Bill Text: TX SJR52 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Extending the deadline for the automatic rescission of certain applications made by the Texas Legislature to the United States Congress to call a national convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for proposing any amendment to that constitution.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-23 - Postponed 8/18/23 10:00 PM [SJR52 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SJR52-Engrossed.html
 
 
  By: Birdwell, Bettencourt S.J.R. No. 52
 
 
  SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
 
 
 
  extending the deadline for the automatic rescission of certain
  applications made by the Texas Legislature to the United States
  Congress to call a national convention under Article V of the United
  States Constitution for proposing any amendment to that
  constitution.
         WHEREAS, The 85th Legislature of the State of Texas, Regular
  Session, 2017, enacted S.J.R. No. 38 to officially rescind, repeal,
  revoke, cancel, void, and nullify certain applications from Texas
  legislatures prior to the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017,
  that apply to the United States Congress for the calling of a
  convention under Article V of the United States Constitution; and
         WHEREAS, S.J.R. No. 38 additionally provided that any
  application to the United States Congress for the calling of a
  convention under Article V of the United States Constitution that
  is submitted by the Texas Legislature during or after the Regular
  Session of the 85th Legislature will be automatically rescinded,
  repealed, revoked, canceled, voided, and nullified if the
  applicable convention is not called on or before the eighth
  anniversary of the date the last legislative vote is taken on the
  application; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas,
  Regular Session, 2023, hereby officially rescinds, repeals,
  revokes, cancels, voids, and nullifies the provision of S.J.R.
  No. 38 that provided for the automatic rescission, repeal,
  revocation, cancellation, voiding, and nullification of any
  application from the Texas Legislature after the eighth anniversary
  of the date the last legislative vote was taken on the application;
  and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas,
  Regular Session, 2023, hereby declares that any application to the
  United States Congress for the calling of a convention under
  Article V of the United States Constitution that is submitted by the
  Texas Legislature during or after the 85th Legislature of the State
  of Texas, Regular Session, 2017, shall be automatically rescinded,
  repealed, revoked, canceled, voided, and nullified if the
  applicable convention is not called on or before the 16th
  anniversary of the date the last legislative vote is taken on the
  application; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
  copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
  the speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States, to
  the vice president of the United States in the vice president's
  capacity as the presiding officer of the Senate of the United States
  at the office located in the United States Capitol Building, and to
  all members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request
  that this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional
  Record.
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