SR29 requests for a convention of the states under Article V of the United States Constitution; for Balanced Budget Amendment and for other purposes.
The Georgia State Senate passed SR29 on February 22, 2021 by a vote of 34 to 20. We have assigned pluses to the nays because a so-called “Convention of the States” would not be of “limited” purpose. Article V of the U.S. Constitution was designed to correct structural deficiencies in the federal government, not the behavior of its elected officials. SR29 should be opposed in favor of less risky, more precise, and immediate solutions that would restore power back to the states and to the people, such as clear-cut proposals in Congress to repeal bad amendments or state nullification of specific unauthorized federal laws.