House Concurrent Resolution 39

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTIONS 33, 56, 61 AND 72, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO PROVIDE THAT THE PEOPLE RESERVE TO THEMSELVES THE RIGHT TO PROPOSE NEW LAWS AND TO AMEND OR REPEAL EXISTING LAWS BY INITIATIVE, AND TO APPROVE OR REJECT THE SAME IN AN ELECTION INDEPENDENT OF THE LEGISLATURE; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH AN INITIATIVE MEASURE MAY BE PROPOSED BY A PETITION SIGNED OVER A TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD BY QUALIFIED ELECTORS EQUAL IN NUMBER TO AT LEAST TWELVE PERCENT OF THE VOTES FOR ALL CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR IN THE LAST GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE SIGNATURES OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS FROM ANY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED TO QUALIFY AN INITIATIVE MEASURE FOR PLACEMENT ON THE BALLOT DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS IN EXISTENCE ON THE DAY THAT THE PETITION IS FILED; TO PROVIDE THAT NO MORE THAN FIVE INITIATIVE MEASURES MAY BE SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS ON A SINGLE BALLOT, AND THE FIRST FIVE INITIATIVE MEASURES SUBMITTED TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE WITH SUFFICIENT PETITIONS SHALL BE THE MEASURES THAT ARE SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS; TO PROVIDE THAT IN ORDER TO BE APPROVED, AN INITIATIVE MEASURE MUST RECEIVE A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES CAST AND NOT LESS THAN FORTY PERCENT OF THE TOTAL VOTES CAST AT THE ELECTION AT WHICH THE INITIATIVE MEASURE WAS SUBMITTED; TO PROVIDE THAT IF CONFLICTING INITIATIVE MEASURES ARE APPROVED AT THE SAME ELECTION, THE INITIATIVE MEASURE RECEIVING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF AFFIRMATIVE VOTES SHALL PREVAIL AND BECOME LAW; TO PROVIDE THAT THE LEGISLATURE SHALL PROVIDE BY LAW THE MANNER IN WHICH INITIATIVE PETITIONS SHALL BE CIRCULATED, PRESENTED AND CERTIFIED; TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION SHALL ONLY BE AMENDED BY A PROPOSED AMENDMENT BEING PASSED BY TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF EACH HOUSE OF THE LEGISLATURE AND UPON RECEIVING A MAJORITY VOTE WHEN PLACED ON THE BALLOT TO BE VOTED UPON BY THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE STATE; AND PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 273, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO DELETE THE PROVISIONS AUTHORIZING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS BY INITIATIVE;

In the House of Representatives

• Philip Gunn

  Sponsor

• House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

• House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

• House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

• House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

• Senate committee amendmentAdopted

  Adopted Mar 8

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In the House of Representatives Jan 17 – Feb 9

1. Jan 17Referred to the House committee on Constitution
2. Jan 31Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do be adopted
3. Feb 8Adopted by the House
4. Motion in the House to reconsider entered (McCray, Shanks and Hobgood-Wilkes)
5. Feb 9Motion in the House to reconsider tabled
6. Sent to the Senate

In the Senate Feb 17 – Mar 9

1. Feb 17Referred to the Senate committee on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
2. Mar 1Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, adopted as amended
3. Mar 8Amended in the Senate
4. Adopted by the Senate as amended
5. Mar 9Returned to the House to concur in the Senate's amendments

In the House of Representatives Mar 14 – Mar 25

1. Mar 14Declined in the House to concur, and invited a conference
2. Mar 25Conferees named in the House: Shanks, Bain and Wright

In the Senate Mar 25

1. Mar 25Conferees named in the Senate: Polk, Thompson and Blackwell

In the House of Representatives Mar 25

1. Mar 25Conferees named in the House: Shanks, Bain and McLean

In both houses Mar 29

1. Mar 29Suspended from deadlines by House Concurrent Resolution 89

In the House of Representatives Apr 5

1. Apr 5Died in conference in the House