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Sponsor proposes 'off‑ramp' for ballot initiatives: SJR 2 would ease path for initiated statutes, add brief legislative protection
Summary
Senator Blessing presented SJR 2, a constitutional amendment to create a lower signature threshold and a temporary legislative protection for citizen-initiated statutes; supporters say it will discourage constitutional amendments, critics were not present, and the committee took testimony with no vote.
Senator Blessing told the Senate General Government Committee he supports Senate Joint Resolution 2, a proposed constitutional amendment that would create an “off‑ramp” for initiative petition sponsors by enabling a lower signature threshold for initiated statutes and providing a two‑year period during which the General Assembly could not amend a voter‑approved initiated statute except under a supermajority rule.
“It does this by amending the initiated statute process,” Blessing said, describing a proposal that would require petitioners to collect 3% of…
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