Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution to declare that corporations are not people, money is not speech
By Messrs. Rogers of Cambridge and Mark of Peru, a petition (accompanied by proposal, House, No. 933) of David M. Rogers, Paul W. Mark and others for a legislative amendment to the Constitution to declare rights afforded to the human inhabitants of the Commonwealth are not applicable to corporations, limited liability companies or any other corporate entities. Financial Services.
Proposal for Constitutional Amendment History
| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1/20/2015 | House | Referred to the committee on Financial Services |
| 1/20/2015 | Senate | Senate concurred |
| 4/6/2015 | House | Discharged to the committee on the Judiciary |
| 4/8/2015 | Senate | Senate concurred |
| 4/10/2015 | Joint | Hearing scheduled for 04/15/2015 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-1 |
| 4/10/2015 | House | Hearing rescheduled to 04/15/2015 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-2 |
| 4/30/2015 | Senate | Committee recommended ought NOT to pass |
| 4/30/2015 | Senate | Placed on file |
| 5/11/2015 | House | Called for consideration in the joint session |
| 5/11/2015 | House | Placed on file |
| 5/13/2015 | Joint | Joint session held and recessed to Wednesday, October 21, 2015 |
| 2/3/2016 | Joint | Read twice |
| 2/3/2016 | Joint | Placed at the end of the calendar |
| 4/6/2016 | Joint | Joint session held and recessed to Wednesday, May 18, 2016 |
| 5/18/2016 | Joint | Joint session held and recessed to Wednesday, July 13, 2016 |
| 7/13/2016 | Joint | Joint session held and recessed to Tuesday, January 3, 2017 |
| 1/3/2017 | Joint | Joint session held and dissolved |
| 1/3/2017 | Joint | No further action |
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