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                                    48
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 Introduced  by Sens. WALCZYK, ASHBY, BORRELLO, MATTERA, MURRAY, OBERACK-
   ER, O'MARA, ROLISON, WEBER, WEIK -- read twice  and  ordered  printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

 proposing  an  amendment to section 14 of article 3 of the constitution,
   in relation to prohibiting the governor  from  issuing  a  message  of
   necessity for budget related bills
 
   Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 14 of arti-
 cle 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   §  14.  No  bill  shall be passed or become a law unless it shall have
 been printed and upon the desks of the members, in its  final  form,  at
 least three calendar legislative days prior to its final passage, unless
 the governor, or the acting governor, shall have certified, under his or
 her  hand and the seal of the state, the facts which in his or her opin-
 ion necessitate an immediate vote thereon, in which case it must  never-
 theless  be upon the desks of the members in final form, not necessarily
 printed, before its final passage,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  SUCH  IMMEDIATE
 VOTE  SHALL  NOT  BE  PERMITTED  FOR BUDGET BILLS OR APPROPRIATION BILLS
 RELATING THERETO; nor shall any bill be passed or become a  law,  except
 by the assent of a majority of the members elected to each branch of the
 legislature;  and  upon the last reading of a bill, no amendment thereof
 shall be allowed, and the question upon its final passage shall be taken
 immediately thereafter, and the ayes and nays entered on the journal.
   For purposes of this section, a bill shall be deemed to be printed and
 upon the desks of the members if: it is set forth in a legible electron-
 ic format by electronic means, and it is available for  review  in  such
 format  at the desks of the members. For purposes of this section "elec-
 tronic means" means any method of transmission  of  information  between
 computers  or  other  machines  designed  for the purpose of sending and
 receiving  such  transmissions  and  which:  allows  the  recipient   to
 reproduce   the   information   transmitted  in  a  tangible  medium  of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD89001-01-5
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 expression; and does not permit additions, deletions or other changes to
 be made without leaving an adequate record thereof.
   §  2.  Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment
 be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
 next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
 conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.