Constitutional amendment; modifying the number of votes for determining ratio and per centum.

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

SENATE JOINT
RESOLUTION 32 By: Bullard

AS INTRODUCED

A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
to refer to the people for their approval or
rejection a proposed amendment to Sections 2 and 5 of
Article V of the Oklahoma Constitution; modifying the
number of votes for determining ratio and per centum;
updating language; authorizing the people of a county
to bring petitions for any purpose; modifying the
requisite number of petitioners for county petitions;
providing ballot title; and directing filing.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2ND SESSION OF THE 60TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for
their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law,
the following proposed amendment to Sections 2 and 5 of Article V of
the Oklahoma Constitution to read as follows:
Section 2. The first power reserved by the people is the
initiative, and eight per centum of the legal voters shall have the
right to propose any legislative measure, and fifteen per centum of
the legal voters shall have the right to propose amendments to the
Constitution by petition, and every such petition shall include the

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full text of the measure so proposed. The second power is the
referendum, and it may be ordered (except as to laws necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety),
either by petition signed by five per centum of the legal voters or
by the Legislature as other bills are enacted. The ratio and per
centum of legal voters hereinbefore stated shall be based upon the
total number of votes cast at the last general election for the
Office of Governor state office receiving the highest number of
votes at such election.
Section 5. The powers of the initiative and referendum reserved
to the people by this Constitution for the State at large, are
hereby further reserved to the legal voters of every county and
district therein, as to all local legislation, or action, in the
administration of county and district government in and for their
respective counties and districts. The manner of exercising said
powers shall be prescribed by general laws, except that Boards of
County Commissioners may provide for the time of exercising the
initiative and referendum powers as to local legislation in their
respective counties and districts. Provided, however, the people of
such county shall have the authority to bring a petition for any
purpose of that county authorized by law.
The requisite number of petitioners for the invocation of the
initiative and referendum in counties and districts shall bear
twice, or double, the ratio to the whole number be eleven and five-

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tenths percent (11.5%) of legal voters in such county or district,
or five thousand (5,000) legal voters, whichever is smaller, as
herein provided therefor in the State at large.
SECTION 2. The Ballot Title for the proposed Constitutional
amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be in
the following form:
BALLOT TITLE
Legislative Referendum No. ____ State Question No. ____
THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
This measure amends Sections 2 and 5 of Article 5 of the
Oklahoma Constitution. The measure will modify the office used
for determining ratio and per centum from the Office of the
Governor to the state office receiving the most votes. The
measure will allow the people of a county to bring petitions for
any purpose authorized by law. The measure will modify the
needed number of petitioners for county petitions from the
current ratio to 11.5% or 5,000 legal voters, whichever is
smaller.
SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
SECTION 3. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall,
immediately after the passage of this resolution, prepare and file
one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in SECTION 2

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hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney
General.

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