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TX SCR 9

enacted

Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the "Keep Nine" amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SCR 9 pass?

Yes. TX SCR 9 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Signed by the Governor

What is TX SCR 9 about?

TX SCR 9 is a concurrent resolution in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the "Keep Nine" amendment to the U.S. Constitution.”.

Who sponsors TX SCR 9?

Hughes, Smithee are the primary sponsors of TX SCR 9, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-01-27
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Signed by the Governor
Bill type
concurrent resolution
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hughesprimary
  • Smitheeprimary
  • Creightoncosponsor
  • Hallcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-27

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-01-27

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-03

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-02-24

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-02-24

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-02-24

    Left pending in committee

  8. 2025-03-03

    Considered in public hearing

  9. 2025-03-03

    Vote taken in committee

  10. 2025-03-05

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2025-03-05

    Committee report printed and distributed

  12. 2025-03-06

    Co-author authorized

  13. 2025-03-11

    Placed on intent calendar

  14. 2025-03-13

    Co-author authorized

  15. 2025-03-13

    Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day

  16. 2025-03-13

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  17. 2025-03-13

    Record vote

  18. 2025-03-13

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  19. 2025-03-13

    Adopted

    passage

  20. 2025-03-13

    Record vote

  21. 2025-03-18

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  22. 2025-04-09

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  23. 2025-05-05

    Posting rule suspended

  24. 2025-05-09

    Considered in public hearing

  25. 2025-05-09

    Left pending in committee

  26. 2025-05-12

    Considered in formal meeting

  27. 2025-05-12

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  28. 2025-05-14

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  29. 2025-05-14

    Committee report distributed

  30. 2025-05-15

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  31. 2025-05-22

    Considered in Calendars

  32. 2025-05-24

    Placed on Resolutions Calendar

  33. 2025-05-28

    Laid before the House

    receipt

  34. 2025-05-28

    Adopted

    passage

  35. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  36. 2025-05-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  37. 2025-05-28

    House passage reported

    passage

  38. 2025-05-28

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  39. 2025-05-30

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  40. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the House

    passage

  41. 2025-06-01

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  42. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-03-13 · pass · 27-3

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Miles: no
    • West: no
    • King: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-28 · pass · 87-46

    Member-level votes (151)
    • 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
    • Cortez: 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 Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: 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
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: 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
    • Walle: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Bernal: no
    • Bhojani: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Campos: no
    • Canales: no
    • Cole: no
    • Collier: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Dutton: no
    • Flores: no
    • Gámez: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • Gervin-Hawkins: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Howard: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Jones, V.: no
    • Lalani: no
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Martinez: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Meza: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Muñoz: no
    • Perez, M.: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Turner: no
    • Vo: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Allen: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Dorazio: absent
    • González, M.: absent
    • King: absent
    • Moody: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Schoolcraft: absent
    • Simmons: absent

Related bills

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_concurrent_resolutions/SCR00001_SCR00099/SCR 9.xml

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