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S3/31/251 95thto GeneralSenate AssemblyJoint RegularResolution Session,24 2025Amend SJRSenate Joint Resolution 24 5as By:originally introduced:

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Johnson"AN 7 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION AN AMENDMENT TO THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION CONCERNING INITIATIVES, REFERENDA,REFERENDUM, AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS REFERRED TO VOTERS;

TO AMEND ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 5, SECTION 1, CONCERNING INITIATIVES AND REFERENDA;REFERENDUM;

AND TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION CONCERNING THE REFERRAL OF PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS TO VOTERS.VOTERS." AND Delete the subtitle in its entirety, and substitute:

Subtitle"AN AN AMENDMENT TO THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION CONCERNING INITIATIVES, REFERENDA,REFERENDUM, AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS REFERRED TO VOTERS.VOTERS." AND Page 1, delete lines 32 through 35, and substitute the following:

BE"SECTION IT1. RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, AND BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, A MAJORITY OF ALL MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH HOUSE AGREEING THERETO:

THATThe thesubsection following is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of theArkansas StateConstitution, ofArticle Arkansas,5, and§ upon1, being*.MBM192* submittedMBM192 to- the03-12-2025 electors01:48:34 ofPage the1 state for approval or rejection at the next general election for Representatives and Senators, if a majority of the6 electorstitled voting"Referendum", thereonis atamended theto electionread adoptas thefollows: amendment, the amendment shall become a part of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas, to wit:

SECTIONReferendum. 1.

The second power reserved by the people is the referendum, and any number not less than six per cent of the legal voters may, by petition, order the referendum against any general Act, or any item of an appropriation bill, or measure passed by the General Assembly, but the filing of a referendum petition against one or more items, sections or parts of any such act or measure shall not delay the remainder from becoming operative.

Such petition shall be filed with the Secretary of State not later than ninety days after the final adjournment of the session at which such Act was passed, except when a recess or adjournment shall be taken temporarily for a longer period than ninety days, in which case such petition shall be filed not later than ninety days after such recess or temporary adjournment.

Any measure referred to the people by referendum petition shall remain in abeyance until such vote is taken.

The total number of votes cast for the office of Governor in the last preceding general election shall be the basis upon which the number of signatures of legal voters upon state-wide initiative and referendum petitions shall be computed.

Upon all initiative or referendum petitions provided for in any of the sections of this article, it shall be necessary to file from at least fifteen fifty of the counties of the State, petitions bearing the signature of not less than one-half three-fourths of the designated percentage of the electors of such county.

SECTION 2.

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S3/31/25 SJR24 Majority.

However, an act, a measure, or the portion of an act or measure subject to a state-wide referendum shall be repealed if the act, measure, or portion of an act or measure is rejected by a majority of the electors voting upon the matter, regardless of the number of counties rejecting the act, measure, or portionMBM192 of- an03-12-2025 act01:48Amendment orNo. measure according to the votes cast in the county.

1 to Senate Joint Resolution 24 Page 2 of 6 portion of an act or measure according to the votes cast in the county.

SECTION 2.3.

SECTION 3.4.

The title shall be 03-31-2025readable, 10:42:11clear, MBM151and Asconcise Engrossed:and shall not exceed five hundred (500) words.

S3/31/25 SJR24 readable, clear, and concise and shall not exceed five hundred (500) words.

5 SECTION 4.5.

Petitions may be circulated and presented in parts, but each part of any petition shall have attached thereto the affidavit of the person circulating the same, that all signatures thereon were made in the presence of the affiant, and that to the best of the affiant's knowledge and belief each signatureMBM192 is- genuine,03-12-2025 and01:48Amendment thatNo. the person signing is a legal voter and no other affidavit or verification shall be required to establish the genuineness of such signatures.

SECTION1 5.to Senate Joint Resolution 24 Page 3 of 6 signature is genuine, and that the person signing is a legal voter and no other affidavit or verification shall be required to establish the genuineness of such signatures.

SECTION 6.

3SECTION 03-31-20257. 10:42:11 MBM151 As Engrossed:

S3/31/25 SJR24 SECTION 6.

Laws may be enacted as the General Assembly deems necessary to maintain public order, protect public safety, protect private property, or maintain the integrity of the democratic process.MBM192 - 03-12-2025 01:48Amendment No.

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SECTION 8.

SECTION 8.9.

03-31-2025§ 10:42:112. MBM151 As Engrossed:

S3/31/25 SJR24 § 2.

If the same be agreed to by a majority of all members elected to each house, such proposed amendment shall be entered on the journals with the yeas and nays, and published in at least one (1) newspaper in each county, where a newspaper is published, for six (6) months immediately preceding the next generalMBM192 election- for03-12-2025 Senators01:48Amendment andNo. Representatives, at which time the same shall be submitted to the electors of the State for approval or rejection.

1 to Senate Joint Resolution 24 Page 5 of 6 general election for Senators and Representatives, at which time the same shall be submitted to the electors of the State for approval or rejection.

SECTION 9.10.