Proposition Summary
Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 36. Eliminates mandatory 30-day recess during general sessions of Legislature in odd-numbered years. Prevents committee hearing or passage of bills (other than Budget Bill) for 30 days after introduction at general sessions, but permits waiver by three-fourths vote. Excludes Saturdays and Sundays from 120-day limit on length of general sessions.
Proposition Number
9
Year
1958
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Pass
Popular Vote Results
Y: 1979119; A: 50.5; N: 1940351; B: 49.5
Election Type
General Election
Proposition Type
Assembly Constitutional Amendment
Code Sections Affected
Amended Cal. Const. art. IV, section 2.
For Author
Allen Miller, Assemblyman; John F. McCarthy, Senator; Charles J. Conrad, Assemblyman Speaker Pro Tempore of Assembly
Against Author
Ralph M. Brown, Assemblyman, 30th District; Nelson S. Dilworth, Senator, 37th Senatorial District
Recommended Citation
GENERAL LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS California Proposition 9 (1958).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/595