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MS SC511
Concurrent Resolution
Status
4/5/2022
Primary Sponsor
Angela Burks Hill
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AI Summary
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Establishes Mississippi will send 5 commissioners and 3 alternates to any Article V Constitutional Convention, selected by majority vote of both legislative chambers
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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
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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
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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
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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