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2024 SESSION
SB 528 Crimes; offenses against the sovereignty of the Commonwealth, unfaithful delegates to a convention.
Introduced by: Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. (by request) | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Crimes; offenses against the sovereignty of the Commonwealth; unfaithful delegates to a convention for proposing amendments held under Article V of the Constitution of the United States; penalties. Provides that a delegate or interim delegate to a convention for proposing amendments held under Article V of the Constitution of the United States may not vote or otherwise act beyond the authority granted in his commission, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill provides that a delegate or interim delegate who exceeds the scope of his authority is guilty of a Class 5 felony. The bill also provides that any individual who knowingly bribes, threatens, intimidates, or unlawfully obstructs or attempts to bribe, threaten, intimidate, or unlawfully obstruct any delegate or interim delegate to the such convention is guilty of a Class 5 felony.
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- 01/10/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104952D
- 01/10/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/24/24 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)