1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) | | | 3|SENATE JOINT | |RESOLUTION 2 By: Dahm | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| AS INTRODUCED | | | 7| A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State | | to refer to the people for their approval or | 8| rejection a proposed amendment to Section 1 of | | Article I of the Oklahoma Constitution; declaring the | 9| State of Oklahoma a sovereign state; providing that | | any laws contrary to the United States Constitution | 10| are null and void; providing ballot title; and | | directing filing. | 11| | | | 12| | | | 13|BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | | | 14|1ST SESSION OF THE 59TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE: | | | 15| SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for | | | 16|their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law, | | | 17|the following proposed amendment to Section 1 of Article I of the | | | 18|Oklahoma Constitution to read as follows: | | | 19| Section 1. The State of Oklahoma isan inseparablea sovereign | | | 20|state, a part of the Federal Union known as the United States of | | | 21|America, and the Constitution of the United States is the supreme | | | 22|law of the land and any laws to the contrary are null, void, and of | | | 23|no effect in this state. | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 454 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| SECTION 2. The Ballot Title for the proposed Constitutional | | | 2|amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be in | | | 3|the following form: | | | 4| BALLOT TITLE | | | 5|Legislative Referendum No. ____ State Question No. ____ | | | 6|THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS: | | | 7| This measure amends Section 1 of Article 1 of the Oklahoma | | | 8| Constitution. This section declares the State of Oklahoma a | | | 9| sovereign state and a part of the Federal Union with the United | | | 10| States Constitution as the supreme law of the land. This | | | 11| measure declares that any law to the contrary is null, void, and | | | 12| of no effect in this state. | | | 13| SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED? | | | 14| FOR THE PROPOSAL YES _____________ | | | 15| AGAINST THE PROPOSAL NO _____________ | | | 16| SECTION 3. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall, | | | 17|immediately after the passage of this resolution, prepare and file | | | 18|one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in SECTION 2 | | | 19|hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney | | | 20|General. | | | 21| | | | 22| 59-1-454 TEK 12/20/2022 10:46:40 AM | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 454 Page 2