Bill Text: CT HJ00037 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Joint Resolution 37 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Resolution Proposing A State Constitutional Amendment To Provide For Legislation By Direct Initiative And Referendum.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-19 - Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections [HJ00037 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HJ00037-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed House Joint Resolution No. 37*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 1931
		01931
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. BOYD, 50th Dist.

RESOLUTION PROPOSING A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PROVIDE FOR LEGISLATION BY DIRECT INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.

Resolved by this Assembly:

That article third and article eleventh of the Constitution of the state be amended to grant to the people of the state the power of direct initiative and referendum.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide for direct public participation in the legislative process by granting the citizens of Connecticut the right to propose laws through direct initiative and the power to approve or reject a statute through referendum.