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H. J. R. No. 4 As IntroducedAs Introduced
| 130th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2013-2014 |
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Cosponsors:
Representatives Pillich, Foley, Hagan, R., Patterson, Fedor, Antonio
A JOINT RESOLUTION | Applying for an amendments convention under Article V
of the United States Constitution.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution of the United States
provides authority for a convention to be called by the Congress
of the United States for the purpose of proposing amendments to
the Constitution upon application of two-thirds of the
legislatures of the several states ("amendments convention"); and |
| WHEREAS, The General Assembly of the State of Ohio favors the
proposal and ratification of the following amendment to the
Constitution of the United States: |
| Section 1. The rights extended by this Constitution, intended
for people, refer to and are granted only to natural human beings
of the species homo sapiens. |
| Section 2. Congress shall have the power to define and
regulate contributions and expenditures for the purpose of
electing candidates for federal office without regard to whether
such activity is carried out in consultation with or independent
of any candidate, official committee, or political party. |
| Section 3. Each state shall have the power to define and
regulate contributions and expenditures for the purpose of
electing candidates for state or local office, or any other issue
put before the people of that given state for a vote, without
regard to whether such activity is carried out in consultation
with or independent of any candidate, official committee, or
political party. |
| Section 4. Nothing contained in this article shall be
construed to abridge the freedom of the press." |
| RESOLVED, That, as provided for in Article V of the
Constitution of the United States, the General Assembly of the
State of Ohio respectfully applies for an amendments convention to
be called for the purpose of proposing the previously stated
amendment to the Constitution; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the amendments convention contemplated by this
application shall be entirely focused upon and exclusively limited
to the subject matter of proposing for ratification the previously
stated amendment to the Constitution; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That this application constitutes a continuing
application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of
the United States until at least two-thirds of the legislatures of
the several states have made application for an equivalently
limited amendments convention; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the General Assembly of the State of Ohio
urges the legislatures of the several states to apply for an
amendments convention under Article V of the United States
Constitution for the purpose of proposing for ratification the
previously stated amendment to the Constitution; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives
transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the
President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate, the Speaker of
the United States House of Representatives, each member of the
Ohio Congressional delegation, and the presiding officers of each
house of the several state legislatures, requesting their
cooperation in applying for the amendments convention limited to
the subject matter contemplated by this application. |
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