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WV HCR74

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/4/2025

Primary Sponsor

Joe Funkhouser

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Origin

House of Delegates

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Applies to Congress to call an Article V convention of states limited to proposing repeal of the Seventeenth Amendment, which requires direct popular election of U.S. Senators

  • Directs that this application be aggregated with similar applications from other states seeking to repeal the Seventeenth Amendment to reach the two-thirds threshold required to force Congress to call a convention

  • Constitutes a continuing application that remains in effect until at least two-thirds of state legislatures submit applications on the same subject

  • Calls for West Virginia to join other states in federal court action to compel Congress to call a convention if the required number of state applications is reached

  • Requires the House Clerk to send copies of the resolution to congressional leadership, West Virginia's congressional delegation, and presiding officers of all state legislatures

Legislative Description

To repeal the 17th amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Last Action

To House Judiciary

3/4/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary3/4/2025

Full Bill Text

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