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WV HCR66

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Introduced

2/24/2025

Primary Sponsor

Bill Ridenour

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Origin

House of Delegates

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Declares West Virginia's sovereign right to nullify federal government actions deemed unconstitutional, dangerous, or undertaken through improper constitutional means

  • Charges the Executive Branch of West Virginia with identifying unconstitutional federal acts requiring nullification and coordinating with other states to prevent federal enforcement of such actions

  • Cites Thomas Jefferson's Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 and James Madison's Virginia Resolutions of 1798 as historical precedent for state nullification of federal overreach

  • Asserts that the federal government was created as an inferior entity by sovereign states through a compact, and therefore cannot be the final judge of its own powers

  • Directs distribution of the resolution to federal officials and invites other state legislatures to join West Virginia and Louisiana in nullifying unconstitutional federal actions

Legislative Description

Affirming the sovereign right of the State of West Virginia to nullify un-Constitutional acts

Last Action

To House Judiciary

2/24/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/24/2025

Full Bill Text

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