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MS SC511

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Failed

4/5/2022

Primary Sponsor

Angela Burks Hill

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Origin

Senate

2022 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes Mississippi will send 5 commissioners and 3 alternates to any Article V Constitutional Convention, selected by majority vote of both legislative chambers

  • Requires at least 3 of the 5 commissioners to be sitting members of the state Legislature, with federal officials and statewide elected officials ineligible to serve

  • Mandates commissioners take an oath to follow legislative instructions and act only within the scope of Mississippi's convention application, with unauthorized votes declared void

  • Creates an 8-member Joint Legislative Committee (4 senators, 4 representatives) to develop recommended instructions, monitor commissioners, and recall any commissioner who casts or attempts to cast an unauthorized vote

  • Requires commissioners to support a one-state-one-vote rule at the convention, with Mississippi's single vote determined by simple majority of its commissioners

Legislative Description

Article V Constitutional Convention; provide for selection and authority of commissioners.

Last Action

Died In Committee

4/5/2022

Committee Referrals

Rules1/11/2022

Full Bill Text

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