SC 530

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2026 Regular Session
To: Rules
By: Senator(s) Hartness
Senate Concurrent Resolution 530
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION APPLYING TO THE UNITED STATES�
CONGRESS TO CALL A CONVENTION OF THE STATES UNDER THE PROVISIONS� OF ARTICLE V
OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE� PURPOSE OF PROPOSING AN
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION TO SET A LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF TERMS THAT A
PERSON MAY BE ELECTED AS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AND TO SET A LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF TERMS THAT A PERSON MAY BE ELECTED AS A
MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
���� WHEREAS, the Legislature of
the State of Mississippi hereby makes an application to Congress, as provided
by Article V of the Constitution of the United States of America, to call a
convention limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States of America to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be
elected as a member of the United States House of Representatives and to set a
limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of the
United States Senate.
���� WHEREAS, the Secretary of
State is hereby directed to transmit copies of this application to the
President and Secretary of the Senate of the United States and to the Speaker,
Clerk and Judiciary Committee Chairman of the House of Representatives of the
Congress of the United States, and copies to the members of the said Senate and
House of Representatives from this state; also to transmit copies hereof to the
presiding officers of each of the legislative houses in the several states,
requesting their cooperation.
���� WHEREAS, this application
shall 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 a person may be elected to the House of Representatives of the
Congress of the United States and the Senate of the United States; and this
application shall be aggregated with same for the purpose of attaining the two-thirds
(2/3) of states necessary to require Congress to call a limited convention on
this subject, but shall not be aggregated with any other applications on any
other subject.
���� WHEREAS, this application
constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V of the
Constitution of the United States of America until the Legislatures of at least
two-thirds (2/3) of the several states have made applications on the same
subject.
���� NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF
MISSISSIPPI, THE SENATE CONCURRING THEREIN, That the Legislature of the State
of Mississippi applies to Congress, under the provisions of Article V of the
Constitution of the United States, for the calling of a convention of the
states, limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the
United States of America to set a limit on the number of terms that a person
may be elected as a member of the United States House of Representatives and to
set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of
the United States Senate.