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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SJR 9

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Relating to: an advisory referendum on an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Constitution united states Corporation Elections — Ballots Referendum United states — Congress

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Adopted, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

In the case of

Citizens United v. F.E.C.

and related cases, the U.S. Supreme

Court ruled that corporations are “persons" for the purpose of political speech, thus

allowing corporations to make unlimited expenditures in political campaigns. The

U.S. Constitution grants Congress the power to propose amendments to the

Constitution that become effective when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths

of the states. Amendments can have the effect of overturning—in effect

repealing—prior decisions of the Supreme Court. This resolution places a question

on the November 2020 ballot to ask the people if Congress should propose an

amendment to overturn

Citizens United v. F.E.C.

and related cases.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Hansen (D) , Larson (D) , Ringhand (D) , Risser (D) , Smith (D)

23 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Billings (D) , Brostoff and Vining , C. Taylor (D) , Crowley (D) , Doyle (D) , Emerson (D) , Fields (D) , Goyke (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Kolste (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Sargent (D) , Schachtner (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Stuck (D) , Subeck (D) , Vruwink (D) , Zamarripa (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 25, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Hansen, Risser, Carpenter, Smith, Larson and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives Subeck, Anderson, Zamarripa, C. Taylor, Crowley, Kolste, Emerson, Shankland, Spreitzer, Pope, Vruwink, Hesselbein, Sargent, Doyle, Billings, Sinicki, Goyke and Fields

  2. Feb 25, 2019 · Senate

    Read and referred to Committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues

  3. Mar 4, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Stuck added as a cosponsor

  4. Mar 12, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Ohnstad added as a cosponsor

  5. Mar 26, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Stubbs added as a cosponsor

  6. Apr 11, 2019 · Senate

    Senator Schachtner added as a coauthor

  7. Apr 22, 2019 · Senate

    Representatives Brostoff and Vining added as cosponsors

  8. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1