A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 33, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO PROVIDE THAT THE LEGISLATURE BY GENERAL LAW MAY PROVIDE FOR A CITIZEN INITIATIVE PROCEDURE FOR PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO MISSISSIPPI STATUTES.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 273, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO REINSTATE THE INITIATIVE PROCEDURE DECLARED INVALID BY THE MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT; TO BASE THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED FOR AN INITIATIVE PETITION ON THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS; TO CONFORM THE PRO RATA SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS FROM EACH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT FOR AN INITIATIVE PETITION TO THE NUMBER OF CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS AT THE TIME THE INITIATIVE IS FILED; TO SPECIFY THAT PETITION SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS SHALL INCLUDE HOME ADDRESS; AND TO PROVIDE THAT ONLY ONE PROPOSAL OF LAW AND MATTERS PROPERLY CONNECTED THEREWITH SHALL BE CONTAINED IN AN INITIATIVE PETITION TO ENABLE THE ELECTORS TO VOTE ON THAT PROPOSAL SEPARATELY.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO SECTIONS 33, 56, 61 AND 72, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO PROVIDE THAT THE PEOPLE RESERVE TO THEMSELVES THE RIGHT TO EXERCISE THE LEGISLATIVE POWER OF THE STATE TO PROPOSE NEW LAWS AND TO AMEND OR REPEAL EXISTING LAWS BY INITIATIVE, AND TO APPROVE OR REJECT THE SAME IN AN ELECTION INDEPENDENT OF THE LEGISLATURE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890 TO REQUIRE ALL CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR STATE AND COUNTY ELECTIONS TO SECURE THE MAJORITY VOTE TO BE ELECTED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 273, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO REINSTATE THE INITIATIVE PROCEDURE DECLARED INVALID BY THE MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE INITIATIVE PROCESS MAY BE USED TO AMEND THE MISSISSIPPI STATUTES OR TO AMEND THE MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION; TO BASE THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED FOR AN INITIATIVE PETITION ON THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS; TO CONFORM THE PRO RATA SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS FROM EACH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT FOR AN INITIATIVE PETITION TO THE NUMBER OF CURRENT CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS; TO SPECIFY THAT PETITION SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS SHALL INCLUDE HOME ADDRESS; AND TO PROVIDE THAT ONLY ONE PROPOSAL OF LAW AND MATTERS PROPERLY CONNECTED THEREWITH SHALL BE CONTAINED IN AN INITIATIVE PETITION TO ENABLE THE ELECTORS TO VOTE ON THAT PROPOSAL SEPARATELY.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE SINCEREST SYMPATHY OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE ON THE PASSING OF MISSISSIPPI NATIVE DR. ROD PAIGE, THE NATION'S FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO SERVE AS UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF EDUCATION, AND PAYING TRIBUTE TO HIS MEMORY AND LEGACY.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890 TO PROHIBIT PERSONS CHARGED WITH BAIL RESTRICTED OFFENSES FROM BEING CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE BY ANY JUDGE FOR RELEASE ON AN UNSECURED JUDICIAL RELEASE; TO STIPULATE THAT SUCH PERSONS CHARGED WITH BAIL RESTRICTED OFFENSES SHALL ONLY BE RELEASED THROUGH THE USE OF CERTAIN BONDS; TO STIPULATE THAT JUDGES OTHERWISE HAVE THE AUTHORITY, IN THEIR DISCRETION, TO RELEASE A PERSON ON AN UNSECURED JUDICIAL RELEASE; TO ALLOW THE LEGISLATURE TO ENACT LEGISLATION CONSISTENT WITH THIS AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 241 OF THE MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO RESTORE THE RIGHT TO VOTE TO PERSONS CONVICTED OF FELONIES; TO REPEAL SECTION 44, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, WHICH PROVIDES THAT PERSONS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN CRIMES ARE INELIGIBLE FOR OFFICE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 273, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO REINSTATE THE INITIATIVE PROCEDURE DECLARED INVALID BY THE MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT; TO BASE THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED FOR AN INITIATIVE PETITION ON THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS; TO CONFORM THE PRO RATA SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS FROM EACH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT FOR AN INITIATIVE PETITION TO THE NUMBER OF CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS AT THE TIME THE INITIATIVE IS FILED; TO SPECIFY THAT PETITION SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS SHALL INCLUDE HOME ADDRESSES; AND TO PROVIDE THAT ONLY ONE PROPOSAL OF LAW AND MATTERS PROPERLY CONNECTED THEREWITH SHALL BE CONTAINED IN AN INITIATIVE PETITION TO ENABLE THE ELECTORS TO VOTE ON THAT PROPOSAL SEPARATELY.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890 TO REQUIRE ALL CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR STATE AND COUNTY ELECTIONS TO SECURE THE MAJORITY VOTE TO BE ELECTED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTIONS 241 AND 253 OF THE MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO RESTORE VOTING RIGHTS TO PERSONS CONVICTED OF NONVIOLENT FELONIES UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE JOINT RULES OF THE MISSISSIPPI SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY CREATING NEW JOINT RULE 9B TO ALLOW LEGISLATORS TO COSPONSOR BILLS, JOINT RESOLUTIONS AND CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE OTHER HOUSE OF THE LEGISLATURE.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION HONORING THE RICH HISTORICAL CONNECTION AND LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE PROVINCE OF QUÉBEC AND THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.