The House today voted on the most recent iteration of the the legislature doing their voters a favor by giving those voters yet another chance to vote away their own rights by making it more difficult to set the terms and conditions for their government.
HCR 3003 was debated on the floor of the House today. Proponents of the amendment argued that it would protect the Constitution from being amended too easily, while opponents argued that it would make it too difficult for the people to amend the Constitution.
The resolution passed the House by a vote of 65 to 28. It will now be sent to the Senate for consideration. If the Senate approves the resolution, it will be placed on the ballot for the 2026 general election.
Stay tuned for updates as this moves across to the Senate.
Here’s background on HCR 3003:
SCR 4007 Seeks Re-Do On Failed 2024 “Single Subject Rule”
Today, SCR 4007 was introduced to re-fight one of the pieces of 2024’s Measure 2 - specifically the “single subject rule”.
Last year, I wrote extensively on this issue:
Single-Subject And The Supreme Court
North Dakota legislators got a lesson in “be careful what you wish for” this week when the North Dakota Supreme Court invalidated Senate Bill 2015 - the budget for the Office of Management and Budget - on the basis that it violated what is called “the one-subject rule”.
Measure 2's Single-Subject Rule Is A "Back-Door Veto"
On Sunday, I wrote about how Measure 2 is yet another attempt to remedy the mistrust legislators have when it comes the way their own voters decide how to vote on ballot measures.
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