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IN HJR0010

Joint Resolution

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/13/2010

Primary Sponsor

David Frizzell

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Origin

House of Representatives

2010 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Directs the United States Congress to call a constitutional convention to propose an amendment to the Constitution repealing the Seventeenth Amendment
  • Proposes that U.S. Senators be chosen by state legislatures rather than elected by popular vote, serving six-year terms with one vote each
  • Allows state executives to make temporary Senate appointments during legislative recesses to fill vacancies until the legislature convenes
  • Grandfather clause exempts senators already elected before the amendment becomes valid from the new appointment process
  • Requires certified copies of the resolution be sent to Congress, state legislatures, and Indiana's congressional delegation

Legislative Description

United States senators.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures

1/13/2010

Full Bill Text

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