Idaho Length of Special Session Amendment (2024)
| Idaho Length of Special Session Amendment | |
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| Election date November 5, 2024 | |
| Topic State legislatures measures | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Idaho Length of Special Session Amendment was not on the ballot in Idaho as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.
This amendment would have required that no extraordinary or special session of the state legislature can last for more than 20 days.[1]
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The full text of the ballot measure is available here.
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- See also: Amending the Idaho Constitution
A two-thirds (66.67%) vote is required during one legislative session for the Idaho State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 47 votes in the Idaho House of Representatives and 24 votes in the Idaho State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
This amendment was introduced as Senate Joint Resolution 104 on January 22, 2024. The Idaho State Senate voted 25-10 to approve the measure on February 1, 2024.[2]
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