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The 27th Amendment received the threshold number of state ratifications on 7 May 1992 and became official when certified on 18 May 1992.
The amendment states simply:
"No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened."
In other words, U.S. Representatives can't get a pay raise until after the next election following them passing a bill raising their salary.
What else can I help you with?
When was the last amendment was passed?
the last amendment was passed in 1992
Is the 10th Amendment the last Amendment to the Constitution?
No, the Tenth Amendment is the last Amendment in the Bill of Rights (the first Ten Amendments to the Constitution). As of 2011, the US Constitution has 27 Amendments; the last, concerning compensation to members of Congress, was ratified in 1992.
When was the amendment adopted?
The Fifteenth Amendment became part of the Constitution on February 3rd, 1870.
What was the last amendment passed in?
1992
When was the last time the Constitution was amended?
The Texas State Constitution was last amended after the 2009 November 3 election. 11 propositions were passed in this election.
In what year was the last amendment ratified?
The last amendment, which is the 27th Amendment to the United States Constitution, was ratified in 1992.
What was the topic of the last amendment that passed?
The Twenty-seventh Amendment forbids any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of the Congress from taking effect until the start of the next set of terms of office for Representatives.
What was last year an amendment to US Constitution ratified?
Never.
The last group to whom the constitution granted the right to vote was what?
1971 the 26th amendment changed the voting age from 21 to 18.
When was the last amendment to the Constitution?
The last successful Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was the XXVII (27th Amendment) and was ratified May 5, 1992 It states: No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened. The last Unsuccessful Amendment was the Victims' Rights Amendment proposed in 2003.
When did Illinois last constitution passed?
Dec 3,1970
How many years ago was there an amendment?
The last amendment added to the Constitution was the twenty-seventh (added over 200 years ago), and it was last ratified in 1992.
