Sponsors:
Senate
Sen. Todd Weiler [R]
House
Enrolled Copy S.J.R. 8
2015 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Todd Weiler
House Sponsor: Val L. Peterson
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This joint resolution of the Legislature urges the United
States Congress to adopt the Regulation Freedom amendment to the United States
Constitution.
Highlighted Provisions:
This resolution: urges Congress to adopt, as an amendment to
the United States Constitution, the Regulation Freedom Amendment; and proposes
the amendment as requiring a majority vote of the United States House of Representatives
and the United States Senate to approve any proposed federal regulation, following
a written declaration of opposition to such proposed federal regulation by one
quarter of the members by either of the aforementioned House of Representatives
or Senate.
Special Clauses: None
Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
WHEREAS, the growth and abuse of federal regulatory
authority threatens our Constitutional liberties, including those guaranteed by
the Bill of Rights in the First, Second, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments of our
Constitution;
WHEREAS, federal regulators must be more accountable to
elected representatives of the people and not immune from such accountability;
WHEREAS, the United States House of Representatives has
passed the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act with
bipartisan support;
WHEREAS, the REINS Act requires that Congress approve major
new federal regulations before they can take effect;
WHEREAS, though the REINS Act is a tremendous beginning in
providing a check on federal regulatory authority, enactment of the REINS Act
may be repealed or waived by a future Congress and President;
WHEREAS, an amendment to the United States Constitution does
not require the President's approval and cannot be waived by a future Congress
and President, but only repealed through the same constitutional amendment
process:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the
state of Utah urges the United States Congress to vote to propose the
Regulation Freedom amendment to the United States Constitution as follows: "Whenever
one quarter of the members of the United States House of Representatives or the
United States Senate transmits to the resident their written declaration of
opposition to a proposed federal regulation, it shall require a majority vote
of the House of Representatives and the Senate to adopt that regulation."
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
transmitted to the members of Utah's congressional delegation, and the Speaker
of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate of every state
legislature in the United States.
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