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The present-day document, which went into effect on November 1, 1851, is the state's second constitution. It supersedes Indiana's 1816 constitution and has had numerous amendments since its initial adoption. Indiana's constitution is composed of a preamble, articles, and amendments.
The Indiana Constitution provides for a legislative process to amend the constitution. A simple majority vote is required during two successive General Assembly sessions to place a constitutional ...
For instance, the voters can vote on an amendment to the Indiana Constitution only after that proposal has been passed by two successive General Assemblies. Maybe that too needs to change.
Legislatively-referred amendment: Iowa Require Citizenship to Vote in State Elections and Allow 17-Year-Olds to Vote in Primaries Amendment: A legislatively-referred constitutional amendment that would add only a citizen of the U.S., rather than every citizen of the U.S., can vote; and supports allowing 17-year-olds who will be 18 by the ...
This is a list of known applications made to the United States Congress by the state legislatures for a Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution under Article V of the Constitution which provides in pertinent part:
The Indiana constitution prohibits the state from passing "special" laws that target a certain place, person or case. But it makes exceptions for laws that address a specific situation but can ...
An initiated constitutional amendment is an amendment to a state's constitution that results from petitioning by a state's citizens. By utilizing this initiative process, citizens can propose and vote on constitutional amendments directly, without need of legislative referral. When a sufficient number of citizens have signed a petition ...
Timbs v. Indiana, 586 U.S. 146 (2019), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court considered whether the excessive fines clause of the Constitution's Eighth Amendment applies to state and local governments.