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WV HCR102

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Introduced

4/10/2025

Primary Sponsor

Unknown

Origin

House of Delegates

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges Congress to call an Article V convention of states limited specifically to proposing constitutional amendments addressing federal fiscal responsibility

  • Calls for West Virginia and other states to commence federal court action to compel Congress to fulfill its constitutional duty to call such a convention

  • Invites all states to convene at West Virginia's capital to propose fiscal responsibility amendments, with a target of submitting agreed-upon amendments to state conventions by July 4, 2026, for inclusion on general election ballots

  • Notes the national debt has grown from $850 billion in 1979 to over $36 trillion, and cites inflation reaching 7.7% (a 40-year high) as of October 2022

  • At least 40 state applications calling for an Article V convention on fiscal responsibility or general topics have been submitted to Congress since 1979

Legislative Description

Urging Congress call a convention of the states, under the authority reserved to the states in Article V of the United States Constitution, limited to proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States to create fiscal responsibility by and within the federal government.

Last Action

Rejected, Special Calendar (Roll No. 458)

4/10/2025

Full Bill Text

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