June 18, 2015, Introduced by Reps. McBroom, Irwin, Dianda, Rendon, Somerville, Lauwers, Yonker, Aaron Miller, Runestad, Hooker, Kivela, LaFontaine, Poleski, Victory, Glardon, Courser, Muxlow, Bizon, Howrylak, Forlini, Goike, Brett Roberts, Schor, Bumstead, Potvin, Robinson, LaVoy, Chatfield, Heise, Vaupel, Franz, Sarah Roberts, Santana, Cole, Graves, Jacobsen, Leutheuser, Crawford, Outman, Sheppard, Lane, Lyons, Kosowski, Brinks, Moss, Derek Miller, Rutledge, Canfield, Kelly, Hoadley, Jenkins, Townsend, Maturen, Darany, Yanez, Banks, Geiss, Clemente, Cochran, Wittenberg, Liberati, Phelps, Garrett, Talabi, Guerra, Greig, Glenn, Price and Zemke and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending section 27 of article IV, to
provide that bills or initiative petitions adopted by the
legislature take effect upon the expiration of 90 days after the
date they are filed with the secretary of state unless given
immediate effect by a vote of two-thirds of the members elected and
serving in each house.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to provide that bills or initiative petitions
adopted by the legislature take effect upon the expiration of 90
days after the date they are filed with the secretary of state
unless given immediate effect by a vote of two-thirds of the
members elected and serving in each house, is proposed, agreed to,
and submitted to the people of the state:
ARTICLE IV
Sec. 27. No act shall take effect until the expiration of 90
days
from the end of the session at which it was passed, date the
bill or initiative petition adopted by the legislature is filed
with the secretary of state, but the legislature may give immediate
effect to acts by a two-thirds vote of the members elected to and
serving in each house, recording the number of yeas and nays in the
journal.
This section, as amended, does not apply to any bill enrolled
or initiative petition filed before the commencement of the 99th
Legislature.
Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be
submitted to the people of the state at the next general election
in the manner provided by law.