SB569

Senate Bill 569 is a proposed constitutional amendment that seeks to limit the length of ballot titles for proposed measures to 500 words and requires that they be readable, clear, and concise. It also empowers the General Assembly to enact legislation establishing specific readability standards for these titles. The bill includes a legislative intent section arguing that the General Assembly should have the authority to amend or repeal constitutional amendments with a two-thirds vote of each house, citing past Supreme Court decisions to support this interpretation. By asserting this authority, the legislature aims to redefine how the constitution can be modified and how ballot language is structured. The bill functions as both a regulatory change for ballot procedures and an ideological assertion of legislative power over constitutional amendments.