HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 368 FILED ON: 1/13/2015
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1570
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Byron Rushing
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying proposal for constitutional amendment:
Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to the subject matter of initiative petitions.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Byron Rushing | 9th Suffolk | 1/13/2015 |
Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex | 9/24/2019 |
Benjamin Swan | 11th Hampden | 9/24/2019 |
Jason M. Lewis | Fifth Middlesex | 9/24/2019 |
James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester | 9/24/2019 |
Frank I. Smizik | 15th Norfolk | 9/24/2019 |
Carlos Gonzalez | 10th Hampden | 9/24/2019 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 368 FILED ON: 1/13/2015
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1570
By Mr. Rushing of Boston, a petition (accompanied by proposal, House, No. 1570) of Byron Rushing and others for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to the subject matter of initiative petitions. The Judiciary. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 67 OF 2013-2014.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)
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Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to the subject matter of initiative petitions.
A majority of all the members elected to the Senate and House of Representatives, in joint session, hereby declares it to be expedient to alter the Constitution by the adoption of the following Article of Amendment, to the end that it may become a part of the Constitution [if similarly agreed to in a joint session of the next General Court and approved by the people at the state election next following]:
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.
Section 2 of Part II, “Initiative Petitions”, of Article XLVIII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth is hereby amended by inserting after the third paragraph a new paragraph, as follows:-
No initiative petition shall propose a constitutional amendment that would restrict the rights set forth in this constitution to freedom and equality, or the right of each individual to be protected by society in the enjoyment of life, liberty and property, according to standing laws.