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Sponsor seeks 500‑word cap and stricter petition verification for citizen constitutional amendments
Summary
Senator Mark Johnson previewed SJR 24, a constitutional amendment proposal to cap citizen-initiated constitutional amendments at 500 words and tighten petition and verification rules.
Senator Mark Johnson presented proposed language for SJR 24, described as a package of changes aimed at making citizen-initiated constitutional amendments more readable and harder to pass without broad geographic support.
Johnson said the proposal would limit citizen-drafted constitutional amendments to 500 words (he noted the Bill of Rights is about 483 words), require signatures in 50 counties rather than 15, raise petition-signature thresholds to…
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