HB2169--ARTICLEVCONVENTIONAPPOINTMENTS
SPONSOR: Trent
COMMITTEEACTION:Voted"DoPass"bytheStandingCommitteeon
GeneralLawsbyavoteof11to4.
Thisbillcreatesprocedurestoappointcommissionerstoany
conventioncalledunderArticleVoftheConstitutionoftheUnited
States.AfterornearthetimeanArticleVconventioniscalled,
ajointlegislativecommitteeshallbecreatedtorecommendnames
andsubmitrecommendedinstructionsforcommissionerstoa
conventionwithsuchrecommendedappointmentsandinstructions
subjecttoapprovalbytheGeneralAssembly. Byconcurrent
resolution,theGeneralAssemblymaychangeorsupersedeanyaction
ofthejointlegislativecommittee,recallcommissionersor
alternatestotheconvention,orappointnewcommissionersor
alternates.
ThisbillisthesameasHB836(2021).
PROPONENTS: SupporterssaythatthisbillgivestheGeneral
Assemblythenecessarydiscretiontoselectandcontrolthe
behaviorofcommissionersassignedtoanArticleVconvention.
Thisbillensuresthereturnofdecision-makingpowerbacktothe
GeneralAssembly. Severalotherstateshavealreadypassedsimilar
legislation. Thisbillensuresasolidframeworkbywhich
commissionersmaycarryouttheinstructionsoftheirconstituents.
TestifyingforthebillwereRepresentative Trent;GwenWadell;
KimberlyElias;RosendoMartinez;WilliamDonaldMcDowell;Patti
Siegel;ConventionofStatesAction;andGregTate.
OPPONENTS: Thosewhoopposethebillsubmittedwrittentestimony,
whichcanbefoundonline.
TestifyingagainstthebillwereSierraClubMissouriChapter;
SusanGibson;andArnieC.AcDienoff.
Writtentestimonyhasbeensubmittedforthisbill.Thefull
writtentestimonycanbefoundunderTestimonyonthebillpageon
theHousewebsite.