Con-Con Legislation in the Ohio Senate

The Bill: SJR 2 - http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/res.cfm?ID=129_SJR_2 The Committee: Senate Finance Committee http://www.ohiosenate.gov/committees/standing/detail/finance.html Take Action: 1. Get educated at stoptheconcon.com 2. Email your state Senator: http://tinyurl.com/OhioActionConCon 2. Get on the E-Mail alert list for all upcoming Finance committee hearings: Telephone Hon. Chris Widener, Chairman (614) 466-3780. 3. Call/E-Mail Committee Members: and ask that they get educated and vote no on SJR 2

SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

Chris Widener (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor Columbus, OH 43215 Phone: (614) 466-3780 SD10@senate.state.oh.us Kevin Bacon (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor Columbus, OH 43215 Phone: (614) 466-8064 SD03@senate.state.oh.us Eric Kearney (D) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor Columbus, OH 43215 Phone: (614) 466-5980 SD09@maild.sen.state.oh.us Tom Patton (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor Columbus, OH 43215 Phone: (614) 466-8056 SD24@senate.state.oh.us Shannon Jones (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, 2nd Floor Columbus, OH 43215 Phone: (614) 466-9737 SD07@senate.state.oh.us David T. Daniels (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor Columbus, OH 43215 Phone: (614) 466-8156 SD17@senate.state.oh.us Peggy Lehner (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor Columbus, OH 43215 Phone: (614) 466-4538 SD06@senate.state.oh.us Tom Sawyer (D) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor Columbus, OH 43215 Phone: (614) 466-7041 SD28@maild.sen.state.oh.us Michael J. Skindell (D) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor Columbus, OH 43215 Phone: (614) 466-5123 SD23@maild.sen.state.oh.us Keith Faber (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor Columbus, OH 43215 Phone: (614) 466-7584 SD12@senate.state.oh.us Scott Oelslager (R) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, 2nd Floor Columbus, OH 43215 Phone: (614) 466-0626 SD29@senate.state.oh.us Shirley A. Smith (D) Senate Building 1 Capitol Square, 2nd Floor Columbus, OH 43215 Phone: (614) 466-4857 SD21@maild.sen.state.oh.us

As Introduced 129th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2011-2012 S. J. R. No. 2 Senator Coley Cosponsors: Senators Burke, Patton, Schaffer, Grendell, Jones, Balderson ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A JOINT RESOLUTION Applying to the Congress of the United States pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution to call a constitutional convention for proposing amendments. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: WHEREAS, With each passing year, this nation becomes more deeply in debt as its expenditures exceed available revenues; and WHEREAS, Fiscal prudence requires that certain steps be taken to control the growth of the budget and eliminate excessive deficits; and WHEREAS, Article V of the United States Constitution requires the United States Congress to call a constitutional convention upon the application of two-thirds of the legislatures of the several states for the purpose of proposing amendments to the United States Constitution; now therefore be it RESOLVED, That the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution, hereby applies to the Congress to call a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing to the states for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution containing the following provisions: First, the amendment shall require the President to submit and the Congress to adopt only balanced budgets for all federal programs and agencies, except in times of war. Second, the amendment shall grant the President the authority to disapprove any item or items in any bill presented by the Congress to the President in addition to the President's authority to disapprove entire bills pursuant to Article I, Section 7 of the United States Constitution. Third, the amendment shall require the President to submit and the Congress to adopt budgets for all federal programs and agencies on a biennial rather than annual basis; and be it further RESOLVED, That this application constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V of the United States Constitution until at least two-thirds of the legislatures of the several states have made application for a constitutional convention or the Congress has proposed an amendment to the United States Constitution equivalent to the amendment proposed in this resolution; and be it further RESOLVED, That, if the convention called by the Congress is not limited in subject to the amendment proposed in this resolution, any delegates, representatives, or participants from the State of Ohio asked to participate in the convention are permitted to debate and vote only on the proposed amendment contained within this resolution or an equivalent amendment; and be it further RESOLVED, That if two-thirds of the legislatures of the several states make application to the Congress to call a constitutional convention, the State of Ohio requests that such a convention be called not later than six months after the Congress receives the thirty-fourth application from a state legislature; and be it further RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore and Secretary of the United States Senate, the members of the Ohio Congressional delegation, the presiding officer of each house of each state legislature in the United States, and the news media of Ohio.