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Committee hears testimony on bills to set selection process and rules for Article V convention commissioners
Summary
Witnesses and the sponsor told the Government Operations Committee HB 5151 and HCR 2 create a nomination and guardrail process so Michigan would be prepared to send commissioners to an Article V convention; sponsor said a violating commissioner could face felony charges.
The House Government Operations Committee heard testimony and public comment on HB 51 51 and House Concurrent Resolution 2, companion measures designed to establish a process for selecting Michigan’s commissioners to an Article V convention and to set limits on their authority.
Sponsor Representative Luke Meerman told the committee the bills are intended to prepare the state ‘‘to lay the foundation for a convention’’ should Congress call one under Article V of the U.S. Constitution. He described a nomination process in which the speaker of the House, house minority leader, senate majority leader and senate minority leader would each nominate…
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