HM 1255 Summary

• Urges Congress to propose a constitutional amendment increasing U.S. Senators from two to three per state for any state with a population exceeding 6 million as determined by the federal census.

• States that 19 states currently meet the 6 million population threshold (including Maryland, Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona, Tennessee, and Indiana), which would result in a total of 120 U.S. Senators once all eligible states are counted.

• Argues that current Senate apportionment creates severe representational imbalance where 30 percent of the population elects 70 percent of senators while 70 percent of the population elects only 30 percent of senators.

• Contends that the two-senator-per-state system, designed to protect small states when the maximum population disparity was 10 to 1, is obsolete given current disparities of approximately 100 to 1 between the largest and smallest states.

• Requires copies of the memorial be sent to the President, Senate President, House Speaker, and Florida's congressional delegation.