CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

HJR09

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 9

57
th legislature
- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -
second session
, 2026

INTRODUCED BY

Randall T. Pettigrew
and
John Block
and
Jimmy G. Mason

A JOINT RESOLUTION

REQUESTING THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER ARTICLE 5 OF
THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION TO CALL A CONVENTION, UPON THE
APPLICATION OF TWO-THIRDS OF THE STATES, FOR THE LIMITED
PURPOSE OF PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES
CONSTITUTION TO IMPOSE FISCAL RESTRAINTS ON THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, LIMIT THE POWER AND JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND LIMIT THE TERMS OF OFFICE FOR FEDERAL OFFICIALS
AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

WHEREAS, the governor of New Mexico is constitutionally
required to submit a balanced budget, and the New Mexico
legislature is constitutionally required to pass a balanced
budget, thereby preserving the state's financial solvency and
integrity; and

WHEREAS, the federal government continues to accrue
unsustainable increases in the national debt, obligating New
Mexico's citizens and future generations to insurmountable
financial burdens; and

WHEREAS, otherwise necessary federal regulatory
protections become costly, unworkable and oppressive when
congested by an excess of unnecessary and obsolete rules and
mandates, causing hardships to local governments, small
businesses and working families; and

WHEREAS, a professionalized congress, whose members may be
more influenced by the power of organized pressure groups than
the interests of the majority of the citizens, fails in its
service to those citizens and proves unresponsive to fiscal
excess and government overreach; and

WHEREAS, constitutionally applied mechanisms for
establishing sound requirements for accountability of federal
spending, regulation and public service are necessary to the
well-being of the people; and

WHEREAS, Article 5 of the United States constitution
provides authority for a convention to be called by the
congress of the United States for the purpose of proposing
amendments to the constitution upon application of two-thirds
of the legislatures of the several states;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico legislature hereby
applies to congress, under the provisions of Article 5 of the
United States constitution, for the calling of a convention of
the states limited to proposing amendments to the United States
constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal
government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal
government and limit the terms of office for federal officials
and members of congress; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the secretary of state is
hereby directed to transmit copies of this application to the
president of the United States, the president and secretary of
the United States senate and the speaker and clerk of the
United States house of representatives; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this application constitutes a
continuing application in accordance with Article 5 of the
United States constitution until the legislatures of at least
two-thirds of the several states have made applications on the
same subject.

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