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ACR82

Amends State Constitution to require four-fifths majority vote of Legislature to submit constitutional amendment to voters during lame duck session.

Introduced·1/13/26
Introduced Text

New Jersey ACR82 proposes a constitutional amendment requiring a four-fifths majority vote in the Legislature to submit constitutional amendments to.

New Jersey ACR82 proposes an amendment to the State Constitution, specifically Article IX, to change the voting requirement for submitting constitutional amendments to voters during a lame duck session. Currently, a three-fifths majority vote is needed, but this bill would increase that requirement to a four-fifths majority. This means 32 votes in the Senate and 64 votes in the General Assembly.

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Where it stands

Current
State and Local Government Committee
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Committee decision

Sponsors

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History

Jan 13

Assembly

Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee