In Re Opinion of the Justices

To the Honorable Lieutenant Governor and Members of the Senate of Alabama:

Sirs:

The two-thirds vote required by section 76 of the Constitution for the passage of a bill embodying legislation on a subject not designated in the Governor’s call for a special session applies to the final action in each House on the proposed law. Hence, if H. B. 180 be amended in the Senate, a concurrence by the House would require a two-thirds vote by yeas and nays entered on the journal as provided by section 64 of the Constitution.

An amendment in the form of a substitute bill would be subject to the same rule.…