IL SJR0026

Illinois rescinds its 1863 ratification of the Corwin Amendment, which proposed to prohibit Congress from abolishing or interfering with states' domestic institutions, including slavery.

The Corwin Amendment was proposed by U.S. Representative Thomas Corwin on February 27, 1861, and approved by Congress on March 2, 1861, but has never been ratified by three-fourths of the states.

The resolution notes the Corwin Amendment's purposes became moot following the Civil War and the ratification of the 13th Amendment in 1865, which abolished slavery.

Certified copies of the rescission resolution must be forwarded to the Archivist of the United States, the President, Congress leadership, and Illinois's congressional delegation for inclusion in the Congressional Record.