April 27, 2016, Introduced by Reps. Kosowski, Geiss, Plawecki, Santana, Moss and Kivela and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending section 26 of article IV, to
impose a limit on the amount of time the house of representatives
has to vote on a bill on final passage.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to impose a limit on the amount of time the
house of representatives has to vote on a bill on final passage, is
proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of the state:
ARTICLE IV
Sec.
26. No A bill shall not
be passed or become a law at any
regular session of the legislature until it has been printed or
reproduced and in the possession of each house for at least five
days. Every bill shall be read three times in each house before the
final
passage thereof. No of
that bill. A bill shall not become
a
law without the concurrence of a majority of the members elected to
and serving in each house. On the final passage of a bill in the
house of representatives, the clerk of the house of representatives
shall open the voting board for five minutes for a record roll call
vote, after which time the voting board shall be closed and the
vote
shall be recorded. On the final passage
of bills, a bill, the
votes
and names of the members voting thereon on the bill shall be
entered in the journal.
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.