Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session
participation in the legislative and electoral process, the right to vote, the right to an impartial judiciary, the right of privacy, the right to a quality education, the right to health care services, voting rights for certain felons, uniform voting procedures, mandatory recounting of ballots, the procedure for legislative redistricting and congressional reapportionment, the establishment of a state governmental accountability board, administration of election laws, ethics laws, and lobbying laws, public access to the capitol, requiring the legislature to enact laws requiring reasonable notice of and public access to meetings of governmental bodies, including the legislature, and making members of the legislature subject to citations and civil penalties for violations of such laws, petition and referendum by the people to reject acts of the legislature, open meetings of the supreme court, public funding of supreme court election campaigns, graduated and progressive taxation of individuals, the right to a clean, healthy environment, safe drinking water, and clean air, establishment of a board and a department of natural resources and the appointment of the secretary of natural resources, independence of the superintendent of public instruction, the authority of the superintendent of public instruction to require minimum staffing levels and minimum funding levels for public schools, appropriating public funds to support sectarian schools, treatment of corporations as natural persons, and the right of workers to organize and collectively bargain (first consideration).
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
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- Adopted, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2011 legislature on first
consideration, grants or affirms certain rights of the people, in the nature of a bill of
rights.
Participation in the legislative process
The amendment requires the legislature to ensure that the people may exercise
their rights to participate in the legislative process.
the right to assemble
The amendment requires the legislature to ensure that the people may exercise
their rights to assemble and vote.
right to an impartial judiciary
The amendment guarantees the right of the people to an impartial judiciary.
right of privacy
The amendment guarantees the right to marry and reproductive rights.
right to a quality education
The amendment creates a right to a quality education.
right to health care services
The amendment creates a right to health care services.
The right to vote
The amendment prohibits the state from taking any action that abridges the
right to vote and prohibits the legislature from erecting any obstacles to the right to
vote.
Eligible elector after ten days' residence
The amendment creates a right to vote for any US citizen age 18 or older who
has resided in an election district or ward for ten consecutive days immediately
preceding an election.
Voting rights for certain felons
The amendment allows felons who have been placed on probation or parole to
vote.
uniformity of voting standards and procedures
The amendment requires that voting standards and procedures be uniform
throughout the state.
mandatory recounts in close elections
The amendment requires a state-funded manual recount of the ballots in any
election for public office in which the results are within one-half of one percent.
Government accountability board established
The amendment establishes a government accountability board to administer
elections and the state ethics law.
legislative and congressional redistricting
The amendment changes the process by which legislative and congressional
districts are redrawn.