2021 Tennessee Code
Title 3 - Legislature
Chapter 18 - Article v Conventions
§ 3-18-105. Application to Call Convention of No Effect if All Delegates and Alternates Vote or Attempt to Vote Outside Scope of Instructions and Established Limits

Universal Citation: TN Code § 3-18-105 (2021)

The application of the general assembly to call an Article V convention for proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States ceases to be a continuing application and shall be treated as having no effect if all of the delegates and alternate delegates vote or attempt to vote outside the scope of:


  1. The instructions established by a joint resolution adopted under § 3-18-103; or

  2. The limits placed by the general assembly in a joint resolution that calls for an Article V convention for the purpose of proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States on the subjects and amendments that may be considered by the Article V convention.
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