Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 6

Introduced by Senator Huff

April 9, 2015

Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 6—A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Section 1 of Article XVIII thereof, relating to constitutional amendments or revisions.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SCA 6, as introduced, Huff. Constitutional Amendment or Revision.

The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature by rollcall vote entered in the journal, two-thirds of the membership of each house concurring, to propose an amendment or revision of the California Constitution and, in the same manner, to amend or withdraw its proposal.

This measure would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision.

Vote: ²⁄₃. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the
Legislature of the State of California at its 2015-16 Regular
Session commencing on the first day of December 2014, two-thirds
of the membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to
the people of the State of California, that the Constitution of the
State be amended as follows:

  

That Section 1 of Article XVIII of the California Constitution
is amended to read:

SECTION 1.  

The Legislature begin insert , end insert by rollcall vote entered in the
begin delete journal, end delete begin insert journal with end insert two-thirds of the membership of each house
concurring, may propose an amendment or revision of the
Constitution begin delete and in end delete begin insert . In end insert the same manner begin insert , the Legislature end insert may
amend or withdraw its proposal. Each amendment shall be so
prepared and submitted that it can be voted on separately.