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Kansas committee hears proposal to remove two-thirds state vote for Article V actions
Summary
The Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs held a hearing on SCR 16-17, which would amend Section 13 of Article 2 of the Kansas Constitution to eliminate a two-thirds state-vote requirement for resolutions to ratify U.S. constitutional amendments or apply to Congress to call a convention of the states, aligning the state rule with Article V of the U.S. Constitution.
TOPEKA — The Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs heard proponent testimony Friday on Senate Concurrent Resolution 16-17, a proposal to amend Section 13 of Article 2 of the Kansas Constitution so that actions to ratify amendments to the U.S. Constitution or to request a convention under Article V would require only a simple majority in the Legislature.
Jason (committee staff) told the committee the change responds to an apparent conflict between Article V of the U.S. Constitution — which assigns legislatures authority to act on federal amendments and does not impose a supermajority requirement — and the Kansas Constitution’s current language, which requires…
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