HB 664 Summary

• Restricts Mississippi delegates to an Article V constitutional convention to voting only on amendments authorized in legislative instructions and the convention call.

• Requires immediate recall and replacement of any delegate who votes to consider or approve an unauthorized amendment.

• Mandates all delegate candidates take an oath prohibiting votes on unauthorized amendments, with violations subject to maximum civil or criminal penalties.

• Requires the Mississippi Legislature to certify delegate selections, recalls, replacements, and nullification of unauthorized votes to the convention.

• Takes effect July 1, 2014.