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Session of the 85th Legislature will be automatically rescinded,
repealed, revoked, canceled, voided, and nullified if the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of Texas, Regular Session, 2017, shall be automatically rescinded,
repealed, revoked, canceled, voided, and nullified if the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.