AN ACT CONCERNING EXPLANATORY TEXTS REGARDING PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

SB 509 requires the legislative committee that reviews constitutional amendment proposals to approve explanatory texts about those amendments with a unanimous vote. The bill allows this committee to amend the explanatory text prepared by the Office of Legislative Research before approval, rather than accepting it as-is. It directly affects the Joint Standing Committee on Government Administration and Elections, the Office of Legislative Research, and the Secretary of the State, who distributes the final text to the public. The bill changes the process for creating clear, non-partisan explanations of proposed constitutional changes, without altering the amendments themselves. This is a procedural change focused on improving the clarity of voter information.