MA H3658

Bill

MA H3658

Resolutions for a United States constitutional amendment and a limited amendment proposing convention

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/28/2022

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

By Messrs. Gentile of Sudbury and Vieira of Falmouth, a petition of Carmine Lawrence Gentile, David T. Vieira and others for the adoption of resolutions memorializing the Congress of the United States to call for a convention to propose amendments in order to address concerns about the integrity of our elections and the ability of the people to participate in effective self-government. Veterans and Federal Affairs.

AI Summary

This bill calls for the United States Congress to propose a constitutional amendment that would affirm that the rights protected by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons (human individuals) only, and that Congress and the states shall place limits on political contributions and expenditures to ensure that all citizens have access to the political process and that the spending of money to influence elections is not protected as free speech under the First Amendment. If Congress does not propose this amendment within 6 months, the bill constitutes a petition by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to Congress to call a limited constitutional convention for the sole purpose of proposing amendments to address concerns raised by the Supreme Court's rulings in Citizens United v. FEC and related decisions. The bill requires 33 other states to submit similar petitions before Congress can consider this request.

Committee Categories

Military Affairs and Security

Sponsors (51)

Carmine Gentile (D)*, Dave Vieira (R)*, Jim Arciero (D), Bruce Ayers (D), Tony Cabral (D), Linda Campbell (D), Tackey Chan (D), Mike Connolly (D), Rob Consalvo (D), Edward Coppinger (D), Kip Diggs (D), Diana Dizoglio (D), Michelle DuBois (D), Pat Duffy (D), Jamie Eldridge (D), Paul Feeney (D), Dylan Fernandes (D), Sean Garballey (D), Tami Gouveia (D), Rich Haggerty (D), Jim Hawkins (D), Chris Hendricks (D), Natalie Higgins (D), Patrick Kearney (D), Kay Khan (D), Meghan Kilcoyne (D), David LeBoeuf (D), Jack Lewis (D), Jason Lewis (D), Brian Murray (D), Tram Nguyen (D), Jim O'Day (D), Jake Oliveira (D), Steve Owens (D), Sarah Peake (D), Ted Philips (D), Smitty Pignatelli (D), Angelo Puppolo (D), Dave Robertson (D), Dave Rogers (D), John Rogers (D), Jeff Roy (D), Lindsay Sabadosa (D), Adam Scanlon (D), Dan Sena (D), Tom Stanley (D), Walter Timilty (D), Paul Tucker (D), Erika Uyterhoeven (D), Tommy Vitolo (D), Timothy Whelan (R),

Last Action

No further action taken (on 01/03/2023)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H3658

(14 Companion Bills)

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Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H3658
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H3658.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H3828	Relative to the preparation of certain bilingual ballots in the city of Malden	New draft substituted, see H4793	Similar To
H3935	Relative to town elections in the town of Wilbraham	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 15 of the Acts of 2022	Similar To
H4793	Relative to the preparation of certain bilingual ballots in the city of Malden	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 282 of the Acts of 2022	Similar To
H5435	Relative to preliminary election dates and filling vacancies in the offices of Mayor and Councillor in the city of Salem	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 421 of the Acts of 2022	Similar To
S16	Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution establishing an independent redistricting commission	Placed on file, in concurrence	Similar To
S20	Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to the subject matter of initiative petitions	Placed on file, in concurrence	Similar To
S2402	Resolutions for a United States Constitutional Amendment and a limited amendment proposing convention	Resolution reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To
S2440	Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to select boards	Joint session held and dissolved	Similar To
S2519	To establish free access to ride to elections in Massachusetts (FARE)	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S28	Further providing for early voting by mail	Hearing scheduled from 03/4/2021 @ 4:00 PM until 03/08/2021 @ 10:00 AM in Written Testimony Only	Similar To
S448	Ensuring municipal participation of the widest eligible range	Accompanied a study order, see H5026	Similar To
S464	Relative to fair elections	Accompanied a study order, see H5026	Similar To
S485	Providing a local option for ranked choice voting in municipal elections	Accompanied a study order, see H5026	Similar To
S5	Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution to provide resources for education and transportation through an additional tax on incomes in excess of one million dollars	Amendment again agreed to - see Senate Roll Call #48 and House Roll Call #38 (Yeas 159 to Nays 41)	Similar To

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