SJR 127 - Abortion Not Protected by State Constitution - Tennessee Key Vote
Timeline
- Senate Joint Resolution Passed
- Jan. 30, 2008
- Introduced
- March 1, 2007
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Title: Abortion Not Protected by State Constitution
- Mae Beavers (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Dewayne Bunch (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Tim Burchett (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Rusty Crowe (TN - R)
- Raymond Finney (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Douglas Henry (TN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jack C. Johnson (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Bill Ketron Jr. (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Tommy Kilby (TN - D) (Out Of Office)
- James R. 'Randy' McNally (TN - R)
- Mark Saalfield Norris Sr. (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ronald Lynn 'Ron' Ramsey (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Steve Southerland (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Paul Stanley (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jim D. Tracy (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Bo Watson (TN - R)
- Michael R. 'Mike' Williams (TN - I) (Out Of Office)
- Jamie Woodson (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
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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.