SJR-506: Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election, an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, to address the right of citizens to bear arms.
Sponsored by: Rep. Phil Jensen
Scheduled For Hearing on 02/06/2024
You have voted SJR-506: Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election, an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, to address the right of citizens to bear arms..
SJR-505: Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, limiting the assessed value of real property and the amount of tax on real property.
Sponsored by: Rep. Phil Jensen
Scheduled For Hearing on 02/07/2024
You have voted SJR-505: Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, limiting the assessed value of real property and the amount of tax on real property..
SJR-504: Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota revising the process by which a legislative vacancy is filled.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Bolin
Scheduled For Hearing on 02/02/2024
You have voted SJR-504: Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota revising the process by which a legislative vacancy is filled..
General Assembly – Special Election to Fill a Vacancy in Office [HB-412]
[Elections ]
Proposing a constitutional amendment to require that a special election be held at the same time as the regular statewide primary and general elections that are held in the second year of the term to fill a vacancy in the office of Delegate or Senator in the General Assembly if the vacancy occurs on or before the date that is 55 days before the deadline for filing certificates of candidacy for the regular statewide election; and requiring the amendment to be submitted to the qualified voters of the State for adoption or rejection.
HB-412: General Assembly – Special Election to Fill a Vacancy in Office
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/22/2024
Election Law - Deadline for Selection of Lieutenant Governor [SB-372]
[Elections ]
Requiring a candidate seeking a nomination for Governor in a primary election to designate a candidate for Lieutenant Governor within 2 days after certification of the primary election; requiring a candidate seeking a nomination for Governor by any method other than a primary election to designate a candidate for Lieutenant Governor at the time of filing a declaration of intent to seek nomination; etc.
SB-372: Election Law - Deadline for Selection of Lieutenant Governor
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing Canceled on 03/19/2024
Affirming the Federal Equal Rights Amendment [HJR-1]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Urging the Administration of President Joseph R. Biden to publish the federal Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and for the U.S. Congress to affirm, by joint resolution, the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment.
HJR-1: Affirming the Federal Equal Rights Amendment
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2024
HJR-5001: Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, requiring all non-judicial offices elected by a statewide vote to be nominated at a primary election.
Sponsored by: Rep. Larry Zikmund
Scheduled For Hearing H.j. 1 on 01/17/2024
You have voted HJR-5001: Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, requiring all non-judicial offices elected by a statewide vote to be nominated at a primary election..
Constitutional amendment; exemption of property owned and occupied by persons of low income, etc. [HJR-58]
[Real Estate ]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
[Property Tax ]
[Community Development ]
Constitutional amendment (first reference); tax and finance; exempt property; affordable housing tax exemption. Provides that the General Assembly may by general law authorize the governing body of any county, city, town, or regional government to provide for the exemption from local real property taxation, or a portion thereof, within such restrictions and upon such conditions as may be prescribed, of real estate owned and occupied by persons of low income. Such general law shall require that (i) the real property is a single family habitation
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HJR-58: Constitutional amendment; exemption of property owned and occupied by persons of low income, etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/13/2024
Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain surviving spouses. [HJR-45]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Veterans ]
Constitutional amendment (second reference); real property tax exemption; surviving spouses of soldiers who died in the line of duty. Expands the current tax exemption for real property available to the surviving spouses of soldiers killed in action to the surviving spouses of soldiers who died in the line of duty with a Line of Duty determination from the U.S. Department of Defense.
HJR-45: Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain surviving spouses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Tran
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0777) on 04/08/2024
Constitutional amendment; Governor's term of office (first reference). [HJR-19]
[Elections ]
Constitutional amendment (first reference); Governor's term of office. Permits a Governor elected in 2029 and thereafter to succeed himself in office. The amendment allows two four-year terms (either in succession or not in succession) but prohibits election to a third term. Service for more than two years of a partial term counts as service for one term.
