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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
Applying to Congress to call a national constitutional convention pursuant to article v of the united states constitution.
WHEREAS, Article V of the United States Constitution authorizes Congress to call a convention for the purpose of proposing amendments to the Constitution upon application of two-thirds of the legislatures of the several states; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature supports the proposal and ratification of the following amendments to the United States Constitution:
(1) The repeal or modification of the Second Amendment to strengthen firearms restrictions;
(2) A declaration of the constitutionality of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including the individual mandate requiring the purchase of health insurance;
(3) An amendment to Article I, Section 5, to prohibit the supermajority cloture requirement under Rule 22 of the United States Senate for ending floor debates and filibusters, to facilitate a more reasonable voting standard for cloture;
(4) An amendment abolishing the electoral college established under Article II, Section 1, and providing for the direct election of the United States President and Vice President by voters; and
(5) An amendment to Article II, Section 2, Clause 2, to require that Senate confirmations of appointments of officers of the United States be made by a simple majority vote within sixty days of the nomination; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2012, the Senate concurring, that pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution, the Legislature herewith respectfully applies to the United States Congress to call a convention for the purpose of proposing the amendments to the United States Constitution enumerated in this Concurrent Resolution; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the constitutional convention contemplated by this Concurrent Resolution be exclusively limited to the subject matter of proposing for ratification the amendments to the United States Constitution enumerated in this Concurrent Resolution; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Concurrent Resolution constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V of the United States Constitution until at least two-thirds of the legislatures of the several states have made application for a constitutional convention that is limited to consideration of the amendments to the United States Constitution enumerated in this Concurrent Resolution; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Hawaii's congressional delegation, the Governor, and to the presiding officers of each house of the several state legislatures.
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Application for National Constitutional Convention