Indiana Senate Joint Resolution 14 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-02-17 - Committee report: do pass, adopted
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Makes application to Congress to call a convention under Article V of the Constitution of the United States to propose an amendment to the Constitution relating to the following topics: (1) Improving the fiscal management of the federal government. (2) Improving the legislative process of Congress. (3) Restraining the powers of the federal government. (4) Empowering the legislatures of the several states, with stated exceptions, to repeal all or certain acts of Congress and administrative regulations.

Amendment convention to limit federal power.

Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R]

Sen. Travis Holdman [R]

Sen. Brent Steele [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-17		Committee report: do pass, adopted
2011-01-24		Senators Charbonneau and Steele added as coauthors
2011-01-06		First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2011-01-06		Authored by Senator Holdman

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=SJR&docno=0014
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/RES/SJ0014.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/RES/SJ0014.2.html