TX
Texas Senate Bill SJR1

Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

Texas Senate Bill SJR1

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
2/17/11  
Introduced
12/2/10  
Voted on by Senate
2/23/11  
Voted on by House
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 

Caption

Urging the Congress of the United States to propose and submit to the states for ratification a federal balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States and, in the event that Congress does not submit such an amendment on or before December 31, 2011, applying to Congress to call a convention for the specific and exclusive purpose of proposing an amendment to that constitution to provide, in the absence of a national emergency and on a two-thirds vote of Congress, for a federal balanced budget and requesting that the legislatures of each of the several states that compose the United States apply to Congress to call a convention to propose such an amendment.

Latest SJR1 Activity

Companion Bills

TX HJR60

Similar Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution to require a balanced federal budget.

TX HJR100

Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution to require a balanced federal budget.

Previously Filed As

TX SB554

Relating to contracts between dentists and health maintenance organizations or insurers.

TX SB511

Relating to the designated doctor's examination under the workers' compensation system.

TX SB626

Relating to lottery winnings, including assignment of winnings, periodic payments of winnings, and the deduction of child support delinquency amounts from winnings paid to a prize winner.

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