JOINT RESOLUTION · 1993–94 SESSION
SJR 8205: Taxing districts levy apprvl
Allowing taxing districts to approve levies with a simple majority of votes cast.
Summary
- The voting requirement on excess levies is lowered from 60 percent to a simple majority for all elections in which at least 40 percent of the number of voters voting in the last general election participate.
From the Senate Bill Report (SJR 8205), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 15, 1993
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Sent to voters
- Prime sponsor
- Shirley Winsley (R-28)
- Introduced
- January 15, 1993 in the Senate
- Last action
- March 11, 1994
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Shirley Winsley (R-28)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
SJR 8205 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SJR 8205 (2025–26) Property taxes/homestead
- SJR 8205 (2023–24) Investments/persist. poverty
- SJR 8205 (2021–22) Right to possess firearms
- SJR 8205 (2019–20) Tax court
- SJR 8205 (2017–18) Religious matters
- SJR 8205 (2015–16) Supreme court justices
- SJR 8205 (2013–14) 2/3 vote for tax increases
- SJR 8205 (2011–12) Presidential election/voting