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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION 1032 By: Echols
AS INTRODUCED
A Joint Resolution relating to a Constitutional
Convention pursuant to Article V of the United States
Constituiton; application; distri bution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AND THE SENATE OF THE 1ST SESSION OF THE 59TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
Section 1. The Oklahoma Legislature of Oklahoma hereby makes an
application to Congress, as provided b y Article V of the
Constitution of the United S tates of America, to call a convention
limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States of America to set a limit on the number of terms that a
person may be elected as a Member of th e United States House of
Representatives and to set a limit on the number of terms that a
person may be elected as a Member of the United States Senate.
Section 2. The Secretary of State is hereby directed to
transmit copies of this application to the Pre sident and Secretary
of the Senate of the Unite d States and to the Speaker, Clerk and
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Judiciary Committee Chairman of the House of Representatives of the
Congress of the United States, and copies to the members of the said
Senate and House of Representativ es from this State; also to
transmit copies hereof to the presiding officers of each of the
legislative houses in the several States, requesting their
cooperation.
Section 3. This application shall be considered as covering the
same subject matter as the applications from other States to
Congress to call a convention to set a limit on the number of terms
that a person may be elected to the House of Repre sentatives of the
Congress of the United States and the Senate of the United States;
and this application shall be aggregated with same for the purpose
of attaining the two-thirds of states necessary to require Congress
to call a limited convention on this subject, but shall not be
aggregated with any other applications on any other subject.
Section 4. This application constitutes a continuing
application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the
United States of America until the legislatur es of at least two-
thirds of the several states have made applications on the same
subject.
59-1-6112 MAH 01/12/23