ACTION NEEDED: Contact State Representatives and ask them to VOTE NO on HJR 1083 authored by Rep. Gary Banz (R) Midwest City — 405-521-2711 or 800-522-8502 — THIS IS A CALL FOR AN ARTICLE V CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
STATUS: HJR 1083 passed out of the House Judiciary committee on Tuesday, February 18, 2014, by a vote of 8-7. It is now ready for a vote of the entire House. Deadline for vote by entire House is March 13th.
Please Call or Email the members of the OK House of Representatives — 405-521-2711 — VOTE NO on HJR 1083. Go to: www.okhouse.gov then click on Legislators. You will find their names, email addresses, and phone numbers.
HJR 1083 is a Call for a Constitutional Convention or an “amendments convention” by the Legislature of the State of Oklahoma. From text of HJR 1083: “The Oklahoma Legislature hereby applies to the Congress of the United States, under the provisions of Article V of the constitution of the United States, for the calling of a convention of the states….”
Further Reading: Con Con/Article V