2023
Regular Session
Constitution; amend Section 273 to provide initiative procedure for new law or constitutional amendment.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 273, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO REINSTATE THE INITIATIVE PROCEDURE DECLARED INVALID BY THE MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT, TO PROVIDE THAT THE INITIATIVE PROCESS MAY BE USED TO AMEND THE MISSISSIPPI STATUTES OR TO AMEND THE MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION, TO BASE THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED TO AMEND A STATUTE ON THE LAST GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION AND TO BASE THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED FOR AN INITIATIVE PETITION TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION ON THE LATEST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, TO CONFORM THE PRO RATA SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS FROM EACH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT FOR AN INITIATIVE PETITION TO THE NUMBER OF CURRENT CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS, TO SPECIFY THAT PETITION SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS SHALL INCLUDE HOME ADDRESS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT ONLY ONE PROPOSAL OF LAW AND MATTERS PROPERLY CONNECTED THEREWITH SHALL BE CONTAINED IN AN INITIATIVE PETITION TO ENABLE THE ELECTORS TO VOTE ON THAT PROPOSAL SEPARATELY.
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Senate Concurrent Resolution 531
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01/31 (S) Died In Committee
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