2023 Senate Joint Resolution B

Legislature: rules; bills or initiative petitions to take effect upon the expiration of 90 days after the date they are filed with the secretary of state; provide for.

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 to and serving in each house.

AI Analysis – Experimental

This amendment, referred to the Committee on Government Operations, aims to change section 27 of article IV. It stipulates that bills or initiative petitions passed by the legislature will take effect 90 days after being filed with the secretary of state, unless a two-thirds majority in each house of the legislature votes to give them immediate effect. This proposed amendment is set to be presented to the people of Michigan for approval in the next general election.

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 16, 2023

Introduced by Sen. Ed McBroom (R-38)

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations