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ND SCR4016

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Introduced

1/31/2013

Primary Sponsor

Margaret Sitte

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Origin

Senate

63rd Legislative Assembly

AI Summary

  • Rescind 2011 House Concurrent Resolution No. 3048, which requested Congress call an Article V constitutional convention to propose an amendment limiting convention authority to specific identical amendments from two-thirds of state legislatures.

  • State that the U.S. Constitution has been successfully amended multiple times throughout history without needing a constitutional convention and has protected citizens for over 200 years.

  • Express concern that opening the Constitution to sweeping changes at a convention could create legal chaos and lead to centuries of litigation over its meaning and interpretation.

  • Direct the North Dakota Secretary of State to send copies of the resolution to congressional leaders, all state legislators, and each member of the North Dakota Congressional Delegation.

Legislative Description

A concurrent resolution to rescind an application made by the Sixty-second Legislative Assembly to the Congress of the United States to call a convention pursuant to the terms of Article

Last Action

Second reading, failed to adopt

2/27/2013

Committee Referrals

Government and Veterans Affairs1/31/2013

Full Bill Text

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