths majority vote to approve future amendments for submission to the voters. This means 32 votes in the Senate and 64 votes in the General Assembly. As defined by the amendment, the lame duck sessions begins on the first day that voters can cast a ballot at the November general election for members of the General Assembly, and ends when the new Legislature begins on the second Tuesday in January following the election. A lame duck session only occurs in the second year of a Legislature.

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Paul Kanitra (R)*,  Dawn Fantasia (R),  Greg McGuckin (R),  Gregory Myhre (R),  Brian Rumpf (R), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee (on 01/13/2026)

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