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IN SJR0014
Joint Resolution
Status
1/10/2018
Primary Sponsor
Elizabeth Brown
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AI Summary
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Indiana General Assembly applies to Congress for a constitutional convention under Article V of the U.S. Constitution to propose a single subject amendment.
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Proposed amendment would require Congress to pass no bill embracing more than one subject, with that subject clearly expressed in the bill's title.
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Convention called under Article V shall be limited solely to proposing the single subject amendment described and cannot be used for any other constitutional amendments.
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Application constitutes a continuing application until legislatures of at least two-thirds of all states have made similar applications on this subject.
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Certified copies of the resolution must be sent to the President, congressional leaders, federal and state legislative officers, and Indiana's members of Congress.
Legislative Description
Applies to Congress for a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution. Provides that such a convention be limited to proposing an amendment to the United States Constitution to provide that Congress shall pass no bill, and no bill shall become law, which embraces more than one subject, that subject to be clearly expressed in the bill's title.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure
1/10/2018