H.C.R. NO. 49 - Summary

• Urges the United States Congress to pass and send to the states a constitutional amendment to reverse the Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission Supreme Court decision.

• Asserts that the Citizens United decision overturned longstanding precedent prohibiting corporations from spending corporate general treasury funds in governmental elections.

• States that Citizens United unleashed unprecedented levels of corporate money in the political process and threatens state laws and constitutional provisions separating corporate money from elections.

• Argues that Article V of the U.S. Constitution empowers states to use the constitutional amendment process to correct egregiously wrong Supreme Court decisions that affect democracy and republican self-government.

• Requires certified copies of the resolution to be transmitted to the U.S. Senate Majority Leader, House Speaker, and Hawaii's congressional delegation.