HJR-19: Constitutional amendment; Governor's term of office (first reference).
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Garrett
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/13/2024
Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain surviving spouses (voter referendum). [HB-558]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); real property tax exemption; surviving spouses of soldiers who died in the line of duty. Provides for a referendum at the November 5, 2024, election to approve or reject an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia that would expand the real property tax exemption that is currently available to the surviving spouses of soldiers killed in action to be available to the surviving spouses of soldiers who died in the line of duty with a Line of Duty determination from the U.S. Department of Defense.
HB-558: Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain surviving spouses (voter referendum).
Sponsored by: Rep. Shelly Simonds
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0394) on 04/04/2024
Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, felon disenfranchisement. [HJR-18]
[Voting Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Elections ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Constitutional amendment (first reference); qualifications of voters; felon disenfranchisement; automatic restoration of voting rights. Provides that the General Assembly shall provide by general law an exemption to the prohibition that disqualifies a convicted felon from being qualified to vote. The amendment allows the exemption to be created for a person who has been convicted of a nonviolent felony and who has completed his sentence of imprisonment, including any period of probation or postrelease supervision, and has made payment in full of
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HJR-18: Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, felon disenfranchisement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Cherry
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/13/2024
HJR-706: A RESOLUTION to propose an amendment to Article II, Sections 9, 10, 12, and 15 of the Constitution of Tennessee, relative to members of the general assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bryan Richey
Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/c Finance, Ways, And Means Subcommittee Of Finance, Ways, And Means Committee on 04/10/2024
You have voted HJR-706: A RESOLUTION to propose an amendment to Article II, Sections 9, 10, 12, and 15 of the Constitution of Tennessee, relative to members of the general assembly..
Districting - Single Member Districts and Legislative and Congressional Redistricting and Apportionment Convention [HB-182]
[Elections ]
Requiring that each legislative district established for the purpose of electing members of the House of Delegates consist of a certain number of single-member delegate districts; requiring the General Assembly to enact a law establishing and governing a Legislative and Congressional Redistricting and Apportionment Convention to establish legislative and congressional districts and establishing certain requirements regarding the Redistricting Convention; establishing the Redistricting Convention; etc.
HB-182: Districting - Single Member Districts and Legislative and Congressional Redistricting and Apportionment Convention
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Bouchat
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2024
Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2024 [HB-114]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the collective bargaining process for State employees, including by requiring the selection of a neutral arbitrator to oversee all aspects of collective bargaining, establishing a process of arbitration in the event of impasse, and providing that certain decisions of a neutral arbitrator are advisory; requiring that each budget bill contain the appropriations necessary to implement all terms and conditions of employment in certain memoranda of understanding for the next ensuing fiscal year; etc.
HB-114: Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2024
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing Canceled on 01/15/2024
Constitutional Amendment - Form of County Government - Requirement to Adopt Charter Home Rule [HB-81]
[Elections ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring each county to adopt a charter by December 31, 2030, using a certain procedure; altering the method by which a county shall adopt a charter under certain circumstances; requiring the charter to provide for the election of members of the county council by the voters of councilmanic districts; and limiting the applicability of certain Constitutional provisions governing code home rule counties.
HB-81: Constitutional Amendment - Form of County Government - Requirement to Adopt Charter Home Rule
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Bouchat
Hearing Canceled on 01/18/2024
Courts - Justices and Judges - Selection and Retention [HB-48]
[Elections ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Decreasing the term of office for the judges of the circuit courts; increasing the number of years between successive retention elections for judges of the Appellate Court of Maryland and justices of the Supreme Court of Maryland; providing for a transitional period during which the terms of certain amendments are to become effective; and providing that the amendment to the Maryland Constitution proposed by the Act be submitted to the qualified voters of the State at the next general election in November 2024.
HB-48: Courts - Justices and Judges - Selection and Retention
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon Cardin
Hearing Canceled (judiciary) on 01/31/2024