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Indiana Public Question 1, Balanced Budget Amendment (2018)
An Indiana Balanced Budget Amendment may appear on the November 8, 2016 ballot in Indiana as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would require the legislature to enact a balanced budget each budget period. In other words, expense appropriations enacted by the legislature for a budget period would not be allowed to exceed the estimated revenue of the state for the same budget period.[1]
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- See also: Amending the Indiana Constitution
In Indiana, an amendment must be agreed to by a simple majority of the members elected to each of the two chambers over two legislative session.
On February 24, 2015, the Indiana Senate approved the amendment, with 47 senators voting yea and 3 voting nay.[1]
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