Wyoming Legislative Sessions Amendment (2020)

Wyoming Legislative Sessions Amendment
Election date November 3, 2020
Topic State legislatures measures
Status Not on the ballot
Type Constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

The Wyoming Legislative Sessions Amendment (HJR 6) was not on the ballot in Wyoming as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 3, 2020.

The measure would have removed the distinction between general sessions and budget sessions of the legislature, therefore removing the two-thirds supermajority vote required to introduce legislation in budget sessions.^[1]

This measure was introduced as House Joint Resolution 6 on January 14, 2019. It was approved in the House on February 6, 2019. It failed in the Senate on February 20, 2019, by a vote of 27-3.

Text of measure[edit]

The full text of the measure can be found here.

Path to the ballot[edit]

See also: Amending the Wyoming Constitution

To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a two-thirds (66.67%) vote is required in both the Wyoming State Senate and the Wyoming House of Representatives.

This measure was introduced as House Joint Resolution 6 on January 14, 2019. It was approved in the House on February 6, 2019. It failed in the Senate on February 20, 2019, by a vote of 27-3.^[2]

Vote in the Wyoming House of Representatives February 6, 2019 Requirement: Two-thirds (66.67 percent) vote of all members in each chamber Number of yes votes required: 40  a Yes No Not voting Total 42 16 2 Total percent 75% 20% 5% Democrat 9 0 0 Republican 32 16 2 Independent 1 0 0

Vote in the Wyoming State Senate February 20, 2019 Requirement: Two-thirds (66.67 percent) vote of all members in each chamber Number of yes votes required: 20  d Yes No Not voting Total 3 27 0 Total percent 10.00% 90.00% 0.00% Democrat 2 1 0 Republican 1 26 0

See also[edit]

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External links[edit]

• HJ 006 full text and bill information

Footnotes[edit]

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