STOP Arkansas' Deadly 2019 Con-Con Bill, SJR3

Heads up! The legislators are starting with dangerous resolutions already… and we’re barely into the new legislative session! They’ve drafted alarming legislation for an Article V Amendment (Con-Con) resolution, and it looks like on Thursday morning, January 24, 2019, this resolution calling for a constitutional convention will come up in the Senate State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee.

THIS RESOLUTION DOES NOT NEED TO BE ALLOWED TO PASS OUT OF COMMITTEE!

It would fundamentally change our government… for the worse!

We should be outraged at the behavior of our Republican-led lawmakers for even allowing this legislation to be drafted! 

Part of the title of the Resolution is: “Applying to the United States Congress to call a convention for proposing amendments pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution…”

IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED:  Contact the Senators of the State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee listed below by phone and email, and ask them to VOTE NO on SJR3 because delegates would have the right, as recognized in the 2nd paragraph of our Declaration of Independence to throw off the Constitution we have and write a new constitution. This is unacceptable! 

Chair: Senator Ronald Caldwell  501-682-6107

Vice Chair: Senator Trent Garner  870-818-9219

Senator Bob Ballinger  (870) 350-5175

Senator Will Bond  501-396-5400

Senator Breanne Davis  (479) 970-0081

Senator Bart Hester  479-531-4176

Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr.  903-824-8861

Senator Bill Sample  501-624-3445

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As you can see listed below, the sponsor and co-sponsors of the bill are numerous, and most of them are on the committee to which the bill was referred. Looks like the deck has been stacked against us and the outcome to scrap our current U.S. Constitution has been PREdetermined!

Sponsor:

Senator Gary Stubblefield  479-635-4314

Co-Sponsors:

Senator Alan Clark  501-262-3360

Senator Bob Ballinger  (870) 350-5175

Senator Breanne Davis  (479) 970-0081

Senator Cecile Bledsoe  479-636-2115

Senator Ronald Caldwell  501-682-6107

Senator David Wallace  870-919-8046

Senator Scott Flippo  870-421-3420

Senator Bart Hester  479-531-4176

Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr.  903-824-8861

Senator Ricky Hill  (501) 286-2285

Senator Missy Irvin  870-269-2703

Senator John Cooper  870-761-0130

Senator Kim Hammer  (501) 682-6107

Senator Jason Rapert  501-336-0918

Senator Terry Rice  479-637-3100

Senator Trent Garner  870-818-9219

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Shown directly below is the text of the bill currently (as of the 3rd Draft, 1/14/2019).  Click here to view it as a PDF.

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Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to the Arkansas Constitution.

 
1 State of Arkansas 

2 92nd General Assembly 

3 Regular Session, 2019 SJR 3 

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5 By: Senators G. Stubblefield, Caldwell, Hickey, Hill, Rice, Flippo, A. Clark, Hester, B. Ballinger, Rapert, 

6 D. Wallace, Bledsoe, K. Hammer, J. Cooper, T. Garner, Irvin, B. Davis 

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8 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 

9 APPLYING TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO CALL A 

10 CONVENTION FOR PROPOSING AMENDMENTS PURSUANT TO 

11 ARTICLE V OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, LIMITED 

12 TO PROPOSING AMENDMENTS THAT IMPOSE FISCAL RESTRAINTS 

13 ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, LIMIT THE POWER AND 

14 JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND LIMIT THE 

15 TERMS OF OFFICE FOR ITS OFFICIALS AND FOR MEMBERS OF 

16 THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS. 

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19 Subtitle 

20 APPLYING TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO 

21 CALL A CONVENTION FOR PROPOSING 

22 AMENDMENTS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE V OF THE 

23 UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. 

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26 WHEREAS, the founders of the United States Constitution empowered state 

27 legislators to be guardians of liberty against excessive use of power by the 

28 federal government; and 

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30 WHEREAS, the federal government has created a crushing national debt 

31 through improper and imprudent spending; and 

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33 WHEREAS, the federal government has ceased to operate under a proper 

34 interpretation of the United States Constitution; and 

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36 WHEREAS, the federal government has invaded the legitimate roles of the 

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1 states through the manipulative process of federal mandates, most of which 

2 are unfunded to a great extent; and 

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4 WHEREAS, it is the solemn duty of the states to protect the liberty of 

5 our people, particularly for the generations to come, by proposing amendments 

6 to the United States Constitution through a convention of the states under 

7 Article V of the United States Constitution for the purpose of restraining 

8 these and related abuses of power, 

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10 NOW THEREFORE, 

11 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 

12 STATE OF ARKANSAS AND BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, A MAJORITY OF ALL 

13 MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH HOUSE AGREEING THERETO: 

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15 THAT the General Assembly hereby applies to the United States Congress, 

16 under the provisions of Article V of the United States Constitution, for the 

17 calling of a convention of the states limited to proposing amendments to the 

18 United States Constitution that impose fiscal restraints on the federal 

19 government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and 

20 limit the terms of office for its officials and for members of the United 

21 States Congress. 

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23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Secretary of the Senate is hereby 

24 directed to transmit copies of this application to the President of the 

25 United States Senate, the Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker 

26 of the United States House of Representatives, the Clerk of the United States 

27 House of Representatives, the members of the Arkansas congressional 

28 delegation, and the presiding officers of each house of the legislatures in 

29 the several states, requesting their cooperation. 

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31 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT this application constitutes a continuing 

32 application in accordance with Article V of the United States Constitution 

33 until the legislatures of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the several states 

34 have made applications on the same subject. 

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36 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the General Assembly adopts this 

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1 application expressly subject to the following reservations, understandings, 

2 and declarations: 

3 (1) An application to the United States Congress to call an 

4 amendment convention of the states pursuant to Article V of the United States 

5 Constitution confers no power to the United States Congress other than the 

6 power to call such a convention. The power of the United States Congress to 

7 exercise this ministerial duty consists solely of the authority to name a 

8 reasonable time and place for the initial meeting of a convention; 

9 (2) The United States Congress shall perform its ministerial 

10 duty of calling an amendment convention of the states only upon the receipt 

11 of applications for an amendment convention for the substantially same 

12 purpose as this application from two-thirds (2/3) of the legislatures of the 

13 several states; 

14 (3) The United States Congress does not have the power or 

15 authority to determine any rules for the governing of a convention for 

16 proposing amendments called pursuant to Article V of the United States 

17 Constitution. The United States Congress does not have the power to set the 

18 number of delegates to be sent by any state to such a convention, nor does it 

19 have the power to name delegates to such a convention. The power to name 

20 delegates remains exclusively within the authority of the legislatures of the 

21 several states; 

22 (4) By definition, an amendment convention of the states means 

23 that states shall vote on the basis of one (1) state, one (1) vote; 

24 (5) A convention for proposing amendments convened pursuant to 

25 this application shall be limited to consideration of the topics specified 

26 herein and no other. This application is made with the express understanding 

27 that an amendment that in any way seeks to amend, modify, or repeal any 

28 provision of the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution shall not 

29 be authorized for consideration at any stage. This application shall be void 

30 ab initio if ever used at any stage to consider any change to any provision 

31 of the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution; 

32 (6) Pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution, 

33 the United States Congress may determine whether proposed amendments shall be 34 ratified by the legislatures of the several states or by special state 

35 ratification conventions. The General Assembly recommends that the United 

36 States Congress select ratification by the legislatures of the several 

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1 states; and 

2 (7) The General Assembly may provide further instructions to its 

3 delegates and may recall its delegates at any time for a breach of a duty or 

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