SB64

Requiring resolutions for constitutional amendments include language to be on official ballots

Introduced·1/14/26
Intr Text

SB64 requires joint resolutions for constitutional amendments to include a title, summary, and description for official ballots.

SB64 mandates that joint resolutions proposing amendments to the West Virginia Constitution must include a title, summary, and description of the amendment. These details must appear on the official ballot. If the Legislature fails to include this information, the Secretary of State must supply it. The bill also allows the Legislature to number amendments, with unnumbered ones being consecutively numbered by the Secretary of State.

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Calendar

Jan 19

3:00 PM

Senate Judiciary Committee Meeting

History

Jan 14

Senate

Filed for introduction

Jan 14

Senate

To Judiciary

Jan 14

Senate

Introduced in Senate