HJR 57: Percentage of Elector Votes Required to Approve Constitutional Amendment or Revision
JOINT RESOLUTION by Roth ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Beltran ; Hill ; Killebrew ; Roach ; Rommel ; Sabatini
Percentage of Elector Votes Required to Approve Constitutional Amendment or Revision; Proposes amendment to State Constitution to increase percentage of elector votes required to approve amendment or revision to State Constitution from 60 percent to 66 & 2/3 percent.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 11/28/2018 House • Filed
1/3/2019 House • Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 26
3/5/2019 House • Introduced -HJ 26
3/21/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 03/25/19, 3:00 pm, Sumner Hall
3/25/2019 House • Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 5 -HJ 519
3/26/2019 House • Now in State Affairs Committee -HJ 519
4/2/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 04/04/19, 8:00 am, Morris Hall -- Not considered
4/4/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 04/08/19, 2:00 pm, Morris Hall
4/8/2019 House • Favorable by State Affairs Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 6 -HJ 631
• Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 631
5/3/2019 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Judiciary Committee
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HJR 57, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/28/2018 at 11:51 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: Civil Justice Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/26/2019 (pdf)
State Affairs Committee (Post-Meeting) 4/8/2019 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 232 Percentage of Elector Votes Required to Approve an Amendment or a Revision Baxley Identical Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Judiciary 
Citations - Constitution (1)
Article Section Location in Bill Location In Bill Help XI Section 5 Page 1 (pdf)