Bill Text: CA SJR1 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Rescinding previous applications for a federal constitutional convention.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-12-16 - Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. [SJR1 Detail]
Download: California-2025-SJR1-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Joint Resolution
No. 1
| Introduced by Senator Wiener (Coauthors: Senators Allen and Umberg) |
December 16, 2024 |
Relative to applications for a federal constitutional convention.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SJR 1, as introduced, Wiener.
Rescinding previous applications for a federal constitutional convention.
This measure would rescind, nullify, and supersede all applications previously made by the Legislature for the United States Congress to call a convention for proposing amendments to the United States Constitution.
Digest Key
Fiscal Committee: NOBill Text
Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of California, jointly, That all applications previously made by the Legislature of the State of California for the United States Congress to call a convention for proposing amendments to the United States Constitution are hereby rescinded, nullified, and superseded; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, the Minority Leader of the United States Senate, and to each Senator and Representative from California in the United States Congress; and be it further
Resolved, That the Senate and Assembly of the State of California request that this resolution be published in the Congressional Record and listed in the official tally of state legislative applications for the United States Congress to call a convention for proposing amendments to the United States Constitution.
