Bill Text: IN HJR0007 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: United States senators.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-18 - First reading: referred to Committee on Statutory Committee on Interstate and International Cooperation [HJR0007 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2011-HJR0007-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION No. 7

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION

Citations Affected: Article 17 of the United States Constitution.

Synopsis: United States senators. Directs the United States Congress to call a constitutional convention to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States concerning the repeal of the seventeenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States and the appointment of senators by the legislatures of the several states.

Effective: A constitutional convention is called when 2/3 of the state legislatures make application to the Congress to call a constitutional convention to consider an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

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Behning, Frizzell

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    January 18, 2011, read first time and referred to Statutory Committee on Interstate and International Cooperation.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)

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HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION No. 7

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    A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting Congress to call a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States concerning elections.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: ; (11)HJ9201.1. -->     SECTION 1. That the Congress of the United States is directed to call a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing the following amendment to the Constitution of the United States:

"ARTICLE ...

    Section 1. The seventeenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
    Section 2. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the legislature thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.
    Section 3. If vacancies happen by resignation or otherwise during the recess of the legislature of any State, the executive thereof may make temporary appointments until the next meeting of the legislature,

which shall then fill such vacancies.
    Section 4. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes a valid part of the Constitution.".

SOURCE: ; (11)HJ9201.2. -->     SECTION 2. That certified copies of this resolution be sent to the presiding officers of the Congress of the United States, to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, to the presiding officer of each chamber of each state legislature in the United States, and to the members of the Congress of the United States from Indiana.