Key Votes
SJR 127 - Abortion Specifications - Key Vote
Tennessee Key Votes
Steve Southerland voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
- May 20, 2011 House Joint Resolution Passed
- April 18, 2011 Senate Joint Resolution Passed
- March 14, 2011 Introduced
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Note
NOTE: AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION IS A THREE-STEP PROCESS. FIRST, IT REQUIRES APPROVAL OF A SIMPLE MAJORITY IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE. SECOND, IT REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS APPROVAL BY THE NEXT GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOLLOWING AN ELECTION YEAR, AND THIRD APPROVAL BY THE VOTERS DURING A GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION. THE GOVERNOR CAN VETO THE JOINT RESOLUTION DURING ANY YEAR THE LEGISLATURE PASSES AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION.
Stage Details
Legislation-Joint Resolution - Joint Resolution Passed (House) (76-18) - May 20, 2011 (Key vote)
Title: Abortion Specifications
Vote to pass a joint resolution that submits a constitutional amendment to the voters that specifies language relating to abortion.
- Specifies that nothing in the Constitution secures or protects the right to abortion, or requires the funding of an abortion.
- Establishes that voters have the right, through their elected representatives to enact, repeal, or amend statutes regarding abortion, including, but not limited to, circumstances of pregnancy resulting from rape or incest, or when necessary to save the life of the mother.
Legislation-Joint Resolution - Joint Resolution Passed (Senate) (24-8) - April 18, 2011 (Key vote)
Title: Abortion Specifications
Vote to pass a joint resolution that submits a constitutional amendment to the voters that specifies language relating to abortion.
- Specifies that nothing in the Constitution secures or protects the right to abortion, or requires the funding of an abortion.
- Establishes that voters have the right, through their elected representatives to enact, repeal, or amend statutes regarding abortion, including, but not limited to, circumstances of pregnancy resulting from rape or incest, or when necessary to save the life of the mother.
Legislation-Joint Resolution - Introduced (Senate) - March 14, 2011
Title: Abortion Specifications
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Mike Bell (TN - R)
- Stacey Campfield (TN - R)
- Rusty Crowe (TN - R)
- Mike Faulk (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Dolores Gresham (TN - R)
- Douglas Henry (TN - D)
- Jack C. Johnson (TN - R)
- Brian Kelsey (TN - R)
- Bill Ketron Jr. (TN - R)
- James R. 'Randy' McNally (TN - R)
- Mark S. Norris (TN - R)
- J. Douglas 'Doug' Overbey (TN - R)
- Ronald Lynn 'Ron' Ramsey (TN - R)
- Kerry E. Roberts (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Steve Southerland (TN - R)
- Jim Summerville (TN - R)
- Jim D. Tracy (TN - R)
- Bo Watson (TN - R)
- Jamie Woodson (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ken Yager (TN - R)
