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AR HJR1013
Joint Resolution
Status
5/1/2017
Primary Sponsor
Bob Ballinger
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AI Summary
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Changes the filing deadline for state-wide initiative petitions from "four months" to "one hundred eighty days" before the election
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Adds a 60-day deadline for challenging the sufficiency of petition titles after filing, with challenges to ballot titles no longer permitted after this period
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Adds a 60-day deadline for challenging the sufficiency of petition signatures after filing, with challenges to signature validity no longer permitted after this period
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Clarifies that local initiative petition filing deadlines and referendum petition filing deadlines are set "by the General Assembly" rather than leaving the authority ambiguous
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Requires submission to the state general election ballot and defines the ballot title and popular name for the amendment itself
Legislative Description
An Amendment To The Arkansas Constitution Revising The Process For Submitting Proposed Measures And Constitutional Amendments To Voters For Approval Or Rejection.
Last Action
Died in House Committee at Sine Die Adjournment
5/1/2017