Key Votes
HB 574 - Clarifying Montana Constitution with Regards to Abortion - Key Vote
Montana Key Votes
Stages
- April 13, 2011 Senate Amendment Rejected
- March 22, 2011 House Amendment Adopted
- Feb. 15, 2011 Introduced
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Note
NOTE: AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES A TWO-THIRDS APPROVAL OF THE ENTIRE LEGISLATURE (CUMULATIVELY BETWEEN BOTH CHAMBERS), AND THEN MUST BE APPROVED BY THE PUBLIC BY A MAJORITY VOTE IN THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION.
Stage Details
Constitutional Amendment - Amendment Rejected (Senate) (30-20) - April 13, 2011 (Key vote)
Title: Clarifying Montana Constitution with Regards to Abortion
Vote to pass a bill that submits a constitutional amendment to the voters that clarifies that the Montana constitution does not grant or secure a right to abortion or the public funding of abortion.
-Establishes the effective date as January 1, 2013, if approved by the electorate (Sec. 3).
Constitutional Amendment - Amendment Adopted (House) (66-31) - March 22, 2011 (Key vote)
Title: Clarifying Montana Constitution with Regards to Abortion
Vote to pass a bill that submits a constitutional amendment to the voters that clarifies that the Montana constitution does not grant or secure a right to abortion or the public funding of abortion.
-Establishes the effective date as January 1, 2013, if approved by the electorate (Sec. 3).
Constitutional Amendment - Introduced (House) - Feb. 15, 2011
Title: Clarifying Montana Constitution with Regards to Abortion
