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Committee hears clerk on constitutional amendment process as PR3 arrives for House concurrence
Summary
Betsy Unresk, Book of the House, explained the constitutional amendment process after the Senate transmitted PR3. She outlined the two‑biennium path, the role of the governor and Secretary of State, and House Rule 51A requiring committee public hearings before floor action.
Betsy Unresk, Book of the House and clerk to the chamber, briefed the committee on the constitutional amendment process after the Senate transmitted PR3 to the House. Unresk reviewed the state Constitution’s two‑biennium process for amendments and explained the roles of the Senate, House, governor and Secretary of State.
Unresk explained that only the Senate may propose amendments and only in a proposing biennium (every other biennium); after the Senate adopts a proposal by a two‑thirds vote and the House concurs, the proposal is referred to the next General…
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