To view this on the COS website, click here [[https://conventionofstates.com/tx-references|tx-references]] ---- ====== Texas COS References ====== ---- |==== Texas Becomes State #11 To Call For A Convention of States ====\\ \\ ==== Texas Legislator's Contact Information ====\\ \\  \\ \\ ==== Details of 2025 Texas 89th Session COS Resolutions: ====\\ \\ //New "clean" resolutions (no expiration)//\\ \\ == House ==\\ \\ [[https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HJR98|HJR 98 Texas Legislature Online Main Page]]\\ [[https://rumble.com/embed/v6ox42c/?pub=4|House State Affairs Committee Hearing (COS Live)]] (3/26/25)\\ [[https://conventionofstates.com/tx-house-committee-vote-hjr98|House State Affairs Committee Vote]] (4/2/25)\\ [[https://conventionofstates.com/tx-house-floor-vote-hjr98|House Floor Vote]] (4/28/25)   [[https://rumble.com/embed/v6qhmi5/?pub=4|//COS Live//]]\\ \\ == Senate ==\\ \\ [[https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=SJR54|SJR 54 Texas Legislature Online Main Page]]\\ [[https://rumble.com/embed/v6qa37j/?pub=4|Senate State Affairs Committee Hearing on SJR 54 (COS Live)]] (4/24/25)\\ [[https://rumble.com/embed/v6qo803/?pub=4|Senate State Affairs Committee Hearing on HJR 98 (COS Live)]] (5/5/25)\\ [[https://conventionofstates.com/tx-senate-committee-vote-hjr98|Senate Committee Vote]] (5/6/25)\\ [[https://conventionofstates.com/tx-senate-floor-vote-hjr98|Senate Floor Vote]] (5/8/25)   [[https://rumble.com/embed/v6qxr57/?pub=4|//COS Live//]]\\ \\  \\ \\ ==== Details of 2017 Texas 85th Session COS Resolutions: ====\\ \\ == Senate SJR 2 ==\\ \\ [[http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=85R&Bill=SJR2|Texas Legislature Online Main Page]]\\ [[http://tlcsenate.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=42&clip_id=11720|Senate State Affairs Committee Hearing]] (2/16/17)\\ [[https://conventionofstates.com/tx-senate-committee-vote-sjr2|Senate State Affairs Committee Vote]] (2/16/17)   [[https://conventionofstates.com/news/victory-in-the-state-affairs-committe|//Blog post//]]\\ [[https://conventionofstates.com/tx-senate-floor-vote-sjr2|Senate Floor Vote]] (2/28/17)   [[https://conventionofstates.com/news/texas-senate-leads-the-way|//Blog post//]]\\ \\ == House HJR 39 ==\\ \\ [[http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=85R&Bill=HJR39|Texas Legislature Online Main Page]]\\ [[http://tlchouse.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=40&clip_id=13562|House Select Committee on State & Federal Power & Responsibility Hearing]] (4/13/17)  //[[https://conventionofstates.com/news/texans-do-the-hard-thing|Blog post]]//\\ [[https://conventionofstates.com/tx-house-committee-vote-sjr2|House Committee Vote]] (4/20/17)  //[[https://conventionofstates.com/news/texas-is-one-step-closer-on-to-calendars|Blog post]]//\\ [[https://conventionofstates.com/tx-on-to-the-house-floor|Call to Action to Correct SJR 2]] (4/21/17)\\ [[https://conventionofstates.com/tx-house-floor-vote-sjr2|House Floor Vote SJR 2]] (5/4/17)  **FINAL PASSAGE!!!**  [[https://conventionofstates.com/news/texas-becomes-state-11|//Blog post//]]\\ \\ ==== COS Texas warriors react to hard-fought victory! ====\\ \\ ==== COS Warriors Celebrate at Governor's Manson (6/3/17) ====\\ \\  \\ \\ ==== 2017 Legislation Related to COS Resolution: ====\\ \\ == SB 21 ==\\ \\ Bill which defines how delegates and alternates to an Article V convention will be selected and controlled. Delegates and alternates are selected by the House and Senate from their members, with 3 of each from the House and 2 of each from the Senate.\\ \\ == SJR 38 ==\\ \\ Resolution which rescinds all pre-existing Article V applications, except for [[https://lrl.texas.gov/legis/billSearch/BillDetails.cfm?legSession=65-0&billtypeDetail=HCR&billNumberDetail=31&billSuffixDetail=|HCR 31]] (for balanced budget - 1977), and imposes an automatic sunset of 8 years on any Article V application submitted during or after the 2017 session (this includes SJR 2).\\ \\  \\ \\ ==== States With Passed COSP Article V Resolution ====\\ \\  \\ \\ ==== Video Messages from Texas Governor Abbott ====\\ \\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCk47k3o_oI|Gov. Abbott Unveils Texas Plan]] //Jan 11, 2016//\\ \\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeXmP4o5kIg|Gov. Greg Abbott Endorses Article V Convention of States!]] //Mar 16, 2016//\\ \\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M8XjWBeof0|Greg Abbott Speaks to Convention of States Texas Activists]] //Dec 7, 2016//\\ \\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu_BeUY_cNY|Governor Declares Convention of States an Emergency Item!]] //Jan 31, 2017//\\ \\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm2UdsQk6dU|Texas Governor Puts D.C. on Notice!]] //Jan 31, 2017//\\ \\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRx7c4rK7kI|Now is the time for a Convention of States]] //Oct 9, 2017//\\ \\ [[https://youtu.be/asdjKfwJicg|What it takes to pass Convention of States]] //Dec 19, 2017//\\ \\ ====   ====\\ \\ ==== Details of 2022 Texas 88th Session COS Resolutions: ====\\ \\ === House HJR 52 ===\\ \\ Extending the deadline for the automatic rescission of certain applications made by the Texas Legislature to the United States Congress to call a national convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for proposing any amendment to that constitution.