The resolution, House Joint Resolution No. 49, introduced in the Connecticut General Assembly, seeks to formally rescind previous applications made by the Assembly for a convention under Article V of the U.S. Constitution. These applications, made in 1949 and 1958, called for conventions to propose amendments related to participation in a world federal government and the taxation of income by one state on residents of another state, respectively. The current Assembly no longer wishes for Congress to consider these earlier applications.

Upon passage of this resolution, the previous applications will be deemed null and void. The resolution also mandates that copies be sent to key congressional leaders and members of Connecticut's congressional delegation, with a request for the resolution's text to be included in the Congressional Record.