by Ronak Patel (rspatel.personal@gmail.com)

After 33 resolutions were filed to refer various legislative initiatives to voters for the 2024 ballot, 13 of those measures received a hearing on Monday (March 27) during a meeting of the House Committee on State Agencies and Government Affairs.

The legislature is allowed to refer up to three constitutional amendment proposals to voters during each regular session. During the 2022 mid-terms, lawmakers referred three amendments to voters with all three failing to pass.

Prior to the hearing for today, Rep. Dwight Tosh, R-Jonesboro, and chairman of the committee said members wouldn’t cast votes, instead they will each fill out a form and list which three resolutions are their first, second and third choice. Tosh said out of the three amendments the legislature gets to refer to voters, the House will decide two of them with the Senate deciding the other.

https://talkbusiness.net/2023/03/constitutional-amendments-get-first-house-hearing/