Amending the constitution is a governance action like any other, except it uses the amendment_threshold instead of the normal voting_threshold, and it may trigger additional escalation.

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Amendment proposal

const amendment = await orgs.proposals.create({
  entity: "helios-research",
  kind: {
    type: "amend",
    before: currentConstitutionYaml,
    after: newConstitutionYaml,
    rationale: "Raising daily spend limit from $10K to $25K to accommodate Q2 compute spend.",
  },
});
The platform:
  1. Diff-renders before vs. after for member review
  2. Validates after against the full schema
  3. Checks that after does not violate statutory floors (e.g., dissolution < 0.51)
  4. Checks that after.amendment_threshold >= current.voting_threshold
  5. Opens voting at amendment_threshold

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Two-thirds-of-itself principle

If the amendment changes amendment_threshold itself, the amendment uses the current threshold — not the proposed new one. An amendment to lower the amendment threshold is held to the stricter current rule. This prevents bootstrapping: you cannot amend the amendment rule out by amending it.

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Operating Agreement amendment

Constitution amendments that change member roles, spend limits, or governance structure automatically trigger an Operating Agreement amendment. The OA gets re-drafted from the new constitution and re-signed by all members. If a member refuses to sign the amended OA, the amendment can still pass (they voted or didn’t) — but the OA captures their non-signature. This may have downstream consequences (e.g., withdrawal procedures under Wyoming LLC statute).

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Member-added amendments

Adding a member via amendment requires the new member’s DID to be verifiable and their signature on the amendment (consent to terms). Otherwise, the amendment is rejected at validation.

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Audit trail

Amendment proposals store the before/after YAML in the audit chain, along with the full vote history and all signatures. Version history is queryable: 
orgs entity history helios-research \
  --type amendment \
  --since 2026-01-01
Returns: 
[
  {
    "version": 2,
    "amendment_id": "prop-2026-03-15-0012",
    "executed_at": "2026-03-18T10:00:00Z",
    "diff": "...",
    "vote_tally": { "approve": 3, "reject": 1 }
  }
]