SJR 1238 (2021) -  Percentage of Elector Votes Required to Approve an Amendment or a Revision

Joint Resolution by Rodriguez
Percentage of Elector Votes Required to Approve an Amendment or a Revision: Proposing an amendment to Section 5 of Article XI of the State Constitution to increase the percentage of elector votes required to approve an amendment to or a revision of the State Constitution from 60 percent to 66 and 2/3 percent, except that the repeal of an amendment or revision need only be approved by the same percentage of elector votes as was required at the time of passage of such amendment or revision, etc.
Effective Date: Not Specified
Last Event: 04/30/21 S Died in Rules on Friday, April 30, 2021 2:40 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Ethics and Elections
    • On agenda for: 03/09/21 9:00 AM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 5   Nays 3
  • Rules
    • On agenda for: 04/20/21 8:30 AM

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HJR 61 Subject: Percentage of Elector Votes Required to Approve Constitutional Amendment or Revision Relationship: Identical

Bill Text

  • Original Filed Version
    • A 234294 , Ethics and Elections, Taddeo Date Filed: 03/08/21, Line#: 14 Senate(c): Unfavorable 03/10/2021 05:51 PM
    • A 524756 , Ethics and Elections, Bradley Date Filed: 02/26/21, Line#: 61 Senate(c): Withdrawn 03/01/2021 09:54 AM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Rules 4/19/2021 8:05:36 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Ethics and Elections 3/10/2021 9:49:19 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Ethics and Elections 2/26/2021 4:38:37 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Rules Time: 04/30/2021 - 2:40 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/20/21, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed Time: 04/21/2021 - 2:22 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: __
Event: S Now in Rules Time: 03/10/2021 - 11:57 AM Member: Committee: Rules Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 5 NAYS 3 -SJ 239 Time: 03/09/2021 - 10:43 AM Member: Committee: Ethics and Elections Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 03/09/21, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building Time: 03/04/2021 - 3:30 PM Member: Committee: Ethics and Elections Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 126 Time: 03/02/2021 - 11:09 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 03/01/21, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building --Meeting cancelled Time: 02/22/2021 - 2:49 PM Member: Committee: Ethics and Elections Version: __
Event: S Referred to Ethics and Elections; Rules -SJ 126 Time: 02/18/2021 - 1:20 PM Member: Committee: Ethics and Elections Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 02/11/2021 - 10:49 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Constitutions Revised by this Bill