SJR 127 - Abortion Specifications - Tennessee Key Vote
Mark Norris, Sr. voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation-Joint Resolution.
Timeline
- House Joint Resolution Passed
- May 20, 2011
- Senate Joint Resolution Passed
- April 18, 2011
- Introduced
- March 14, 2011
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Stage Details
Title: Abortion Specifications
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a joint resolution that submits a constitutional amendment to the voters that specifies language relating to abortion.
Highlights:
- 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.
Title: Abortion Specifications
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a joint resolution that submits a constitutional amendment to the voters that specifies language relating to abortion.
Highlights:
- 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.
Title: Abortion Specifications
- Mike Bell (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Stacey Campfield (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Rusty Crowe (TN - R)
- Mike Faulk (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Dolores Gresham (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Douglas Henry (TN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jack C. Johnson (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Brian Kelsey (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Bill Ketron Jr. (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- James R. 'Randy' McNally (TN - R)
- Mark Saalfield Norris Sr. (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- J. Douglas 'Doug' Overbey (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ronald Lynn 'Ron' Ramsey (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kerry E. Roberts (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Steve Southerland (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jim Summerville (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jim D. Tracy (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Bo Watson (TN - R)
- Jamie Woodson (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ken Yager (TN - R)
More Info About this Vote
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.