Constitutional Amendments
Tennessee 114th General Assembly
A RESOLUTION to propose an amendment to Article II, Section 28 of the Constitution of Tennessee, to prohibit taxation of property by the State. [SJR-1]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
Proposes additional language in Article II, Section 28 to prohibit the general assembly from levying, authorizing, or otherwise permitting a state tax on property.
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A RESOLUTION to propose an amendment to Article II, Section 28 of the Constitution of Tennessee, to prohibit taxation of property by the State. [HJR-2]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
Proposes additional language in Article II, Section 28 to prohibit the general assembly from levying, authorizing, or otherwise permitting a state tax on property.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; marriage between two adult persons. [HJR-9]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Religion ]
Constitutional amendment (first reference); marriage between two individuals; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; affirmative right to marry. Repeals the constitutional provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015). The amendment provides that the right to marry is a fundamental right inherent in the liberty of persons and prohibits the Commonwealth and its
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom (first reference). [SJR-1]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Rights ]
Constitutional amendment (first reference); fundamental right to reproductive freedom. Provides that every individual has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom and that the right to make and effectuate one's own decisions about all matters related to one's pregnancy cannot be denied, burdened, or otherwise infringed upon by the Commonwealth, unless justified by a compelling state interest and achieved by the least restrictive means. The amendment prohibits the Commonwealth from penalizing, prosecuting, or otherwise taking adverse action
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, right to vote, persons not entitled to vote. [HJR-2]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Constitutional amendment (first reference); qualifications of voters; right to vote; persons not entitled to vote. Provides that every person who meets the qualifications of voters set forth in the Constitution of Virginia shall have the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth and that such right shall not be abridged by law, except for persons who have been convicted of a felony and persons who have been adjudicated to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting. A person who has been convicted of a felony shall not be entitled to vote
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom (first reference). [HJR-1]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
Constitutional amendment (first reference); fundamental right to reproductive freedom. Provides that every individual has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom and that the right to make and effectuate one's own decisions about all matters related to one's pregnancy cannot be denied, burdened, or otherwise infringed upon by the Commonwealth, unless justified by a compelling state interest and achieved by the least restrictive means. The amendment prohibits the Commonwealth from penalizing, prosecuting, or otherwise taking adverse action
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; term limits for Lieutenant Governor & Attorney General (first reference). [SJR-10]
[Elections ]
Constitutional amendments (first reference);executive branch of government; Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General; term limits. Prohibits any person from being eligible to be elected to more than two terms as Lieutenant Governor or Attorney General. The amendments provide that service for a partial term does not preclude serving the allowed number of full terms and applies the limits to terms of service to persons elected to serve as Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General in 2029 and thereafter.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, right to vote, persons not entitled to vote. [SJR-2]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Constitutional amendment (first reference); qualifications of voters; right to vote; persons not entitled to vote. Provides that every person who meets the qualifications of voters set forth in the Constitution of Virginia shall have the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth and that such right shall not be abridged by law, except for persons who have been convicted of a felony and persons who have been adjudicated to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting. A person who has been convicted of a felony shall not be entitled to vote
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; marriage between two individuals. [SJR-11]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Religion ]
[Human Rights ]
Constitutional amendment (first reference); marriage between two individuals; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; affirmative right to marry. Repeals the constitutional provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015). The amendment provides that the right to marry is a fundamental right inherent in the liberty of persons and prohibits the Commonwealth and its
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Alaska 33rd Legislature
Const. Am: Education Funding [HJR-28]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
Const. Am: Education Funding
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
A RESOLUTION to propose an amendment to Article XI, Section 12 of the Constitution of Tennessee, relative to education. [HJR-1336]
[Education ]
Proposes amendment to prohibit this state, including all state agencies and local governments created by this state, from directing, restricting, or otherwise regulating in any manner the quality or content of the instruction or curricula provided by a private school or home school.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
A RESOLUTION to propose an amendment to Article VII of the Constitution of Tennessee, to provide for duties for the office of Sheriff, Trustee, Register of Deeds, County Clerk, and Property Assessor. [SJR-1147]
[Property Tax ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Elections ]
Proposes an amendment to Article VII, Section 1 of the Constitution of Tennessee to specify the duties of the sheriff, trustee, register, county clerk, and assessor of property.
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Alaska 33rd Legislature
Resident Subsistence Use Of Fish/game [HJR-22]
[Animals ]
[Food ]
Resident Subsistence Use Of Fish/game
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Alaska 33rd Legislature
Const. Am: Membership Of Judicial Council [HJR-25]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Const. Am: Membership Of Judicial Council
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Alaska 33rd Legislature
Minimum Veto Amount [HB-348]
[Budget and Spending ]
An Act establishing a minimum veto amount for purposes of applying art. II, sec. 15, Constitution of the State of Alaska; relating to an appropriation limit; relating to the statutory budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective date.
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Alaska 33rd Legislature
Const. Am: Lieutenant Governor [HJR-24]
[Elections ]
Const. Am: Lieutenant Governor
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Alaska 33rd Legislature
Const. Am: Governor Veto [HJR-23]
[Elections ]
Const. Am: Governor Veto
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Alaska 33rd Legislature
Const. Am: Votes Needed For Veto Override [SJR-15]
[Elections ]
Const. Am: Votes Needed For Veto Override
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Election Law - Initiative Process [HB-1288]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Authorizing the people to petition to a vote a proposal to add to, amend, and repeal the public general laws or the Maryland Constitution under certain circumstances and establishing the Initiative process; and requiring the amendment to the Constitution proposed by the Act be submitted to the qualified voters of the State at the next general election to be held in November 2024 for adoption or rejection.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Ratifying the Federal Child Labor Amendment [HJR-7]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Rights ]
Ratifying the federal Child Labor Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as proposed by U.S. House Joint Resolution 184 of 1924, to provide the U.S. Congress with the power to limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under the age of 18 years.