Bill authors
Senate Joint Resolution 8
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to require a court to provide notice to the attorney general of a challenge to the constitutionality of a state statute and authorizing the legislature to prescribe a waiting period before the court may enter a judgment holding the statute unconstitutional.
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Bill stages
Filed
Nov. 10, 2014
Approved by Senate
May 12, 2015
Approved by House
Became law
Bill sponsors
Senate committee
House committee
Bill categories
Last action
Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar May 26, 2015
Actions
| Action | Date | Acting Chamber |
|---|---|---|
| Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar | 05/26/2015 | Texas House |
| Considered in Calendars | 05/24/2015 | Texas House |
| Committee report sent to Calendars | 05/22/2015 | Texas House |
| Committee report distributed | 05/22/2015 | Texas House |
| Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator | 05/21/2015 | Texas House |
| Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) | 05/21/2015 | Texas House |
| Considered in formal meeting | 05/21/2015 | Texas House |
| Left pending in committee | 05/19/2015 | Texas House |
| Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee | 05/19/2015 | Texas House |
| Considered in public hearing | 05/19/2015 | Texas House |
| Posting rule suspended | 05/19/2015 | Texas House |
| Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence | 05/14/2015 | Texas House |
| Read first time | 05/14/2015 | Texas House |
| Received from the Senate | 05/12/2015 | Texas House |
| Reported engrossed | 05/12/2015 | Texas Senate |
| Passed | 05/12/2015 | Texas Senate |
| Read 3rd time | 05/12/2015 | Texas Senate |
| Record vote | 05/12/2015 | Texas Senate |
| Three day rule suspended | 05/12/2015 | Texas Senate |
| Vote recorded in Journal | 05/12/2015 | Texas Senate |
| Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment | 05/12/2015 | Texas Senate |
| Rules suspended-Regular order of business | 05/12/2015 | Texas Senate |
| Placed on intent calendar | 05/11/2015 | Texas Senate |
| Committee report printed and distributed | 05/08/2015 | Texas Senate |
| Reported favorably w/o amendments | 05/08/2015 | Texas Senate |
| Considered in public hearing | 05/07/2015 | Texas Senate |
| Scheduled for public hearing on . . . | 05/07/2015 | Texas Senate |
| No action taken in committee | 05/04/2015 | Texas Senate |
| Referred to State Affairs | 01/27/2015 | Texas Senate |
| Read first time | 01/27/2015 | Texas Senate |
| Filed | 11/10/2014 | Texas Senate |
| Received by the Secretary of the Senate | 11/10/2014 | Texas Senate |
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