TX HJR 98

died on adjournment

Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing one or more amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal officials and members of Congress.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

Quick answers

Did TX HJR 98 pass?

No. TX HJR 98 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-05-13): Filed with the Secretary of State

What is TX HJR 98 about?

TX HJR 98 is a joint resolution in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing one or more amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal officials and members of Congress.”.

Who sponsors TX HJR 98?

Metcalf, Hefner, Birdwell and 1 others are the primary sponsors of TX HJR 98, joined by 58 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-03-10
Latest action: 2025-05-13 — Filed with the Secretary of State
Bill type: joint resolution
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2024-11-18
Filed
filing
2025-03-10
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-10
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
2025-03-26
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-26
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-03-26
Left pending in committee
2025-04-02
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-02
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-15
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-15
Committee report distributed
2025-04-16
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-24
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-28
Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar
2025-04-28
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-04-28
Adopted
passage
2025-04-28
Record vote
2025-04-28
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-28
Reported engrossed
2025-04-28
Received from the House
introduction
2025-04-30
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-30
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
2025-05-05
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-05
Vote taken in committee
2025-05-06
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-06
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-07
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-08
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-05-08
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-08
Record vote
2025-05-08
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-08
Adopted
passage
2025-05-08
Record vote
2025-05-08
Senate passage reported
passage
2025-05-09
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-12
Signed in the House
passage
2025-05-12
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-05-13
Filed with the Secretary of State

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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-04-28 · pass · 86-57
Member-level votes (153)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cook: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Anchía: no
- Bernal: no
- Bhojani: no
- Bowers: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Campos: no
- Canales: no
- Cole: no
- Collier: no
- Cortez: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Dorazio: no
- Flores: no
- Gámez: no
- Garcia, J.: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- Gervin-Hawkins: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Guerra: no
- Hernandez: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Howard: no
- Johnson: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Jones, V.: no
- Lalani: no
- Longoria: no
- Lopez, R.: no
- Manuel: no
- Martinez: no
- Fischer: no
- Moody: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Morales Shaw: no
- Muñoz: no
- Ordaz: no
- Perez, M.: no
- Perez, V.: no
- Plesa: no
- Raymond: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Simmons: no
- Talarico: no
- Thompson: no
- Turner: no
- Vo: no
- Walle: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker(C): not voting
- Allen: not voting
- Meza: not voting
- Reynold: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Davis: absent
- A: absent
- Oliverso: absent
- Dutton: absent
passage
2025-05-08 · pass · 18-13
Member-level votes (31)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Blanco: no
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Gutierrez: no
- Hall: no
- J. Hinojosa: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- Paxton: no
- West: no
- Zaffirini: no

Related bills

Companion bill: SJR 54

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_joint_resolutions/HJR00001_HJR00099/HJR 98.xml

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