The Ohio legislature has adjourned, without passing HJR 19. It would have made it more difficult for statewide initiatives to pass. Currently a statewide initiative petition may take as long as is needed, but the bill would have required such petitions to be completed within six months. It also would have required statewide initiatives to receive at least 60% of the vote, and it would have set the deadline for submitting the petition in April of election years. If it had passed, the voters would have voted on it, because it is a proposed constitutional amendment. It may be re-introduced in 2019.