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Subcommittee advances bill creating penalties and advisory committee for rogue Article V delegates
Summary
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.
The Senate Judiciary subcommittee voted to report favorably on House Bill 3558, legislation that would add provisions to state law governing delegates to any Article V convention and create penalties for certain conduct by outside actors.
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.
