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Amendment To Constitution Process In Georgia

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This is a Complaint pleading for use in litigation of the title matter. Adapt this form to comply with your facts and circumstances, and with your specific state law. Not recommended for use by non-attorneys.

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Georgia has used three different methods of constitutional revision: seven were revised by constitutional conventions, two by constitutional commissions, and one by the office of legislative counsel of the Georgia General Assembly.

To propose amendments, two-thirds of both houses of Congress can vote to propose an amendment, or two-thirds of the state legislatures can ask Congress to call a national convention to propose amendments.

An amendment may be proposed by a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress, or, if two-thirds of the States request one, by a convention called for that purpose. The amendment must then be ratified by three-fourths of the State legislatures, or three-fourths of conventions called in each State for ratification.

Constitutional amendments are changes to the Georgia Constitution that a majority of voters must approve, while referendums involve specific laws or policies that do not alter the constitution but still require voter approval.

Articles of amendment may be filed online at or filed by paper by submitting this completed form to our office. Division, 2 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. SE, Suite 313 West Tower, Atlanta, Georgia 30334.

Georgia Constitution of 1777, 1789 and 1798 In 1789, a new constitution was written. The purpose of this constitution was to align it with the laws and regulations of the United States Constitution. Yet another constitution was created in 1798, making it the third constitution in roughly two decades.

The four ways the Constitution can be amended are: Two-thirds of both houses of Congress propose an amendment. Two-thirds of both houses of Congress propose an amendment. Two-thirds of state legislatures call on Congress to hold a constitutional convention.

Each House has to pass the Bill with two thirds majority of the total membership of that House. If 2nd House passes the Bill with amendments it is referred back to the House in which it originated and if that House agrees to those amendments with two thirds majority it is sent to the President for assent.

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Georgia does not feature a process for initiated constitutional amendments. This booklet contains copies of the two proposed amendments to the Constitution in their entirety.These amendments will be submitted at the general. An amendment can be proposed starting in either chamber of the assembly, i.e. , the House of Representatives or the Senate. Below is an overview of constitutional amendment processes in the 50 states. I discuss the various possible ways of amending state constitutions. To alter or create a Georgia law, your legislator must take the idea to Georgia's version of Congress, called the Georgia General Assembly. The legislative power of the state shall be vested in a General Assembly which shall consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives. Article X of the 1983 Georgia Constitution stipulates amendment procedures.

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