Article 20, Wyoming Constitution

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Article 20 of the Wyoming Constitution consists of four sections.

Section 1

Text of Section 1: How Amendments Proposed by Legislature and Submitted to People Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in either branch of the legislature, and, if the same shall be agreed to by two-thirds of all the members of each of the two houses, voting separately, such proposed amendment or amendments shall, with the yeas and nays thereon, be entered on their journals, and it shall be the duty of the legislature to submit such amendment or amendments to the electors of the state at the next general election, and cause the same to be published without delay for at least twelve (12) consecutive weeks, prior to said election, in at least one newspaper of general circulation, published in each county, and if a majority of the electors shall ratify the same, such amendment or amendments shall become a part of this constitution.

Section 2

	Text of Section 2: How Two or More Amendments Voted on If two or more amendments are proposed, they shall be submitted in such manner that the electors shall vote for or against each of them separately.

Section 3

Text of Section 3: Constitutional Convention Whenever two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the legislature shall deem it necessary to call a convention to revise or amend this constitution, they shall recommend to the electors to vote at the next general election for or against a convention, and if a majority of all the electors voting at such election shall have voted for a convention, the legislature shall at the next session provide by law for calling the same; and such convention shall consist of a number of members, not less than double that of the most numerous branch of the legislature.

Section 4

	Text of Section 4: Constitution Adopted by Convention to Be Submitted to People Any constitution adopted by such convention shall have no validity until it has been submitted to and adopted by the people.

See also

• State constitution
• Constitutional article
• Constitutional amendment
• Constitutional revision
• Constitutional convention
• Amendments
  • Initiated constitutional amendment
  • Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
  • Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
  • Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
  • State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

External links

Suggest a link

• Wyoming State Legislature, "Wyoming Constitution"
• Wyoming History.org, "Wyoming Becomes a State: The Constitutional Convention and Statehood Debates of 1889 and 1890 — and Their Aftermath"
• History.com, "September 30, 1889: Wyoming legislators write the first state constitution to grant women the vote"
• Legal Genealogist, "State Constitutions: Wyoming"

Additional reading

• Keiter, Robert B. and Tim Newcomb. (2011). The Wyoming State Constitution, New York, New York: Oxford University Press