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CS/SM 368: Constitutional Convention/Single-Subject Requirement for Federal Legislation

MEMORIAL by Governmental Oversight and Accountability ; Simpson

Constitutional Convention/Single-Subject Requirement for Federal Legislation; Applying to Congress to call a convention for the purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that every law enacted by Congress shall embrace only one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title, etc.

Last Action: 4/23/2014 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HM 261 (Adopted) -SJ 571
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    11/5/2013 Senate • Filed
    12/9/2013 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules -SJ 36
    2/3/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/11/14, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
    2/11/2014 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 7 NAYS 2 -SJ 136
    2/12/2014 Senate • Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability -SJ 136
    3/4/2014 Senate • Introduced -SJ 36
    3/31/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/03/14, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    4/3/2014 Senate • CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 442
    • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time -SJ 444
    4/4/2014 Senate • Now in Rules -SJ 442
    • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/09/14, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
    4/9/2014 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 13 NAYS 1 -SJ 459
    4/10/2014 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 459
    4/11/2014 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/14
    4/23/2014 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 571
    • Substituted CS/HM 261 -SJ 571
    • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HM 261 (Adopted) -SJ 571

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  • CS/SM 368, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/18/2014 at 1:14 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/8/2014 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/9/2014 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 261 (er) Constitutional Convention/Single-Subject Requirement for Federal Legislation Beshears Identical Last Action: 6/5/2014 Signed by Officers and filed with Secretary of State
    Location: Filed with Secretary of State     		Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/9/2014 4:00 PM Rules 13 Yeas - 1 Nays

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  • SM 368, Original Filed Version Posted 11/5/2013 at 10:58 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 2/10/2014 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 2/11/2014 (pdf)
    Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Pre-Meeting) 4/2/2014 (pdf)
    Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Post-Meeting) 4/3/2014 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 261 (c1) Constitutional Convention/Single-Subject Requirement for Federal Legislation Beshears Similar Last Action: 6/5/2014 Signed by Officers and filed with Secretary of State
    Location: Filed with Secretary of State     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    323564 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the resolving clause and insert:     		Governmental Oversight and Accountability
    (Bean)     		4/2/2014
    8:22 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/3/2014     		Web Page
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    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    2/11/2014 10:00 AM Judiciary 7 Yeas - 2 Nays
    4/3/2014 9:00 AM Governmental Oversight and Accountability 9 Yeas - 0 Nays

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