{"Title":"An Act relative to the application for a convention of the states under article v of the constitution of the United States","BillNumber":"S401","DocketNumber":"SD2055","GeneralCourtNumber":190,"PrimarySponsor":{"Id":"BET0","Name":"Bruce E. Tarr","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/190/LegislativeMembers/BET0","ResponseDate":"2017-01-20T16:55:28.473"},"Cosponsors":[{"Id":"BET0","Name":"Bruce E. Tarr","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/190/LegislativeMembers/BET0","ResponseDate":"2017-01-20T16:55:28.4733333"},{"Id":"PMO","Name":"Patrick M. O'Connor","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/190/LegislativeMembers/PMO","ResponseDate":null}],"JointSponsor":null,"BillHistory":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/190/Documents/S401/DocumentHistoryActions","LegislationTypeName":"Bill","Pinslip":"By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 401) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation relative to the application for a convention of the states under article v of the constitution of the United States.  Election Laws.  ","DocumentText":"\tSection 1. The legislature of the State of Massachusetts hereby applies to Congress, under the\r\n\tprovisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United States, for the calling of a convention of\r\n\tthe states limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose\r\n\tfiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal\r\n\tgovernment.\r\n\tSection 2. The secretary of state is hereby directed to transmit copies of this application to the\r\n\tPresident and Secretary of the United States Senate and to the Speaker and Clerk of the United\r\n\tStates House of Representatives, and copies to the members of the said Senate and House of\r\n\tRepresentatives from this State; also to transmit copies hereof to the presiding officers of each of\r\n\tthe legislative houses in the several States, requesting their cooperation.\r\n\tSection 3. This application constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V of\r\n\tthe Constitution of the United States until the legislatures of at least two-thirds of the several\r\n\tstates have made applications on the same subject.\r\n","EmergencyPreamble":null,"RollCalls":[],"Attachments":[],"CommitteeRecommendations":[{"Action":"Accompanied","FiscalAmounts":[],"Committee":{"CommitteeCode":"J15","GeneralCourtNumber":190,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/190/Committees/J15"},"Votes":[]}],"Amendments":[]}