HB 931: Interstate Compacts
GENERAL BILL by Hill ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Combee ; Spano ; Sullivan ; Van Zant ; Wood
Interstate Compacts; Adopts & enters state into interstate Compact for Balanced Budget; exempts compact from Article V Constitutional Convention Act; provides for proposal by compact's member states of amendment to U.S. Constitution requiring Federal Government to maintain balanced budget with certain exceptions; provides for member states to apply to Congress for convention under Article V of U.S. Constitution to propose balanced budget amendment; provides for appointment, terms, duties, & authority of convention delegates; requires oath by delegates; specifies rules governing procedures at convention; establishes Compact Commission & specifies commission's membership & duties; provides for appointment of Compact Administrator & specifies administrator's duties.
Last Action: 4/28/2015 House - Died in Judiciary Committee
Bill Text: PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/23/2015 | House |
• Filed |
| 3/3/2015 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 77 • Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Local and Federal Affairs Committee; Judiciary Committee; Appropriations Committee -HJ 77 |
| 3/13/2015 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 03/17/15, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall |
| 3/17/2015 | House |
• Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 4 -HJ 251 • Now in Local and Federal Affairs Committee -HJ 251 |
| 3/24/2015 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Local and Federal Affairs Committee, 03/26/15, 9:00 am, Webster Hall |
| 3/26/2015 | House |
• Favorable by Local and Federal Affairs Committee; YEAS 13 NAYS 4 -HJ 330 • Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 330 |
| 4/28/2015 | House |
• Died in Judiciary Committee |
