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| Applying for an amendments convention under Article V | 1 |
| of the United States Constitution. | 2 |
| WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution of the United States | 3 |
| provides authority for a convention to be called by the Congress | 4 |
| of the United States for the purpose of proposing amendments to | 5 |
| the Constitution upon application of two-thirds of the | 6 |
| legislatures of the several states ("amendments convention"); and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, The General Assembly of the State of Ohio favors the | 8 |
| proposal and ratification of the following amendment to the | 9 |
| Constitution of the United States: | 10 |
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| Section 1. The rights extended by this Constitution, intended | 12 |
| for people, refer to and are granted only to natural human beings | 13 |
| of the species homo sapiens. | 14 |
| Section 2. Congress shall have the power to define and | 15 |
| regulate contributions and expenditures for the purpose of | 16 |
| electing candidates for federal office without regard to whether | 17 |
| such activity is carried out in consultation with or independent | 18 |
| of any candidate, official committee, or political party. | 19 |
| Section 3. Each state shall have the power to define and | 20 |
| regulate contributions and expenditures for the purpose of | 21 |
| electing candidates for state or local office, or any other issue | 22 |
| put before the people of that given state for a vote, without | 23 |
| regard to whether such activity is carried out in consultation | 24 |
| with or independent of any candidate, official committee, or | 25 |
| political party. | 26 |
| Section 4. Nothing contained in this article shall be | 27 |
| construed to abridge the freedom of the press." | 28 |
| Now therefore be it | 29 |
| RESOLVED, That, as provided for in Article V of the | 30 |
| Constitution of the United States, the General Assembly of the | 31 |
| State of Ohio respectfully applies for an amendments convention to | 32 |
| be called for the purpose of proposing the previously stated | 33 |
| amendment to the Constitution; and be it further | 34 |
| RESOLVED, That the amendments convention contemplated by this | 35 |
| application shall be entirely focused upon and exclusively limited | 36 |
| to the subject matter of proposing for ratification the previously | 37 |
| stated amendment to the Constitution; and be it further | 38 |
| RESOLVED, That this application constitutes a continuing | 39 |
| application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of | 40 |
| the United States until at least two-thirds of the legislatures of | 41 |
| the several states have made application for an equivalently | 42 |
| limited amendments convention; and be it further | 43 |
| RESOLVED, That the General Assembly of the State of Ohio | 44 |
| urges the legislatures of the several states to apply for an | 45 |
| amendments convention under Article V of the United States | 46 |
| Constitution for the purpose of proposing for ratification the | 47 |
| previously stated amendment to the Constitution; and be it further | 48 |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives | 49 |
| transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the | 50 |
| President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate, the Speaker of | 51 |
| the United States House of Representatives, each member of the | 52 |
| Ohio Congressional delegation, and the presiding officers of each | 53 |
| house of the several state legislatures, requesting their | 54 |
| cooperation in applying for the amendments convention limited to | 55 |
| the subject matter contemplated by this application. | 56 |