Bill Text: TX HJR118 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Joint Resolution 118

Introduced

Bill Title: 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 an amendment to the constitution to limit the terms of office of members of Congress.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-22 - Filed [HJR118 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HJR118-Introduced.html

	89R5324 MLH-D

	By: Toth	H.J.R. No. 118



	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 an amendment to the constitution to limit the
	terms of office of members of Congress.
	WHEREAS, Article V of the United States Constitution provides
	that on application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the
	several states, the United States Congress shall call a convention
	for proposing an amendment to that constitution; now, therefore, be
	it
	RESOLVED, That, the 89th Texas Legislature hereby makes an
	application to Congress, as provided by Article V of the
	Constitution of the United States of America, to call a convention
	limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
	States of America to set a limit on the number of terms that a person
	may be elected as a Member of the United States House of
	Representatives and to set a limit on the number of terms that a
	person may be elected as a Member of the United States Senate; and,
	be it further
	RESOLVED, That, the Secretary of State is hereby directed to
	transmit copies of this application to the President and Secretary
	of the Senate of the United States and to the Speaker, Clerk and
	Judiciary Committee Chairman of the House of Representatives of the
	Congress of the United States, and copies to the members of the said
	Senate and House of Representatives from this State; also to
	transmit copies hereof to the presiding officers of each of the
	legislative houses in the several States, requesting their
	cooperation; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That, this application shall be considered as
	covering the same subject matter as the applications from other
	States to Congress to call a convention to set a limit on the number
	of terms that a person may be elected to the House of
	Representatives of the Congress of the United States and the Senate
	of the United States; and this application shall be aggregated with
	same for the purpose of attaining the two-thirds of states
	necessary to require Congress to call a limited convention on this
	subject, but shall not be aggregated with any other applications on
	any other subject; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That, this application constitutes a continuing
	application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the
	United States of America until the legislatures of at least
	two-thirds of the several states have made applications on the same
	subject.