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TX SJR41
Joint Resolution
Status
1/22/2025
Primary Sponsor
Brian Birdwell
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AI Summary
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Rescinds the 8-year automatic expiration provision from S.J.R. No. 38 (2017) that would have automatically voided Texas's applications to Congress for an Article V constitutional convention
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The 85th Legislature (2017) had previously rescinded all pre-2017 Article V convention applications and established that future applications would expire 8 years after the final legislative vote if no convention was called
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Removes the sunset clause so that Texas's Article V convention applications submitted during or after the 2017 legislative session remain valid indefinitely
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Directs the Texas Secretary of State to send official copies of this resolution to the U.S. President, Speaker of the House, Vice President (as Senate presiding officer), and all Texas members of Congress for entry into the Congressional Record
Legislative Description
Rescinding 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.
Congress
Last Action
Referred to State Affairs
2/13/2025