Bill > S2684

This bill seeks to rescind all previous Massachusetts legislative applications for an Article V Constitutional Convention, which is a mechanism outlined in the U.S. Constitution allowing states to propose amendments to the Constitution. Specifically, the bill rescinds any and all prior applications made by the Massachusetts General Court to the U.S. Congress to call a convention for proposing constitutional amendments, regardless of when these applications were originally adopted, whether they were for limited or unlimited amendments, and whether they are explicitly identified in this resolution or exist in historical records. The bill also requests that this resolution be published in the Congressional Record and officially listed in the national tally of state legislative applications related to Article V conventions, with instructions for the Massachusetts House and Senate Clerks to immediately transmit copies of the resolution to the U.S. House of Representatives Clerk and the U.S. Senate Secretary. This action effectively nullifies any previous Massachusetts requests for a constitutional amendment convention.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2684