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Committee staff summarized the bill to the subcommittee as adding to Article 23 of Title 1 provisions about delegate selection, oaths, and the creation of an advisory committee to review whether a commissioner (delegate) exceeded their authority. The bill also creates a felony for a non-privileged person who \"knowingly bribes, threatens, intimidates, or obstructs a commissioner or interim commissioner,\" punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 and imprisonment of not more than one year, according to the staff summary.

Paula told the panel the measure is intended in part to limit outside lobbying activity at a convention, describing the section as \"going after Article V lobbyists.\" No members of the public were signed to testify on this bill at the subcommittee meeting.

A motion to give House Bill 3558 a favorable report to the full judiciary committee carried on a voice vote; the motion and a second were recorded and the chair announced the bill will move to the full committee.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Senate Judiciary Committee April 16, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","House Bill 3558, which would add provisions to state law about delegates to an Article V convention and create criminal penalties and an advisory watchdog, was reported favorably by the Senate Judiciary subcommittee.","taxTitle","Judiciary, Standing, Senate, Committees, Legislative, South Carolina","taxId",17641,"location","South Carolina","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6272689,"Subcommittee backs concurrent bills seeking Article V convention on congressional term limits",1023,981340,2005170,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3027176-4d26be72fff84ec3fd95f7be5fe201ac&start=981&end=2005","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3027176-4d26be72fff84ec3fd95f7be5fe201ac/thumbnail_981340.jpg","/articles/6272689/South-Carolina/Subcommittee-backs-concurrent-bills-seeking-Article-V-convention-on-congressional-term-limits","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6272689-5de463ba8de6d0e427c02c0ea68ee1d8/orig.mp4?Expires=1773620897&Signature=my6LTjzAABCEzoBKtCo5gmG1BBtbmYcVKHt7aBIUWhsUuXuYM5TAyu4rdAGUcWgLD50Pc5WJ-k90DmL~9efehtXaD1oktKiif6GXlB1w5ylb5N-RkXTR07UGhONzTEuVtK1anXtZh4nsg-DlOwPwZ5QJ65UuD~nn~X5Ep9H650McbK8I1o1xpn5LN3BidPK6kWX-aFvjrszxQMOjty8fTdxCrN8S8Rsq1ZSenvnrdxnkuT2t4sz7h3hRgZyG8iuDk5G8HHT6x7FsU5Ggewz6yp5AaJXsserFhkXlmjf0v3Hw5jfj7YKb7m2hbuG3E3sA9I~KjRN08tZoIZKaDGY-mw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Senate Judiciary subcommittee voted to report favorably on House Bill 3008 and Senate Bill 105, concurrent measures that would call for an Article V convention to propose limits on the number of terms members of Congress may serve.

Paula, the committee staff member who summarized the bills, said the House resolution refers to \"congressional term limits\" while the Senate version specifies limits for members of both the House and Senate of the United States. The House language also includes a provision barring a convention from proposing amendments to the Bill of Rights or the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments.

Shanna Chamblee, regional director with US Term Limits, testified in support and told the panel that term limits are broadly popular: \"Term limits on Congress is the highest polling non partisan issue in the country at 87% across the board,\" she said. Chamblee said the group's historical work and recent state-level activity make congressional action more likely to preempt a convention when enough states are close to calling one.

Subcommittee members raised concerns about opening a convention to other topics and about whether term limits would remove effective, well-liked representatives. Chamblee and other presenters said state commissions would bind delegates to a single topic, that many states have passed laws to penalize rogue delegates, and that a proposed amendment would still require ratification by the states.

A motion to give both House Bill 3008 and Senate Bill 105 a favorable report to the full judiciary committee passed on a voice vote; a mover and a second were recorded, but the transcript does not identify the second member by name. The bills now move to the full committee.","The Senate Judiciary subcommittee gave favorable reports to House Bill 3008 and Senate Bill 105, measures asking for a convention under Article V to propose term limits for members of Congress; witnesses cited broad public support and procedural safeguards against runaway conventions.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6272695,"Subcommittee advances bills calling for Article V convention to propose balanced-budget amendment",944,36270,980380,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3027176-4d26be72fff84ec3fd95f7be5fe201ac&start=36&end=980","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3027176-4d26be72fff84ec3fd95f7be5fe201ac/thumbnail_36270.jpg","/articles/6272695/South-Carolina/Subcommittee-advances-bills-calling-for-Article-V-convention-to-propose-balanced-budget-amendment","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6272695-9f3b652f013db5dcdbccb4022f52d5ad/orig.mp4?Expires=1773620897&Signature=MXY05kh2nTSZqNE2eOa03o8CmOC7B2RwF4AwzCBDdRAR6sFvtpizUJiB9E0-KzMzFZVmWydxzbP5xZJ4-x26fawpKouuoD8Bt9Imec2Z9sGePWEVDDKEGNhESXQKe5ldkBuOOP~b15y8E2cOYYGnwzYjDgImLC-TbYOvL-DUdXX0bCokBks3-ak3zZO2EucfABAuViqnHCLoMv1Hs2jp-5bwmhpGnlSlL76MWBFU7E89UmNbDjzMt8oZ8S0QBUCfnwAhMF3vab1JyQEpXeSnjZAQOHq5nlWaHCVh6zP~6A91oPy8c2phLUQadlvivRhgqd-d8NNDgJmMFKu0DgL-7Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Senate Judiciary subcommittee voted to report favorably on House Bill 3007 and Senate Bill 245, concurrent measures that would press for an Article V convention to propose a balanced-budget amendment that would limit federal appropriations when federal revenues fall short.

The measures were presented and discussed during a subcommittee meeting where Sen. Rice, sponsor of Senate Bill 245, urged colleagues to take the House bill \"and not amend it so that we could get it across the finish line.\" Committee staff described the bills as restricting federal appropriations absent a qualifying national emergency and noted the House language would bar proposing amendments to the Bill of Rights or the 13th, 14th or 15th Amendments at any convention called under the bills.

The panel heard related testimony from Lauren Enns, who identified herself as national campaign director for Balanced Budget Now. Enns told the subcommittee: \"The U.S. federal debt at $36,500,000,000,000 is a staggering 7 times federal revenue at just $5,000,000,000,000.\" She argued states should use Article V to pressure Congress to act and described the process by which states call a convention and Congress then proposes an amendment for ratification by the states.

Committee members asked procedural questions about the risk of a so-called \"runaway\" convention and how emergencies would be defined to allow temporary suspension of the amendment. Witnesses and staff told the subcommittee that a convention would be limited to the topic identified in state applications and that, under the Constitution, any proposed amendment would still require ratification by the states (38 required) before becoming effective. Enns said the bills would require a three-fifths vote of Congress to declare an emergency that could suspend the amendment, and she said existing presidential emergency declarations would not automatically qualify.

After questioning and public testimony, a motion to give both House Bill 3007 and Senate Bill 245 a favorable report to the full judiciary committee carried on a voice vote. The mover was recorded as \"Mister Turner\"; a second was recorded but not identified by name.

The measures now move to the full Senate Judiciary Committee for further consideration.","A Senate Judiciary subcommittee voted to report favorably on House Bill 3007 and Senate Bill 245, measures that would ask Congress to call a convention under Article V to propose a balanced-budget amendment limiting federal appropriations except in specified emergencies.","actionData","errors"]

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Subcommittee advances bill creating penalties and advisory committee for rogue Article V delegates

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