Bill Text: WV HB2931 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Convention of states delegates have penalties for deviating from what they were sent to convention for
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-01-23 - To House Judiciary [HB2931 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2023-HB2931-Introduced.html
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2023 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 2931
By Delegate C. Pritt
[Introduced January 23, 2023; Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §3-1-52, relating to creating a punishment for any delegate at a convention of states who deviates from his or her authority; providing for recall; providing for a monetary punishment; and providing for a criminal sentence.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS.
§3-1-52. Penalty for convention of states delegate who deviates from authority.
Any delegate who attends a convention of states to modify the United States Constitution and who exceeds his or her authority at the convention is subject to mandatory, immediate recall, a $100,000 to $500,000 fine, and up to 10 years in prison. Additionally, the delegate's vote or votes shall be void.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to punish any delegate at a convention of states convention who deviates from his or her authority.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.