Most ballot initiatives in California require another ballot initiative to remove or amend them. Normally, the legislature can amend (or alter) the proposition with a 2/3 super majority. Read the following excerpt from Proposition 22, a 2020 ballot initiative that classified ride share drivers as independent contractors. This proposition is now a statute since it received more yes votes than no votes in the 2020 election. (a) After the effective date of this chapter, the Legislature may amend this chapter by a statute passed in each house of the Legislature by rollcall vote entered into the journal, seven-eighths of the membership concurring, provided that the statute is consistent with, and furthers the purpose of, this chapter. No bill seeking to amend this chapter after the effective date of this chapter may be passed or ultimately become a statute unless the bill has been printed and distributed to members, and published on the internet, in its final form, for at least 12 business days prior to its passage in either house of the Legislature. a. What super majority of the legislature is required to amend this statute? b. Suppose someone wanted to propose a bill that would amend this statute. If hey print and distribute the bill to members, and publish it on the internet Friday, May 14th, 2021 can they hold a vote on Friday, May 28th, 2021?
Most ballot initiatives in California require another ballot initiative to remove or amend them. Normally, the legislature can amend (or alter) the proposition with a 2/3 super majority. Read the following excerpt from Proposition 22, a 2020 ballot initiative that classified ride share drivers as independent contractors. This proposition is now a statute since it received more yes votes than no votes in the 2020 election.
(a) After the effective date of this chapter, the Legislature may amend this chapter by a statute passed in each house of the Legislature by rollcall vote entered into the journal, seven-eighths of the membership concurring, provided that the statute is consistent with, and furthers the purpose of, this chapter. No bill seeking to amend this chapter after the effective date of this chapter may be passed or ultimately become a statute unless the bill has been printed and distributed to members, and published on the internet, in its final form, for at least 12 business days prior to its passage in either house of the Legislature.
a. What super majority of the legislature is required to amend this statute?
b. Suppose someone wanted to propose a bill that would amend this statute. If hey print and distribute the bill to members, and publish it on the internet Friday, May 14th, 2021 can they hold a vote on Friday, May 28th, 2021?
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