Wyoming fails to join Convention of States
CHEYENNE — To date, 15 states have passed legislation calling for a Convention of States to propose amendments to the United States Constitution.
But Wyoming, at least for now, will not be No. 16.
In a 14-16 vote Wednesday, the Wyoming State Senate narrowly voted against Senate Joint Resolution 2, proposed by Sen. Bo Biteman, R-Parkman, which would invoke language in Article V of the U.S. Constitution, which allows for the calling of a Convention of States to propose constitutional amendments.
The Convention of States is one method of proposing constitutional amendments outlined in Article V, according to Biteman. The other — requiring the vote of two-thirds of the houses of Congress — has been responsible for the 27 constitutional amendments approved thus far in the nation’s history.
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