Bill Text: MS SC572 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Post-ratify federal voting age (18) amendment to the United States Constitution.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-1)
Status: (Failed) 2013-04-04 - Died In Committee [SC572 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2013-SC572-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2013 Regular Session
To: Rules
By: Senator(s) Jackson (32nd)
Senate Concurrent Resolution 572
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION POST-RATIFYING AMENDMENT XXVI TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES ESTABLISHING THE FEDERAL VOTING AGE AT AGE 18; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the Ninety-Second Congress of the United States by Senate Joint Resolution No. 7, on March 10, 1971, by the Senate and on March 23, 1971, by the House of Representatives, by the required vote of two-thirds of the membership of both houses thereof, did propose to the legislatures of the several states an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which reads as follows:
"AMENDMENT XXVI
RIGHT TO VOTE; CITIZENS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER
Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."; and
WHEREAS, this amendment was declared by the Administrator of General Services on July 5, 1971, to have been ratified by the legislatures of 39 of the 50 states. This amendment was ratified by the following states: Connecticut, March 23, 1971; Delaware, March 23, 1971; Minnesota, March 23, 1971; Tennessee, March 23, 1971; Washington, March 23, 1971; Hawaii, March 24, 1971; Massachusetts, March 24, 1971; Montana, March 29, 1971; Arkansas, March 30, 1971; Idaho, March 30, 1971; Iowa, March 30, 1971; Nebraska, April 2, 1971; New Jersey, April 3, 1971; Kansas, April 7, 1971; Michigan, April 7, 1971; Alaska, April 8, 1971; Maryland, April 8, 1971; Indiana, April 8, 1971; Maine, April 9, 1971; Vermont, April 16, 1971; Louisiana, April 17, 1971; California, April 19, 1971; Colorado, April 27, 1971; Pennsylvania, April 27, 1971; Texas, April 27, 1971; South Carolina, April 28, 1971; West Virginia, April 28, 1971; New Hampshire, May 13, 1971; Arizona, May 14, 1971; Rhode Island, May 27, 1971; New York, June 2, 1971; Oregon, June 4, 1971; Missouri, June 14, 1971; Wisconsin, June 22, 1971; Illinois, June 29, 1971; Alabama, June 30, 1971; Ohio, June 30, 1971; North Carolina, July 1, 1971; Oklahoma, July 1, 1971.
Ratification was completed on July 1, 1971.
The amendment was subsequently ratified by Virginia, July 8, 1971; Wyoming, July 8, 1971; Georgia, October 4, 1971; and
WHEREAS, it is common for state legislatures to continue to act upon amendments to the U.S. Constitution well after those amendments have already received a sufficient number of ratifications in order to become part of that document; and
WHEREAS, the people of present-day Mississippi firmly believe that it is fitting and proper that official action be taken now to finally place upon Amendment XXVI the special approval of the State of Mississippi:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MISSISSIPPI STATE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN, That Amendment XXVI to the Constitution of the United States, quoted above and transmitted by resolution of the Ninety-Second Congress be, and the same hereby is, post-ratified by the Legislature of the State of Mississippi.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State of the State of Mississippi transmit properly attested copies of this concurrent resolution to the Archivist of the United States, pursuant to Public Law 98-497; to the Vice President of the United States, as presiding officer of the U.S. Senate; to the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; to both U.S. Senators and to all four U.S. Representatives from Mississippi with the request that this concurrent resolution's text be reproduced in its entirety in the Congressional Record.
