Proposition Summary

Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 36. Eliminates mandatory 30-day recess during general sessions of Legislature in odd-numbered years. Prevents committee hearing or passage of bills (other than Budget Bill) for 30 days after introduction at general sessions, but permits waiver by three-fourths vote. Excludes Saturdays and Sundays from 120-day limit on length of general sessions.

Proposition Number

9

Year

1958

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 1979119; A: 50.5; N: 1940351; B: 49.5

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Assembly Constitutional Amendment

Code Sections Affected

Amended Cal. Const. art. IV, section 2.

For Author

Allen Miller, Assemblyman; John F. McCarthy, Senator; Charles J. Conrad, Assemblyman Speaker Pro Tempore of Assembly

Against Author

Ralph M. Brown, Assemblyman, 30th District; Nelson S. Dilworth, Senator, 37th Senatorial District

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