Declaring Sovereignty:

All of these (except for HI) are explicit restatements of what has always been in place, but not necessarily enforced, as detailed by the 10th Amendment.

“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people”

HI is actually aiming for total sovereignty as it is claimed that HI was never really a state of the U.S. to begin with.

However, I personally believe the intent of these bills is to let the federal government know that the states’ sovereignty will not be overwritten… say in case certain gun ban laws get passed, or with regards to emissions standards,… or even if “War Time / Martial Law” type plans come into play. (See the specifics detailed in the proposed NH legislation)


Some of these states legislation is still waiting to be passed, but is before the House. I have provided links to the legislations of the state if you want to read it for yourself, and I suggest you do, especially if you live in that state.



Arizona: http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/49leg/1r/bills/hcr2024p.htm

California: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/93-94/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sjr_44_bill_940829_chaptered

Georgia: http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/1995_96/leg/fulltext/sr308.htm

Hawaii: http://www.supremecourtus.gov/docket/07-1372.htm (and) http://www.hawaii-nation.org/

Michigan: (See HR No.4)
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(21rmjiv1sl0wvw55yxurwl55))/documents/2009-2010/Journal/House/pdf/2009-HJ-01-22-002.pdf

Missouri: http://www.house.mo.gov/content.aspx?info=/bills091/bills/HR212.HTM

Montana: http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billhtml/HB0246.htm

New Hampshire: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HCR0006.html

Oklahoma: http://www.ok-safe.com/files/documents/1/HJR1089_int.pdf

Washington: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?year=2009&bill=4009


Pending legislation are: Alaska, Arkansas, Alabama, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Texas.


That's a total of 21 states.