Texas HJR 98: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right of a person to travel in and operate a vehicle using human decision-making.

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89(R) HJR 98 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

  

  

  
 H.J.R. No. 98

  

  

   

 A JOINT RESOLUTION

  

 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.

  

        WHEREAS, The drafters of the United States Constitution 

  

 empowered state legislatures to be guardians of liberty against 

  

 abuses of power by the federal government; and

  

        WHEREAS, The federal government has abused its power by 

  

 creating a crushing national debt through improper and imprudent 

  

 spending; and

  

        WHEREAS, The federal government has abused its power by 

  

 invading the legitimate role of the states through the manipulative 

  

 process of federal mandates that are to a great extent unfunded; and

  

        WHEREAS, The federal government has ceased to abide by a 

  

 proper interpretation of the United States Constitution; and

  

        WHEREAS, It is the solemn duty of state legislatures to 

  

 protect the liberty of the people and of future generations by 

  

 proposing amendments to the United States Constitution that place 

  

 clear restraints on federal power; and

  

        WHEREAS, Article V of the United States Constitution 

  

 authorizes the several state legislatures to restrict the power of 

  

 the federal government through the amendment process; and

  

        WHEREAS, Article V of the United States Constitution provides 

  

 that on application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the 

  

 several states Congress shall call a convention for the purpose of 

  

 proposing amendments to the constitution; now, therefore, be it

  

        RESOLVED, That the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas, 

  

 Regular Session, 2025, hereby apply to Congress 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; and, be it further

  

        RESOLVED, That, unless rescinded by a succeeding 

  

 legislature, this application by the 89th Legislature of the State 

  

 of Texas constitutes a continuing application in accordance with 

  

 Article V of the United States Constitution until at least 

  

 two-thirds of the legislatures of the several states have applied 

  

 to Congress to call a convention 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; and, be it 

  

 further

  

        RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official 

  

 copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to 

  

 the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the 

  

 Senate of the Congress of the United States, and to all members of 

  

 the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that this 

  

 resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as an 

  

 application to Congress for 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; and, be it further

  

        RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official 

  

 copies of this resolution to the secretaries of state and to