SB 1242: Interstate Compacts
GENERAL BILL by Hays
Interstate Compacts; Adopting and entering the state into an interstate Compact for a Balanced Budget; exempting the compact from the Article V Constitutional Convention Act; providing for proposal by the compact’s member states of an amendment to the United States Constitution requiring the Federal Government to maintain a balanced budget with certain exceptions; providing that the balanced budget amendment is not considered ratified until ratified by a specified number of states; authorizing severability of the compact under certain circumstances, etc.
Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 5/1/2015 Senate - Died in Appropriations
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 5/1/2015 Senate - Died in Appropriations
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Judiciary (JU)
- Finance and Tax (FT)
- Appropriations (AP)
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/24/2015 | Senate |
• Filed |
| 3/2/2015 | Senate |
• Referred to Judiciary; Finance and Tax; Appropriations -SJ 120 |
| 3/3/2015 | Senate |
• Introduced -SJ 120 |
| 3/26/2015 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/31/15, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building |
| 3/31/2015 | Senate |
• Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 8 NAYS 1 -SJ 316 |
| 4/1/2015 | Senate |
• Now in Finance and Tax -SJ 316 |
| 4/8/2015 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Finance and Tax, 04/13/15, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building |
| 4/13/2015 | Senate |
• Favorable by Finance and Tax; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 422 |
| 4/14/2015 | Senate |
• Now in Appropriations -SJ 422 |
| 5/1/2015 | Senate |
• Died in Appropriations |
