Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H3888 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 727 FILED ON: 1/13/2025
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3888
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Steven George Xiarhos
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9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying
12	12	resolution:
13	13	Resolutions calling on Article V of the United States Constitution for the convening of a
14	14	convention of the states.
15	15	_______________
16	16	PETITION OF:
17	17	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Steven George Xiarhos5th Barnstable1/13/2025Joseph D. McKenna18th Worcester2/11/2025David T. Vieira3rd Barnstable2/11/2025 1 of 3
18	18	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 727 FILED ON: 1/13/2025
19	19	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3888
20	20	By Representative Xiarhos of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by resolutions, House, No.
21	21	3888) of Steven George Xiarhos, Joseph D. McKenna and David T. Vieira for the adoption of
22	22	resolutions memorializing the Congress of the United States to convene a Constitutional
23	23	Convention. Veterans and Federal Affairs.
24	24	[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
25	25	SEE HOUSE, NO. 3541 OF 2023-2024.]
26	26	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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28	28	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
29	29	(2025-2026)
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31	31	Resolutions calling on Article V of the United States Constitution for the convening of a
32	32	convention of the states.
33	33	1 WHEREAS, Executive Orders by the President of the United States have become a
34	34	2vehicle through which the President may overstep the limits of his constitutional authority; and
35	35	3 WHEREAS, the concentration of power at the federal level has had the effect of making
36	36	4federal officials less responsive to the will of the people and more readily influenced by
37	37	5lobbyists, wealthy corporations, and special interests in Washington, D.C.; and
38	38	6 WHEREAS, much of federal law is now enacted by federal bureaucrats who were never
39	39	7chosen by the people and have no accountability to the people whatsoever; and
40	40	8 WHEREAS, policy decisions made at the state level tend to be more responsive to the
41	41	9needs and desires of the people; and 2 of 3
42	42	10 WHEREAS, the federal government has created a crushing national debt through
43	43	11improper and imprudent spending; and
44	44	12 WHEREAS, the federal government has invaded the legitimate roles of the states through
45	45	13the manipulative process of federal mandates, most of which are unfunded to a great extent; and
46	46	14 WHEREAS, the States have the ability to restore the responsiveness of government to the
47	47	15people and to restrain abuses of federal power by proposing Amendments to the Constitution of
48	48	16the United States through a limited Convention of States under Article V;
49	49	17 Be it therefore resolved by the legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
50	50	18 SECTION 1. That the legislature of the State of Massachusetts hereby applies to
51	51	19Congress, under the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United States, for the
52	52	20calling of a convention of the states limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the
53	53	21United States that impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and
54	54	22jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for its officials and for
55	55	23members of Congress;
56	56	24 SECTION 2. The Secretary of State is hereby directed to transmit copies of this
57	57	25application to the President and Secretary of the United States Senate and to the Speaker and
58	58	26Clerk of the United States House of Representatives from this State; also to transmit copies
59	59	27hereof to the presiding officers of each of the legislative houses in the several States, requesting
60	60	28their cooperation; 3 of 3
61	61	29 SECTION 3. This application constitutes a continuing application in accordance with
62	62	30Article V of the Constitution of the United States until the legislatures of at least two-thirds of
63	63	31the several states have made applications on the same subject.