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HCR16 • 2026

applying for a convention of the states under Article V of the Constitution of the United States.

applying for a convention of the states under Article V of the Constitution of the United States.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Gary Gilmore (D)
Last action
2026-03-05
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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applying for a convention of the states under Article V of the Constitution of the United States.

applying for a convention of the states under Article V of the Constitution of the United States.

What This Bill Does

  • applying for a convention of the states under Article V of the Constitution of the United States.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-05 H

    Refer for Interim Study: MA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 38

  2. 2026-02-24 H

    Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study 02/06/2026 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 9 P. 28

  3. 2026-02-09 H

    Executive Session: 02/06/2026 09:45 am GP 228

  4. 2026-01-28 H

    Public Hearing: 02/06/2026 09:45 am GP 228

  5. 2025-12-02 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs HJ 1 P. 38

Official Summary Text

applying for a convention of the states under Article V of the Constitution of the United States.

Current Bill Text

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HCR 16 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-3022
05/08

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
16

A RESOLUTION
applying for a convention of the states under Article V of the Constitution of the United States.

SPONSORS: Rep. Gilmore, Straf. 16

COMMITTEE: State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

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ANALYSIS

This concurrent resolution makes an application to Congress to propose a congressional term limits constitutional amendment.

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26-3022
05/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

A RESOLUTION
applying for a convention of the states under Article V of the Constitution of the United States.

Whereas, Article V of the Constitution of the United States requires a convention to be called by the Congress of the United States for the purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution upon application of 2/3 of the legislatures of the several states; and
Whereas, the legislature of the state of New Hampshire favors a proposal and ratification of an amendment to said Constitution, which shall set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States House of Representatives and as a member of the United States Senate; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the legislature of the state of New Hampshire hereby makes an application to Congress, as provided by Article V of the Constitution of the United States of America, to call a convention limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States House of Representatives and to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States Senate; and
That this application shall be considered as covering the same subject matter as the applications from other states to Congress to call a convention to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected to the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States and the Senate of the United States; and this application shall be aggregated with same for the purpose of attaining the 2/3 of states necessary to require Congress to call a limited convention on this subject, but shall not be aggregated with any other applications on any other subject; and
That this application constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the United States of America until the legislatures of at least 2/3 of the several states have made applications on the same subject; and
That the house clerk is hereby directed to transmit copies of this application to the President and Secretary of the United States Senate and to the Speaker, Clerk, and Judiciary Committee Chairman of the United States House of Representatives, and to the members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives from this state, and to the presiding officers of each of the legislative houses in the several states, requesting their cooperation.