SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 101
RS30062 / SJR101
The Joint Resolution will more fairly distribute voter involvement and inclusivity for initiatives and referenda by giving every legislative district in the state a voice. The Joint Resolution will ensure that the wishes of all thirty-five legislative districts are considered versus only eighteen legislative districts as is currently allowable.
The Joint Resolution will eliminate the current practice of “venue shopping” by well-funded activist organizations. For example, under the current system, it is possible to acquire more than one half of the total number of signatures required to place a question on the ballot from a single legislative district.
This Joint Resolution will maintain the same total number of signatures that are currently required, but it will also require a minimum number of those signatures come from each of the thirty-five legislative districts.
If passed by the legislature, the Joint Resolution will be placed on the November 2024 General Election ballot and voters will ultimately decide whether or not to adopt the resolution.
Date | Description |
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01/25 | Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing |
01/26 | Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs |
02/02 | Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment |
02/14 | Placed in the Committee of the Whole |
Reported out without recommendation, as amended | |
Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment | |
02/15 | Amendments reported printed |
Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended | |
Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading | |
02/16 | Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading |
02/23 | Retained on calendar |
02/24 | Retained on calendar |
02/27 | Read third time in full as amended – ADOPTED - 27-8-0 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Ricks, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Winder, Zuiderveld NAYS – Just, Rabe, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow Absent and excused – None Floor Sponsor - Okuniewicz Title apvd - to House |
02/28 | Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading |
Read First Time, Referred to State Affairs | |
03/21 | Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading |
03/22 | Read second time; Filed for Third Reading |
03/23 | U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day |
03/28 | U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day |
03/29 | U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day |
03/30 | Read Third Time in Full – FAILED - 39-31-0 AYES – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Boyle, Cannon, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Gallagher, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Mendive, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Pickett, Price, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Young(Cannon), Mr. Speaker NAYS – Allgood, Berch, Blanksma, Bundy, Burns, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Dixon(24), Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Nash, Necochea, Nelsen, Petzke, Raybould, Raymond, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Weber, Yamamoto Absent – None Floor Sponsor - Alfieri Order ret’d to Senate |
Returned from House Failed; to Secretary of Senate |