March 14, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Howell, Crawford, Lucido, Hernandez, Hoadley and Chang and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending section 13 of article IV, to
provide for the end of the legislative session at certain times in
certain years.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to provide for the end of the legislative
session at certain times in certain years, is proposed, agreed to,
and submitted to the people of the state:
ARTICLE IV
Sec. 13. The legislature shall meet at the seat of government
on the second Wednesday in January of each year at twelve o'clock
noon.
Each The regular session in an odd numbered year shall
adjourn without day, on a day determined by concurrent resolution,
at twelve o'clock noon. The regular session in an even numbered
year shall adjourn without day on the Friday before the first
Monday in November. Any business, bill, or joint resolution pending
at the final adjournment of a regular session held in an odd
numbered year shall carry over with the same status to the next
regular session.
Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be
submitted to the people of the state at the next general election
in the manner provided by law.