Summary of HCR2039

• Proposes constitutional amendment requiring statewide initiative and referendum petitions to have one-thirtieth of required signatures from each legislative district, ensuring more geographically distributed support.

• Maintains signature thresholds of 10% of qualified electors for statewide initiatives and 15% for constitutional amendments, but applies district distribution requirement to both.

• Updates language to change "per centum" to "percent" throughout the existing initiative and referendum provisions in Arizona Constitution Article IV, Part 1, Section 1.

• Declares intent that residents of each legislative district have equal voice in statewide measures and that no single district has unfair advantage in signature collection.

• Requires submission of amendment to Arizona voters at the next general election following approval by legislature.