May 17, 2011, Introduced by Rep. McMillin and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending section 26 of article IV, to
require bills to be reported or discharged from committee and any
changes be made available to members for at least 3 days before
passage.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to require bills to be reported or discharged
from committee and any changes be made available to members for at
least 3 days before passage, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted
to the people of the state:
ARTICLE IV
Sec. 26. No bill shall be passed or become a law at any
regular session of the legislature until it has been printed or
reproduced and in the possession of each house for at least five
days and until it has been reported or discharged from a committee
in each house for at least three days before passage. If a bill is
changed after being reported or discharged from a committee, that
bill shall not be passed until it has been made available to the
members of that house for at least three days before passage. Each
house of the legislature may waive the three-day requirement of
this section with the concurrence of three-fourths of the members
elected and serving in that house. The votes and names of the
members voting on waiving the three-day requirement of this section
shall be entered in the journal. Every bill shall be read three
times in each house before the final passage thereof. No bill shall
become a law without the concurrence of a majority of the members
elected to and serving in each house. On the final passage of
bills, the votes and names of the members voting thereon shall be
entered in the journal.
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.