SB 121-02: Sequoyah Statehood Amendment - SENT TO THE PEOPLE

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Sequoyah Statehood Amendment

1. Effective June 24, 2024 Anno Domini the new State of Sequoyah is hereby authorized to be created consisting of the territory of the following counties of the State of Oklahoma as constituted on January 1, 2023:


Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Garvin, Grady, Haskell, Hughes, Jefferson, Johnston, Latimer, Le Flore, Love, Marshall, Mayes, McClain, McCurtain, McIntosh, Murray, Muskogee, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Ottawa, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pushmataha, Rogers, Seminole, Sequoyah, Stephens, Tulsa, Wagoner, and Washington.

2. Until such time as a new State Constitution may be adopted or enacted, the Constitution of Oklahoma, all existing State and local laws, and all Tribal governing documents and laws shall remain in effect, and all office holders shall remain in office for the duration of any existing term. Until a special election may be conducted, the chief executive of the State of Sequoyah shall be the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.

3. The title to all property belonging to the State of Oklahoma located within the new State of Sequoyah shall escheat to the State of Sequoyah. The current debt, obligations, and funds of the State of Oklahoma shall be shared with the State of Sequoyah on a per capita basis.

4. For purposes of Art. VII, Sec. 2, Cl. 1 of the Atlasian Constitution, the ratification of the Constitutional Amendment adopted herein by the Southern Region shall be considered to fulfill the requirement that the State of Oklahoma consents to the creation of such new State.

5.

Be It Resolved in the Atlasian Senate Assembled, that upon ratification by 2/3rds of the Regions, the Fifth Constitution of Atlasia shall be amended as follows:

Article II, Section 1, Clause 3 of the Atlasian Constitution shall be amended as follows:

Section 1. The Regions.

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3. The southern Region shall consist of the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, Sequoyah, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

The Upper Southern Subregion shall consist of the states of Arkansas, Delaware, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Sequoyah, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

Amendment Explanation

This amendment creates the new State of Sequoyah.

Sponsor: Dwarven Dragon
Occupying: Slot 4

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

This is a constitutional amendment to grant statehood to the Sequoyan territory. It was considered in the last senate and there was no dissent but it failed due to lack of attendance. I hope that it can receive sufficient support in this senate.

[Mr. Reactionary]

I motion to suspend the rules and immediately proceed to a vote.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

24 hours for objections

[ReallySuper]

I object. I am definitely concerned by the prospect of seemingly arbitrarily installing the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation as the chief executive of this proposed state (even if only temporarily) when there are numerous other indigenous nations included within this territory. I am also not sure really what the point of this statehood effort is at all, honestly. If it is some kind of attempt to strengthen indigenous sovereignty, then the better way to do that is to create laws/policies directly related to sovereignty for those indigenous nations, not creating a new (majority white, non-indigenous) state.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Objection having been heard, the body will continue to exhaust the standard debate time

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

As in the previous Senate, this amendment has the Administration's full support.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Motion for a final vote

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

A final vote is beginning

Aye

[Senator Spark]

Present

[OSR stands with Israel]

Aye

[GM Team Member and Deputy PPT WB]

Aye

[West_Midlander]

Nay. I largely agree with Senator ReallySuper's comments.

[reagente]

Aye

[RFayette]

Aye

[fhtagn]

Aye

[ReallySuper]

ʻAʻole

[Blair]

Aye

[Deep Dixieland Senator, Muad'dib (OSR MSR)]

Aye

[Senator Spiral]

Aye

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Aye

[Mr. Reactionary]

Aye

[Adam Griffin]

Aye

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

The amendment PASSES the Senate Step, 12-2-1-3. It will now go before the people.