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NC H695

Bill

Status

Introduced

4/14/2015

Primary Sponsor

Mark Brody

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Origin

House of Representatives

2015-2016 Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes North Carolina delegates to participate in an Article V constitutional convention limited to proposing a "countermand amendment" allowing states to nullify federal laws, executive orders, and judicial decisions by a three-fifths vote of state legislatures.

  • Establishes a six-member Delegate Credential Committee (three House members including one minority member, three Senate members including one minority member) to appoint and oversee convention delegates and ensure compliance with legislative instructions.

  • Requires all delegates and alternates to take an oath pledging to follow the legislature's instructions and prohibits them from voting for any amended or modified version of the countermand amendment specified in the bill.

  • Charges the state delegation chair with coordinating with other state delegations to secure convention procedures requiring one vote per state, a simple majority for all decisions, and a convention president from a state that passed similar legislation.

  • Specifies the exact text of the countermand amendment to be sent to states for ratification, which would allow state legislatures to nullify federal statutes, executive orders, judicial decisions, and agency regulations by a 60 percent supermajority vote.

Legislative Description

Constitutional Amendnt Convention/Countermand

Last Action

Ref To Com On Judiciary I

4/15/2015

Committee Referrals

Judiciary I4/15/2015

Full Bill Text

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