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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026

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J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

RESCINDING ALL PRIOR ARTICLE V CONVENTION APPLICATIONS

     Introduced By: Senators McKenney, Gu, DiPalma, Euer, and Valverde

     Date Introduced: March 04, 2026

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     WHEREAS, The Rhode Island General Assembly has previously made one or more

applications to the Congress of the United States to call a convention to propose amendments to

the Constitution of the United States pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the United

States; and

     WHEREAS, Such applications may have been adopted by prior sessions of the Rhode

Island General Assembly at various times in the past; and

     WHEREAS, The Rhode Island General Assembly no longer wishes the Congress of the

United States to consider any such prior applications; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island hereby rescinds,

repeals, cancels, nullifies, and supersedes any and all prior applications, memorials, resolutions,

or other measures adopted by this or any prior session of the Rhode Island General Assembly

applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention for the purpose of proposing

amendments to the Constitution of the United States pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of

the United States, regardless of when such applications were adopted and regardless of whether

such applications were for a limited convention to propose one or more amendments concerning

one or more specific subjects or purposes, or for a general convention to propose an unlimited

number of amendments upon an unlimited number of subjects, and regardless of whether such

applications are expressly identified in this resolution or reflected in the historical records

maintained by the Rhode Island General Assembly, the Secretary of State, or the Library of

Congress; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is directed to transmit duly

certified copies of this resolution, within thirty (30) days of passage, to the Clerk of the United

States House of Representatives, the Secretary of the United States Senate, and to each member

of the Rhode Island Congressional Delegation; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the members of the Rhode Island General Assembly respectfully

request that this Joint Resolution be printed in full in the Congressional Record and listed in the

official tally of state legislative applications relating to calls for a convention pursuant to Article

V of the Constitution of the United States.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

RESCINDING ALL PRIOR ARTICLE V CONVENTION APPLICATIONS

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     This Joint Resolution would cancel and nullify all prior applications by the general

assembly calling for a federal constitutional convention.

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