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MS SC530

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Failed

4/2/2014

Primary Sponsor

Sampson Jackson

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Origin

Senate

2014 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Post-ratifies the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provides for the popular election of U.S. Senators by state voters rather than state legislatures.

  • Acknowledges that the 17th Amendment was already ratified by the required 36 states and declared valid on May 31, 1913, with Mississippi not having ratified it at that time.

  • Directs the Mississippi Secretary of State to transmit copies of this concurrent resolution to the U.S. Archivist, Vice President, Speaker of the House, and Mississippi's federal delegations.

  • Requests that the resolution text be reproduced in full in the Congressional Record.

Legislative Description

Post-ratify amendment to U.S. Constitution providing for direct election of United States Senators.

Last Action

Died In Committee

4/2/2014

Committee Referrals

Rules1/10/2014

Full Bill Text

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