PRINTER'S NO. 1341
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
225
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY COLEMAN, PENNYCUICK AND DiSANTO, JANUARY 29, 2024
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 29, 2024
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Calling for a convention under Article V of the Constitution of
the United States to consider amendments that limit the
number of terms that members of Congress may serve.
WHEREAS, An overwhelming majority of residents of this
Commonwealth support limiting the number of terms that a person
may serve as a member of the United States Senate and United
States House of Representatives; and
WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution of the United States
empowers the legislatures of the several states to call a
convention for the purpose of proposing amendments; and
WHEREAS, A variety of important movements have arisen within
the legislatures of the several states to address a wide variety
of concerns that may be appropriately addressed within the
context of Article V; and
WHEREAS, The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania wishes to exercise its will to engage in the formal
process with other states for the consideration of various
proposals consistent with limiting the number of terms members
of Congress may serve; therefore be it
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RESOLVED (the House of Representatives concurring), That the
General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby make
application to Congress, as provided by Article V of the
Constitution of the United States, to call a convention limited
to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may
be elected as a member of the United States Senate and to set a
limit on the number of terms that an individual may be elected
as a member of the United States House of Representatives; and
be it further
RESOLVED, That this application 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 an individual may be elected to the United States
Senate and United States House of Representatives; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That this application 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 applications on any other
subject; and be it further
RESOLVED, That this application constitute a continuing
application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of
the United States until the legislatures of at least two-thirds
of the several states have made applications on the same
subject; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
the President pro tempore of the United States Senate, the
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, each
member of the Pennsylvania delegation to Congress and the
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presiding officers of each house of the state legislatures
requesting their cooperation in applying for a convention
limited to the subject matter contemplated by this application.
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