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WV HCR11

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Introduced

1/20/2026

Primary Sponsor

Joe Funkhouser

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Origin

House of Delegates

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • West Virginia Legislature applies to Congress to call an Article V convention of states to propose constitutional amendments requiring natural born U.S. citizenship for federal officials

  • Proposed amendments would require U.S. Representatives, Senators, Article III federal judges, and Cabinet Secretaries to be natural born citizens with sole and exclusive U.S. citizenship

  • Application is designed to aggregate with similar applications from other states toward the two-thirds threshold (34 states) needed to compel Congress to call a convention

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

  • Clerk directed to forward copies to congressional leadership, West Virginia's federal delegation, and presiding officers of all state legislatures

Legislative Description

To require that all United States Congressional Representatives, United States Senators, federal judges, and cabinet secretaries be natural born United States citizens.

Last Action

To House Judiciary

1/20/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/20/2026

Full Bill Text

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