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HI SR41

Resolution

Status

Introduced

2/26/2010

Primary Sponsor

Carol Fukunaga

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Origin

Senate

2010 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Declares that Hawaii and other states retain sovereign rights under the U.S. Constitution, rejecting unlimited submission to federal authority and affirming state self-government.

  • Asserts that Congress lacks constitutional authority to create, define, or punish crimes beyond those specifically enumerated in the Constitution (treason, counterfeiting, piracy, felonies on high seas, offenses against law of nations, and slavery).

  • Calls for nullification of federal acts, executive orders, or judicial decisions that exceed delegated constitutional powers, specifically targeting martial law without state consent, involuntary servitude, corporate/foreign power transfers, religious restrictions, speech/press limitations, and gun regulations.

  • Proposes that if federal acts violate the Constitution, all delegated powers should revert to individual states and any future federal government would require ratification by three-fourths of states and would not bind non-ratifying states.

  • Directs transmission of certified copies to the President and Hawaii's congressional delegation; notes that Arizona, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Washington are considering similar measures.

Legislative Description

State Sovereignty

Last Action

(S) Referred to TIA, JGO.

3/10/2010

Committee Referrals

Transportation and International Affairs3/10/2010

Full Bill Text

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