Bill > S2402

This bill calls for a United States Constitutional Amendment and a limited amendment proposing convention. The key provisions are: 1. The bill petitions Congress to propose an amendment to the Constitution 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 all citizens have access to the political process, as the current system of unlimited political spending undermines the will of the people. 2. 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 convention for the exclusive purpose of proposing amendments to address concerns raised by the Supreme Court's decisions in Citizens United v. FEC and related cases. 3. The bill specifies that the delegates to the convention shall be comprised equally from individuals currently elected to state and local office or selected by election in each Congressional district, with individuals elected or appointed to federal office prohibited from serving as delegates. 4. The bill intends for this application to be a continuing application, considered together with similar applications passed in other states, until two-thirds of the states have applied and Congress convenes the limited convention.

Military Affairs and Security

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2402