Masidi, who is also state local government and housing minister, said obviously GRS component party leaders would need to sit down and discuss the matter but is positive the move to table the bill will be accommodated.

He said the anti-hopping bill can establish stability in governing the state and it was good for Sabah politics.

“It is a question of when (to table the bill), whether we need to have a special session just for this, or perhaps we want to consider having it passed during the budget session in either November or December.

“We have no problem as far as (the state) government is concerned,” he said.

On Thursday, the Constitution (Amendment) Bill (No. 3) 2022 to create a provision prohibiting MPs from changing parties, received the support of more than two-thirds of MPs, with 209 out of 220 MPs in favour.

Also, on Thursday, Parti Bersatu Sabah president Maximus Ongkili, who is also Sabah and Sarawak affairs minister, said it was important for the Sabah and Sarawak assemblies to quickly table the anti-hopping bill because the amendment did not apply to the two assemblies.

Yesterday, law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said he had been informed that Sabah, Selangor, Penang and Negeri Sembilan would amend their constitutions to enable the amendment to be enforced in those states.