to prohibit the governor, in exercising his or her partial veto authority, from creating or increasing, or authorizing the creation or increase, of any tax or fee?” 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 10 To amend Section 18, of Article I, of the Constitution; relating to: the freedom to gather in places of worship, during a state of emergency. Whereas, the 2023 Legislature, in regular session, considered a proposed amendment to the Constitution, in 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 54, which became 2023 Enrolled Joint Resolution 11, and agreed to it by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, which proposed amendment reads, as follows: Section 1. Section 18, of Article I, of the Constitution, is created to read: [Article I], Section 18. The right of every person to worship Almighty God, according to the dictates of conscience, shall never be infringed; nor shall any person be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry, without consent; nor shall any control of, or interference with, the rights of conscience be permitted, or any preference be given by law, to any religious establishments or modes of worship; nor shall any money be drawn from the treasury for the benefit of religious societies, or religious or theological seminaries; nor shall the state or a political subdivision of the state, order the closure of, or forbid gatherings in places of worship, in response to a state of emergency, at the national, state or local level, including an emergency related to public health. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the foregoing proposed amendments to the Constitution is agreed to by the 2025 Legislature; and, be it further Resolved, That the foregoing proposed amendments to the Constitution be submitted to a vote of the people, at the election to be held the first Tuesday of November, 2026; and, be it further Resolved, That the question concerning ratification to prohibit the governor, in exercising his or her partial veto authority, from creating or increasing, or authorizing the creation or increase, of any tax or fee?” 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 10 To amend Section 18, of Article I, of the Constitution; relating to: the freedom to gather in places of worship, during a state of emergency. Whereas, the 2023 Legislature, in regular session, considered a proposed amendment to the Constitution, in 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 54, which became 2023 Enrolled Joint Resolution 11, and agreed to it by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, which proposed amendment reads, as follows: Section 1. Section 18, of Article I, of the Constitution, is created to read: [Article I], Section 18. The right of every person to worship Almighty God, according to the dictates of conscience, shall never be infringed; nor shall any person be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry, without consent; nor shall any control of, or interference with, the rights of conscience be permitted, or any preference be given by law, to any religious establishments or modes of worship; nor shall any money be drawn from the treasury for the benefit of religious societies, or religious or theological seminaries; nor shall the state or a political subdivision of the state, order the closure of, or forbid gatherings in places of worship, in response to a state of emergency, at the national, state or local level, including an emergency related to public health. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the foregoing proposed amendments to the Constitution is agreed to by the 2025 Legislature; and, be it further Resolved, That the foregoing proposed amendments to the Constitution be submitted to a vote of the people, at the election to be held the first Tuesday of November, 2026; and, be it further Resolved, That the question concerning ratification
