A bill to hold a Constitutional Convention, in August as opposed to May, still must pass in the Senate. While Senate President Cameron Henry said a new start date is more realistic, he said there are still several unknowns about the process that will be used in June and July before the convention.
“To allow for enough public testimony from individuals, businesses, interest groups to be able to put really something solid together on August 1st,” said Henry.
Henry said proposed changes made at the convention will still have to go before voters in either the November or December elections.
“So, if we’re not completely a 1,000% open and transparent and give everyone the ability to come speak their mind on these issues it’s going to fail at the polls and we’re going to be back to square one,” said Henry.
Henry said there are still too many unknowns about the convention and the delegate process that he said will have to be answered before he believes the upper chamber will approve a convention.
“If it passes muster with the Senate then we’ll advance the bill, if not we’ll make some adjustments and try to see if we can get it out of the Senate,” said Henry.
As for when the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee will take up the bill, Henry said remains to be seen. In the meantime, he said they’ll be focusing on the state budget.
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