Bill Text: IL HJR0003 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Makes application to Congress under the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United States for the calling of a convention of the states limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for its officials and for members of Congress.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 28-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-22 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brad Stephens [HJR0003 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HJR0003-Introduced.html

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Executive Orders by the President of the United
States have become a vehicle through which the President may
overstep the limits of his constitutional authority; and
WHEREAS, The concentration of power at the federal level
has had the effect of making federal officials less responsive
to the will of the people and more readily influenced by
lobbyists, wealthy corporations, and special interests in
Washington, D.C.; and
WHEREAS, Much of federal law is now enacted by federal
bureaucrats who were never chosen by the people and have no
accountability to the people whatsoever; and
WHEREAS, Policy decisions made at the state level tend to
be more responsive to the needs and desires of the people; and
WHEREAS, The federal government has created a crushing
national debt through improper and imprudent spending; and
WHEREAS, The federal government has invaded the legitimate
roles of the states through the manipulative process of
federal mandates, most of which are unfunded to a great
extent; and

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WHEREAS, The states have the ability to restore the
responsiveness of government to the people and to restrain
abuses of federal power by proposing amendments to the
Constitution of the United States through a limited Convention
of the States under Article V; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the legislature of the State of
Illinois hereby applies to Congress, under the provisions of
Article V of the Constitution of the United States, for the
calling of a convention of the states limited to proposing
amendments to the Constitution of the United States that
impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the
power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit
the terms of office for its officials and for members of
Congress; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Illinois Secretary of State is hereby
directed to transmit copies of this application to the
President and Secretary of the United States Senate, to the
Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of
Representatives, to the Illinois Congressional Delegation, and
to the presiding officers of each of the legislative houses in
the United States, requesting their cooperation; and be it

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further
RESOLVED, That this application constitutes a continuing
application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution
of the United States until the legislatures of at least
two-thirds of the states have made applications on the same
subject.