Oregon Measure 3, Annual Legislative Sessions of Limited Duration Amendment (May 1990)
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| Topic State legislatures measures |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oregon Measure 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oregon on May 15, 1990. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported requiring annual legislative sessions of specified duration, limiting sessions at 135 calendar days in odd-numbered years and 45 days in even-numbered years. |
A "no" vote opposed requiring annual legislative sessions of specified duration, limiting sessions at 135 calendar days in odd-numbered years and 45 days in even-numbered years. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure 3 |
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| Yes | 294,664 | 49.57% | ||
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299,831 | 50.43% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure 3 was as follows:
| “ | AMENDS STATE CONSTITUTION; REQUIRES ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS OF LIMITED DURATION QUESTION—Shall state constitution require legislative assembly to meet annually instead of biennially and limit number of days in legislative sessions? STATEMENT — Amends Oregon Constitution. Requires legislature to meet annually instead of biennially. Changes commencement of session from second Monday of September to second Monday of January. Unless extended, limits length of session to 135 calendar days in odd-number years, 45 in even-number years. On two-thirds vote of each house, allows extension for five calendar day intervals. Requires multiple extensions to run consecutively, except for Sundays. Measures introduced and not passed in one session do not carry over to following session. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Oregon Constitution
A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Oregon State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 31 votes in the Oregon House of Representatives and 16 votes in the Oregon State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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