Amendment 2023-0452h to HB392 (2023)

Relative to constitutional convention procedures for delegates.


Revision: Feb. 22, 2023, 11:36 a.m.

Rep. Newell, Ches. 4

Rep. T. Mannion, Hills. 1

Rep. Phinney, Straf. 9

Rep. Read, Rock. 10

February 9, 2023

2023-0452h

06/10

 

 

Amendment to HB 392-FN

 

Amend RSA 667:2, II as inserted by section 2 of the bill by replacing it with the following:

 

II. Representation in the federal proposing convention is on the basis of representative districts of the Congress. Representative districts shall be entitled to 2 delegates for each Congressional district and 1 state-wide at-large delegate for a total of 5 delegates.

 

Amend RSA 641:2, I-a as inserted by section 11 of the bill by replacing it with the following:

 

I-a.(a)  A person shall be guilty of a class B felony if such person purposefully acts in violation of instructions required due to their official role as a delegate to a federal proposing convention authorized pursuant to article V of the Constitution of the United States.  A person found guilty under this section who has purposefully attempted to alter, amend, or supercede the Constitution of the United States in contradiction to the laws of the state of New Hampshire or of the United States may be barred from holding public office pursuant to Section III of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

(b)  A person shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor if such person knowingly acts in violation of instructions required due to their official role as a delegate to a federal proposing convention authorized pursuant to article V of the Constitution of the United States.  A person found guilty under this section who has knowingly attempted to alter, amend, or supercede the Constitution of the United States in contradiction to the laws of the state of New Hampshire or of the United States may be barred from holding public office pursuant to Section III of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.