Sentences with phrase «amendment next session»

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But that's not the case, according to the constitution, which stipulates the amendment must be «referred to the next regular legislative session convening after the succeeding general election of members of the assembly.»

Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heasite has insisted his chamber will pass a pension forfeiture amendment before the end of the session, which is scheduled to conclude next month.

If that next session of the legislature agrees with the amendment by a simple majority vote of both chambers, «it shall be the duty of the legislature to submit each proposed amendment or amendments to the people for approval in such manner and at such times as the legislature shall prescribe.»

When the Assembly came to order on June 17 for a session that would last until 5:09 a.m. the next day, it still needed to pass an anti-heroin package, a roll - back of the state's Blue Laws, the legalization of daily fantasy sports, a constitutional amendment that could make more elected officials convicted of felonies forfeit their pensions, a government transparency measure, and 57 other bills.

However, if the proposed amendment is approved by a 75 percent or more vote of both chambers of the legislature, it doesn't have to be considered in two consecutive legislative sessions and can instead be put to a vote of the people at the next November general election.

The amendment was ushered through as an «emergency measure» right before the end of the legislative session, possibly limiting the time that legislators and other onlookers had to analyze its actual effects before a deadline that would have required the bill to be introduced during the next legislative session.