Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1232
Sponsors: STANLEY

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HOUSE ADVANCE JOURNAL AND CALENDAR - Tuesday, January 16, 2018
(4-2)  On motion of Representative WADSWORTH of Hiram, the following Joint Resolution:  
(H.P. 1232) (Cosponsored by Representative: STANLEY of Medway) 
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING APPLICATION TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED 
STATES CALLING A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION UNDER ARTICLE V OF THE 
UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION LIMITED TO PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE 
UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION TO IMPOSE CONGRESSIONAL TERM LIMITS 
WHEREAS, under the United States Constitution, Article V, the Congress of the United States, 
whenever two-thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to the United 
States Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states, shall call a 
convention for proposing amendments that, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as 
part of the United States Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several 
states, or by conventions in three-fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be 
proposed by the Congress; now, therefore, be it 
RESOLVED: That the Legislature of Maine hereby applies to the Congress of the United States, 
under the provisions of Article V of the United States Constitution, to call a convention of the states 
limited to proposing an amendment to the United States Constitution to set a limit on the number of terms 
that a person may be elected to the United States House of Representatives and to set a limit on the 
number of terms that a person may be elected to the United States Senate; and be it further 
RESOLVED: That this application is intended to address the same subject matter as applications 
from other states under the provisions of Article V of the United States Constitution to call a convention 
to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected to the United States House of 
Representatives and the United States Senate; and this application must 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 may not be aggregated with any other applications on any other subject; and be it further 
RESOLVED: That this application constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article 
V of the United States Constitution 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 suitable copies of this resolution, duly authenticated by the Secretary of State, 
be transmitted to the Secretary of the Senate and presiding officers of both houses of the legislatures of 
each of the several states in the nation, the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of 
Representatives, the President and Secretary of the United States Senate and each member of the Maine 
Congressional Delegation. 
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