HB 2037 — technical correction; international registered nurses

Fifty-seventhHouse LegislatureEngrossed Firsttechnical Regularcorrection; Session COMMITTEE ON FEDERALISM, MILITARY AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B.

2037international (Referenceregistered tonurses printed(now: bill) Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert:

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faithless delegates) State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session HOUSE BILL 2037 AN ACT AMENDING TITLE 41, CHAPTER 7, ARTICLE 1, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 41-1108;

RELATING TO CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

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2037 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.

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A PERSON IN THIS STATE WHO IS A FAITHLESS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATE IS GUILTY OF A CLASS 2 FELONY.FELONY AND IS SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY OF AT LEAST $5,000.

A FAITHLESS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATE SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY RECALLED FROM THE DELEGATION.

FORANY THEDELEGATE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,STATE "FAITHLESSSHALL CONSTITUTIONALTAKE CONVENTION DELEGATE" MEANS A PERSON WHO IS DULY APPOINTED AS A DELEGATE TO A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION AND WHO KNOWINGLY CASTS A VOTE OR TAKES ANY OFFICIAL ACTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SPECIFICFOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONSOATH OR DIRECTIVES REGARDING THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THEOFFICE PROPOSEDBEFORE CONSTITUTIONALACCEPTING AMENDMENTS STATED BY THE LEGISLATURE OR ANY OTHER LAW OR LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION IN THIS STATE GOVERNING THE DELEGATE'S AUTHORITYAPPOINTMENT: AND DUTIES AT THE CONVENTION." Amend title to conform And, as so amended, it do pass JOHN GILLETTE CHAIRMAN 2037FEDERALISM MILITARY AFFAIRS ELECTIONS.docx 02/19/2025 04:06 PM C:

AHI, _____, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES, I WILL, AS A DELEGATE TO A CONVENTION FOR PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

I WILL NOT VOTE TO ALLOW CONSIDERATION OF OR TO APPROVE ANY AMENDMENT PROPOSED FOR RATIFICATION TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION THAT IS UNRELATED TO THE SPECIFIED SUBJECT OR SUBJECTS OF THE APPROVED CALL OF THE CONVENTION FROM CONGRESS AND FROM NOT LESS THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THE STATES THAT SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS.

I WILL ALSO ABIDE BY ANY OTHER INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IF THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE NOT CONTRARY TO THE SUBJECT MATTER THAT WAS SPECIFIED BY CONGRESS AND NOT LESS THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THE STATES.

I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY VIOLATION OF THIS OATH SHALL RESULT IN BEING IMMEDIATELY RECALLED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA OR ITS AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE, SUBJECT TO CIVIL PENALTY OF AT LEAST $5,000 AND GUILTY OF A CLASS 2 FELONY.

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A DELEGATE WHO IS AWARE OF ANY VIOLATION OF THE OATH OR ANY OTHER VIOLATION BY A DELEGATE SHALL REPORT THE VIOLATION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

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FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:

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"DELEGATE" MEANS A MEMBER OF A DELEGATION OR AN ALTERNATE TO THE DELEGATION TO A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION WHO HAS BEEN ELECTED, APPOINTED OR SELECTED FOR THAT POSITION.

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"FAITHLESS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATE" MEANS A PERSON WHO IS A DELEGATE TO A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION AND WHO KNOWINGLY CASTS A VOTE OR TAKES ANY OFFICIAL ACTION IN FURTHERANCE OF SUBJECT MATTER THAT DIFFERS FROM THE LEGAL CONVENTION SCOPE.

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"LEGAL CONVENTION SCOPE" MEANS THE SUBJECT MATTER THAT HAS BEEN SPECIFIED IN THE APPLICATION FOR A CONVENTION OF STATES BY NOT LESS THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THE STATES IN THEIR CALLS FOR A CONVENTION OF THE STATES, IN THE CALL FOR THE CONVENTION OF STATES FROM CONGRESS AND BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THIS STATE IN ITS APPLICATION FOR A CONVENTION OF STATES.

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Severability If a provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the act that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.

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