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S 2220 - Constitutional Amendment Defining Marriage - Massachusetts Key Vote

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Title: Constitutional Amendment Defining Marriage

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass an initiative proposing a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman.

Highlights:

- Passage was done in a joint session, which has both houses vote on it at the same time.

NOTE: THIS LEGISLATION WAS VOTED ON IN A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, MEANING THAT BOTH CHAMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE MET IN A JOINT SESSION AND VOTED ON THE LEGISLATION IN UNISON. THE LEGISLATION DOES NOT PASS OR FAIL EACH CHAMBER, BUT INSTEAD PASSES OR FAILS THE LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE.

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See How Your Politicians Voted

Title: Constitutional Amendment Defining Marriage

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass an initiative proposing a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman.

Highlights:

- Passage was done in a joint session, which has both houses vote on it at the same time.

NOTE: THIS LEGISLATION WAS VOTED ON IN A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, MEANING THAT BOTH CHAMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE MET IN A JOINT SESSION AND VOTED ON THE LEGISLATION IN UNISON. THE LEGISLATION DOES NOT PASS OR FAIL EACH CHAMBER, BUT INSTEAD PASSES OR FAILS THE LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE.

Full Bill Text

Title: Constitutional Amendment Defining Marriage

NOTE: AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES MAJORITY APPROVAL BY ALL LEGISLATORS IN TWO CONSECUTIVE SESSIONS IF PROPOSED BY A LEGISLATOR OR BY ONE-FOURTH OF ALL LEGISLATORS IN TWO CONSECUTIVE SESSIONS IF PROPOSED BY VOTER PETITION. IT MUST THEN BE APPROVED BY THE MAJORITY OF CITIZENS VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT IN THE NEXT ELECTION. AT LEAST THIRTY PERCENT OF BALLOTS CAST MUST CONTAIN A VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT FOR THE AMENDMENT TO BECOME ENACTED.

NOTE: AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES MAJORITY APPROVAL BY ALL LEGISLATORS IN TWO CONSECUTIVE SESSIONS IF PROPOSED BY A LEGISLATOR OR BY ONE-FOURTH OF ALL LEGISLATORS IN TWO CONSECUTIVE SESSIONS IF PROPOSED BY VOTER PETITION. IT MUST THEN BE APPROVED BY THE MAJORITY OF CITIZENS VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT IN THE NEXT ELECTION. AT LEAST THIRTY PERCENT OF BALLOTS CAST MUST CONTAIN A VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT FOR THE AMENDMENT TO BECOME ENACTED.

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