SPONSOR: Gragg
This bill creates procedures for the appointment of commissioners and alternate commissioners to a convention called under Article V of the U.S. Constitution.
Prohibitions on who may not serve as a commissioner or alternate are provided in the bill. Commissioners and alternates will be subject to the same ethics rules that apply to the General Assembly.
Commissioners and alternate commissioners will be selected by the General Assembly by adoption of a concurrent resolution.
Commissioners and alternates will be administered an oath to abide by instructions established by the General Assembly. Instructions for commissioners and alternates are included in the bill.
This bill creates a joint legislative committee to submit names of potential commissioners to the General Assembly to be considered for appointment. The joint legislative committee will also submit instructions governing the duties of the commissioners at the convention to the General Assembly for approval by adoption of a concurrent resolution. Items that must be included in these instructions are provided in the bill.
The joint legislative committee can recall a commissioner and revoke the commissioner's authority in the event that the commissioner casts or attempts to cast an unauthorized vote or otherwise exceed the scope of the General Assembly's instructions.
The General Assembly can modify or supersede any action of the joint legislative committee, recall commissioners and alternates, and appoint new commissioners and alternates by concurrent resolution.
If the provisions of this bill conflict with the rules established by the Article V convention, the General Assembly can conform these provisions to these rules by concurrent resolution.
This bill is similar to SB 437 (2025).
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