Revision: Jan. 31, 2017, 8:20 a.m.
HCR 7 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0257
03/04
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 7
SPONSORS: Rep. T. Smith, Hills. 17; Rep. Theberge, Coos 3; Rep. Burton, Straf. 6; Rep. Oxenham, Sull. 1; Rep. Frost, Straf. 16; Rep. Horrigan, Straf. 6; Rep. Patten, Merr. 17; Rep. Josephson, Graf. 11; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5
COMMITTEE: State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
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This house concurrent resolution requests that the United States Congress convene a convention to propose amendments to the federal Constitution for the exclusive purpose of election reform that do not abrogate or amend the First Amendment to the federal Constitution.
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17-0257
03/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
Whereas, Article V of the United States Constitution requires the United States Congress to convene a convention for proposing amendments upon application of 2/3 of the legislatures of the several states; and
Whereas, the state of New Hampshire sees the need for a convention to propose amendments to the constitution; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the state of New Hampshire, speaking through its legislature and pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution, hereby petitions the United States Congress to convene a convention to propose amendments to the federal Constitution for the exclusive purpose of election reform that do not abrogate or amend the First Amendment to the federal Constitution; and
That the state of New Hampshire intends that this be a continuing application considered together with applications calling for a convention passed in the 2013-2014 Vermont legislature as Joint Resolution Senate No. 27 (160 Congressional Record S4331, POM-284), the 2013-2014 California legislature's Assembly Joint Resolution No. 1 (160 Congressional Record S5507, POM-320), the 2013-2014 Illinois legislature's Senate Joint Resolution No. 42, the 2014-2015 New Jersey State legislature's Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 132, and all other past, pending, and future applications for a convention of similar purpose until at least 2/3 of the several states have applied for and Congress has convened a convention; and
That certified copies of this resolution be transmitted by the house clerk to the President of the United States, the Vice President of the United States, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, and all members of New Hampshire's Congressional delegation with the respectful request that the full and complete text of this resolution be entered into the Congressional Record as an official memorial to Congress from the legislature of the state of New Hampshire, and to the presiding officers of the legislatures of each of the remaining states that have not yet applied to Congress for such a convention on this subject with the respectful request that they consider the adoption of similar legislation.