Purpose and Intent

• The bill is a joint resolution from Minnesota’s Legislature asking Congress to call a constitutional convention. The convention would be limited to proposing an amendment that creates term limits for members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.

Key Provisions

• It explicitly applies to Congress to call a convention focused only on a term-limit amendment for lawmakers in the House and Senate.
• The application is intended to be treated as covering the same subject matter as similar applications from other states, and it should be grouped with those applications to reach the required threshold (two-thirds of states) for Congress to call a convention. It cannot be grouped with applications on any other topic.
• The application is a continuing process: it stays in effect until enough states have joined on the same subject.
• The Minnesota Secretary of State must prepare copies of the resolution and send them to:
  • The Speaker and Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • The President and the Secretary of the U.S. Senate
  • Minnesota’s U.S. Senators and Representatives
  • The presiding officers of other states’ legislative houses, asking for their cooperation.
• The bill references Article V of the U.S. Constitution as the legal basis for a nationwide convention.

Effects and Implications

• This is a state-level request and statement of support; it does not itself change state or federal law.
• It creates a formal, ongoing process to pursue a federal constitutional amendment through a nationwide convention.
• It emphasizes that the focus is strictly on term limits for federal lawmakers and should not be mixed with other proposed constitutional topics.

Administrative Details

• The measure is framed as an expression of Minnesota’s preference for a citizen legislature and for term limits to reduce influence from special interests and encourage new ideas in Congress.

Related Constitutional Context

• Article V of the U.S. Constitution governs how states can request a constitutional convention to propose amendments.

Note on Language

• Key concepts include term limits, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, constitutional convention, Article V, two-thirds of the states, and continuing application.

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Relevant Terms - term limits - United States House of Representatives - United States Senate - Article V - constitutional convention - two-thirds of the states - continuing application - aggregation (same subject matter) - Secretary of State (Minnesota)