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Senators adopt amendment letting legislature call special sessions by leaders or two-thirds petition
Summary
The Senate committee adopted an amendment to SJR 10 allowing the legislature to convene a special session either by proclamation of the speaker and president pro tempore or by a petition signed by two-thirds of members in each chamber; SJR 10 then passed as amended.
Senator Davis told the chamber that her amendment to SJR 10 would let the legislature call itself into a special session "by proclamation of the speaker and the pro tem or collecting signatures of at least two thirds of members of each chamber." The amendment requires that the call list the specific issues to be addressed and preserves the current rule allowing a two-thirds vote of both chambers to extend any special session for 15 days.
The chair opened the floor for…
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