Governor Proclamation to Allow General Assembly to Address Budget

The concurrent resolution refers to the voters of the state at the 2026 general election a constitutional amendment to modify existing law to require, when a governor convenes the general assembly by proclamation, that the business specially named in the proclamation must not be so narrowly framed as to impose a particular outcome on the general assembly.

The concurrent resolution requires that if the governor convenes the general assembly by proclamation for the purpose of addressing a state revenue shortfall or other state budgetary issue, the governor shall not limit the scope of the special session to only a portion of the budget and shall make the proclamation broad enough so that the general assembly can consider the entirety of the state budget and craft a comprehensive solution to the revenue shortfall or other state budgetary issue.

(Note: This summary applies to this concurrent resolution as introduced.)