House Resolution 258
By: Representatives Hilton of the 48th, Sainz of the 180th, Mathiak of the 82nd, Clark of the
100th, Donatucci of the 105th, and others
A RESOLUTION
Applying to the United States Congress to call a convention under Article V of the
Constitution of the United States limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
the United States to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a
member of the United States House of Representatives and to set a limit on the number of
terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States Senate; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution of the United States requires Congress to call a
convention limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution upon application of
two-thirds of the states; and
WHEREAS, limiting the terms of members of the United States House of Representatives
and United States Senate would be in the most immediate and best interest of the citizens of
the nation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA that this body does hereby apply to the United States Congress to call a
convention pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the United States for the sole and
express purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set
a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States
House of Representatives and to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be
elected as a member of the United States Senate.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this application shall be considered as covering the same
subject matter as the applications from other states to Congress to call a convention to set a
limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected to the House of Representatives
of the United States and the Senate of the United States; and this application shall be
aggregated with those of other states for the purpose of attaining the two-thirds of states
necessary to require Congress to call a limited convention on this subject, but shall not be
aggregated with any other applications on any other subject.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the General Assembly of Georgia insists that the
convention be solely limited to strict consideration of the subject matter contained in this
resolution and that the United States Congress enact a severe criminal penalty for persons
who violate the finite scope of the call.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this application constitutes a continuing application in
accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the United States of America until the
legislatures of at least two-thirds of the several states have made applications on the same
subject.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Speaker of the House of Representatives is
authorized and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for
distribution to the President and Secretary of the Senate of the United States; to the Speaker,
Clerk, and Judiciary Committee Chairperson of the House of Representatives of the United
States; to members of the General Assembly of Georgia; and to the presiding officers of each
of the legislative houses in the several states, requesting their cooperation.