{"id":820,"date":"2014-07-18T00:27:49","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T04:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhodeisland.concon.info\/?page_id=820"},"modified":"2014-07-25T18:33:16","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T22:33:16","slug":"1984-constitutional-convention-referendum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rhodeisland.concon.info\/?page_id=820","title":{"rendered":"1984 Constitutional Convention Referendum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>May 21, 1983<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rhodeisland.concon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1983-05-21-RhodeIslandGeneralAssemblyJointResolutionForBi-PartisanPreparatoryCommission-1984ConCon.pdf\">Joint Resolution To Form Bi-Partisan Preparatory Commission<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Preparatory Commission report originally due on February 15, 1984. \u00a0Later extended to April 6, 1984 and then to July 2, 1984.<\/p>\n<h3>February 24, 1984<\/h3>\n<p>After the February 15, 1984 deadline passed without a report,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rhodeisland.concon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1984-02-24-JointResolution-ExtensionOfBipartisanPreparatoryCommissionReportingDate-R69-84S387.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Joint Resolution Extending The Reporting Date Of A Bi-Partisan Preparatory Commission<\/a>\u00a0extends the deadline to April 6, 1984.<\/p>\n<h3>April 18, 1984<\/h3>\n<p>After the April 6, 1984 deadline passed without a report, <a href=\"https:\/\/rhodeisland.concon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1984-04-18-JointResolution-ExtensionOfBipartisanPreparatoryCommissionReportingDate-R232-84H9339.pdf\">Joint Resolution Extending The Reporting Date Of A Bi-Partisan Preparatory Commission<\/a>\u00a0extends the deadline to July 2, 1984.<\/p>\n<h3>November 6, 1984<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Date of referendum on whether to convene a state constitutional convention. \u00a0For ballot text, see\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rhodeisland.concon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1984-11-06-VoterInformationHandbook-ShallThereBeAConvention.pdf\">Secretary of State&#8217;s Voter Information Handbook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>June 27, 1985<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rhodeisland.concon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1985-06-27-AnActCallingForAConstitutionalConventionOfThePeopleOfTheStateOfRhodeIsland-Chapter326-85H6125.pdf\">An Act Calling For A Constitutional Convention Of The People Of The State Of Rhode Island<\/a>. \u00a0This is the most recent enabling act in U.S. history to call a state constitutional convention or any constitutional convention for that matter. Since Rhode Island in\u00a01984, no state has convened\u00a0a state constitutional convention.<\/p>\n<h3>July 5, 1984<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rhodeisland.concon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1984-07-05-BipartisanPreparatoryCommisionReportForAConstitutionalConvention.pdf\">Bi-Partisan Preparatory Commission Report mandated by Rhode Island&#8217;s Constitution<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>January 6, 1986<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rhodeisland.concon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1986-01-06-JournalOfTheConvention-1stDayOfProceedings.pdf\">First day of proceedings of the constitutional convention<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 21, 1983 Joint Resolution To Form Bi-Partisan Preparatory Commission Preparatory Commission report originally due on February 15, 1984. \u00a0Later extended to April 6, 1984 and then to July 2, 1984. 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