Challenges to constitutional amendments proposed by the General Assembly
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Tom Steele v. John Thurston, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of State for the State of Arkansas (2020)
Most recently applied in Tom Steele v. John Thurston, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of State for the State of Arkansas (October 2020)
Acts 2019, No. 376, § 12.
If the General Assembly passes a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Arkansas Constitution, a qualified elector may file an action in a court of competent jurisdiction at any time after the passage of the joint resolution challenging the sufficiency of the joint resolution, including without limitation the:
(1) Text of the proposed amendment;
(2) Ballot title of the proposed amendment; and
(3) Popular name of the proposed amendment.
Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.