\\ \\ === Senate SJR 36 ===\\ \\ Rescinding the automatic rescission of certain applications made by the Texas Legislature to the United States Congress to call a national convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for proposing any amendment to that constitution.\\ \\ === Senate SB 610 ===\\ \\ Relating to an unauthorized vote by a delegate or alternate delegate to a federal Article V convention; creating a criminal offense.\\ \\ [[https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=88R&Bill=HB1700|House HB 1700]]\\ \\ Relating to an unauthorized vote by a delegate or alternate delegate to a federal Article V convention; creating a criminal offense.\\ \\ ==== General References: ====\\ \\ [[http://wiki.conventionofstates.com/doku.php|Convention of States Project Wiki]]\\ \\ [[http://www.articlevinfocenter.com/|Article V Info Center (Independence Institute)]]\\ \\ [[https://i2i.org/constitution/article-v/|Our American Constitution: Article V]]\\ \\ [[http://gov.texas.gov/files/press-office/Restoring_The_Rule_Of_Law_01082016.pdf|Restoring the Rule of Law (The Texas Plan, Governor Greg Abbott)]]\\ \\ [[https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/home/app/webapp/current/public/content/files/251/cos-abbott_flyer_web.pdf?|Texas Governor Abbott Supports Convention of States]]\\ \\ [[https://conventionofstates.com/news/the-government-follows-a-3000-page-constitution|Government Follows a 3,000 Page Constitution]]\\ \\ [[https://www.prageru.com/video/how-the-states-can-save-america|PragerU COS Video]]\\ \\ ==== Texas Legislature References: ====\\ \\ [[http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/|Texas Legislature Online]] (10 minute [[https://youtu.be/GAZluTVWtkY|training video]])\\ \\ Live Broadcasts and Archives: [[http://www.house.state.tx.us/video-audio/|House]]  [[http://www.senate.state.tx.us/bin/live.php|Senate]] (3 minute [[https://youtu.be/kZT2RkIY5gY|training video]])\\ \\ ==== Texas COS References: ====\\ \\ [[http://tlchouse.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=37&clip_id=9912|Mike Farris, Tom Colburn, House Committee Hearing, Feb 26, 2015]]\\ \\ [[http://tlchouse.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=37&clip_id=10141|COS Texas Testimony, House Committee Hearing, Mar 12, 2015]]\\ \\ [[http://tlchouse.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=37&clip_id=10237|COS Texas Testimony, House Committee Hearing, Mar 19, 2015]]\\ \\ [[http://tlchouse.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=37&clip_id=10617|No COS Testimony, House Committee Vote on HJR 77, Apr 9, 2015]]\\ \\ [[http://tlcsenate.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=30&clip_id=10305|COS Texas Testimony, Senate Committee, May 25, 2015]]\\ \\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvk85lH3Qzw&feature=youtu.be|Texas State of the State Address (COS Highlights Video), January 31, 2017]]\\ \\ [[http://tlcsenate.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=42&clip_id=11720|COS Texas Testimony, Senate Committee, February 16, 2017]]\\ \\ [[http://tlcsenate.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=42&clip_id=11766|Texas Senate Floor Debate, February 28, 2017]]\\ \\ [[http://tlchouse.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=40&clip_id=13562|COS Texas Testimony, House Committee, April 13, 2017]]\\ \\ [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8h4sleiAEjU84EibvVGFVFiY2RztocmX|Texas COS YouTube Playlist]]\\ \\ ==== COS Minute (by Melanie Kriewaldt): ====\\ \\ [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-0rOh9_BusQ|COS Minute #1 (3/14/17)]]\\ \\ [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0cqGYlQHtQ8|COS Minute #2 (3/14/17)]]\\ \\ [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9rhES1Eb8PE&feature=youtu.be|COS Minute #3 (3/17/17)]]\\ \\ [[https://youtu.be/xNpzfJdk_mY|COS Minute #4 (3/21/17)]]\\ \\ [[https://youtu.be/Sj5hBmSm1ts|COS Minute #5 (3/27/17)]]\\ \\ [[https://youtu.be/ugxxpd60BJA|COS Minute #6 (3/30/17)]]\\ \\ [[https://youtu.be/qb3AqVVHSy8|COS Minute #7 (4/27/17)]]\\ \\ [[https://youtu.be/J2bFExAdU_w|COS Minute #8 (8/12/17)]]\\ \\ ==== COS Year in Review Videos ====\\ \\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3C29Oqnvrc|2015]]\\ \\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwhysS_Om-0|2016]]\\ \\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEInn7Gz0Xk|2017]]\\ \\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weKwATvPqpY&feature=youtu.be|2020]]\\ \\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFO0yiRcs9Q|2021]]\\ \\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osx_ZAJ4Q28|2022]]\\ \\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MpQSYkeV_8|2023]]\\ \\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8go0nc0cmg&t=3s|2024]]| ---- | __Page Metadata__ || |Login Required to view? |No | |Created: |2017-12-19 00:33 GMT| |Updated: |2025-05-09 05:48 GMT| |Published: |2017-12-16 08:00 GMT| |Converted: |2025-11-11 12:38 GMT| |Change Author: |Michael Cassidy | |Credit Author: | |