Senate Joint Resolution No. 12 Summary

• Requests Congress to call a constitutional convention under Article V of the U.S. Constitution to propose an amendment requiring majority approval from state legislatures for any increase in federal debt.

• Limits the convention's scope exclusively to proposing the federal debt approval amendment and prohibits consideration of any other constitutional matters.

• Establishes this application as a continuing application that remains valid until at least two-thirds of state legislatures submit equivalently limited applications for the same convention.

• Requires certified copies of the resolution be sent to Congressional leaders and the presiding officers of both chambers in all state legislatures.