State sovereignty; Congress urged to honor Tenth Amendment of U.S. Constitution. (HJ125)

Introduced By

Del. Clay Athey (R-Front Royal)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate

Description

State sovereignty; Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.  Urges Congress to honor state sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States and claims sovereignty for the Commonwealth under the Tenth Amendment over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the United States Constitution. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/13/2010Committee
01/13/2010Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10102610D
01/13/2010Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
01/21/2010Assigned P & E sub: #1 Constitutional
02/12/2010Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 5-N) (see vote tally)
02/15/2010Taken up
02/15/2010Engrossed by House
02/15/2010Agreed to by House (76-Y 20-N)
02/15/2010VOTE: --- ADOPTION (76-Y 20-N) (see vote tally)
02/16/2010Reading waived
02/16/2010Referred to Committee on Rules
03/08/2010Left in Rules

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 40 seconds.