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Indiana Right to Hunt and Fish Amendment, SJ 7 (2014)
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The Indiana Right to Hunt and Fish Amendment, known in the legislature as Senate Joint Resolution 7, did not make the 2014 general election ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Indiana. The proposed measure would have guaranteed the right of state citizens to hunt and fish, but it died in the House Judiciary Committee.[1]
A similar amendment was proposed in the 2014 legislature session and was approved in both branches as Senate Joint Resolution 9. The amendment was, therefore, in the running for the 2016 ballot. For this to happen, the resolution would again have to be approved by the House and the Senate in either the 2015 or 2016 legislative session.[2]
Text of measure
Constitutional changes
Had the measure been referred to the ballot and approved by voters, the measure would have added a new section to Article 1 of the Indiana Constitution. It would have read as follows:[3]
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The people have a right to hunt, fish, harvest game, or engage in the agricultural or commercial production of meat, fish, poultry, or dairy products, which is a valued part of our heritage and shall be forever preserved for the public good, subject only to laws prescribed by the General Assembly and rules prescribed by virtue of the authority of the General Assembly. Hunting and fishing shall be the preferred means of managing and controlling wildlife. This section shall not be construed to limit the application of any provision of law relating to trespass or property rights. |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Indiana Constitution
In order to send a constitutional amendment to the ballot, a majority vote is required in two successive sessions of the Indiana General Assembly. Indiana is one of 12 states where proposed amendments are considered in two successive sessions of the state's legislature.
First legislative session
On February 10, 2011, the House voted 44-5 in favor of referring the proposed measure to the statewide ballot. The Senate voted 40-9 on April 27, 2011.[4]
Second legislative session
On February 4, 2013, the Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources voted 7-0 in favor of sending the amendment on to the senate. The resolution, however, died in a House Judiciary Committee.[5][6] The measure was moving through this legislative session as SJR 7.
See also
External links
- SJR 9 (status) and (full text) Version of bill from 2011
- SJR 7 (status) Version of bill from 2013
Footnotes
- ↑ Courier-Journal.com, "Indiana Senate backs hunting, fishing amendment," April 27, 2011
- ↑ Nuvo.net, "Constitutional hunting and fishing passes," March 4, 2014
- ↑ Indiana General Assembly, "SJR 9 full text," accessed April 29, 2011
- ↑ Indiana General Assembly, "SJR 9 action list," accessed April 29, 2011
- ↑ Associated Press, "Indiana right to hunt, farm proposal advances," February 5, 2013
- ↑ LegiScan.com, "Indiana Senate Joint Resolution 7," accessed March 6, 2014
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