Lawmakers could soon meet in a special session to repeal Act 1002.
Repealing the law will be tough, but it’s not out of reach—we’d need just a simple majority in each chamber—but repealing it isn’t enough.
For repeal to take effect in time, we’d need an emergency clause.
(1/5)
Repealing the law will be tough, but it’s not out of reach—we’d need just a simple majority in each chamber—but repealing it isn’t enough.
For repeal to take effect in time, we’d need an emergency clause.
(1/5)
A bill with an emergency clause takes effect as soon as the governor signs it into law; otherwise, it doesn’t take effect for 90 days.
(By the way, that’s *today* for laws passed earlier this year.)
(2/5)
(By the way, that’s *today* for laws passed earlier this year.)
(2/5)
Even if lawmakers were to repeal Act 1002 as early as next Monday, without an emergency clause, repeal wouldn’t take effect until early November—much too late.
So our goal here isn’t a simple majority, but the two-thirds threshold required to adopt an emergency clause.
(3/5)
So our goal here isn’t a simple majority, but the two-thirds threshold required to adopt an emergency clause.
(3/5)
This doesn’t mean repeal is out of reach. Often, if a bill with an emergency clause passes but falls short of the two-thirds threshold, lawmakers who didn’t vote for the bill choose to support the emergency clause as a courtesy in a follow-up vote. (Lawmaking is weird.) (4/5)
So:
- We need 51 votes in the House and 18 votes in the Senate to repeal Act 1002.
- For repeal to take effect in time, we need 67 House members and 24 senators to pass an emergency clause.
Keep calling your members.
Contact info for all 135: arkleg.state.ar.us
(5/5)
- We need 51 votes in the House and 18 votes in the Senate to repeal Act 1002.
- For repeal to take effect in time, we need 67 House members and 24 senators to pass an emergency clause.
Keep calling your members.
Contact info for all 135: arkleg.state.ar.us
(5/5)
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