SR 118 Pennsylvania Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A Concurrent Resolution directing the Congress of the United States to call for an amendment convention pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the United States that shall be entitled the Countermand Amendment Convention and limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to grant state legislatures authority to countermand and rescind any mandate issued by any branch of the Federal Government or its agencies that encroaches on states' rights and the personal liberties of their citizens.

This Pennsylvania resolution (SR 118) requests Congress to call an Article V constitutional convention specifically to propose an amendment granting state legislatures the authority to countermand or rescind federal mandates that violate states' rights or personal liberties. It directs Congress to convene this "Countermand Amendment Convention" within 60 days after 34 states have requested it. The resolution emphasizes that the convention would be strictly limited to this single amendment topic, as permitted under the Constitution's Article V process. This is a procedural request, not a law, seeking to initiate a constitutional amendment process focused on state-federal power balance.
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