SJR 1, 82nd R.S.
Urging the Congress of the United States to propose and submit to the states for ratification a federal balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States and, in the event that Congress does not submit such an amendment on or before December 31, 2011, applying to Congress to call a convention for the specific and exclusive purpose of proposing an amendment to that constitution to provide, in the absence of a national emergency and on a two-thirds vote of Congress, for a federal balanced budget and requesting that the legislatures of each of the several states that compose the United States apply to Congress to call a convention to propose such an amendment.
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| Chamber | Action | Comments | ↓ Date ↑ |
| S | Received by the Secretary of the Senate | 12/02/2010 | |
| S | Filed | 12/02/2010 | |
| S | Co-author authorized | 01/25/2011 | |
| S | Read first time | 01/31/2011 | |
| S | Referred to State Affairs | 01/31/2011 | |
| S | Co-author authorized | 02/09/2011 | |
| S | Co-author authorized | 02/17/2011 | |
| S | Scheduled for public hearing on . . . | 02/17/2011 | |
| S | Considered in public hearing | 02/17/2011 | |
| S | Testimony taken in committee | 02/17/2011 | |
| S | Reported favorably as substituted | 02/17/2011 | |
| S | Committee report printed and distributed | 02/17/2011 | |
| S | Placed on intent calendar | 02/22/2011 | |
| S | Rules suspended-Regular order of business | 02/23/2011 | |
| S | Record vote | 02/23/2011 | |
| S | Read 2nd time | 02/23/2011 | |
| S | Amendment(s) offered | 02/23/2011 | |
| S | Amended | 02/23/2011 | |
| S | Record vote | 02/23/2011 | |
| S | Amendment(s) offered | 02/23/2011 | |
| S | Amended | 02/23/2011 | |
| S | Vote recorded in Journal | 02/23/2011 | |
| S | Amendment(s) offered | 02/23/2011 | |
| S | Amendment withdrawn | 02/23/2011 | |
| S | Amendment(s) offered | 02/23/2011 | |
| S | Amendment withdrawn | 02/23/2011 | |
| S | Amendment(s) offered | 02/23/2011 | |
| S | Amended | 02/23/2011 | |
| S | Record vote | 02/23/2011 | |
| S | Adopted as amended | 02/23/2011 | |
| S | Record vote | 02/23/2011 | |
| S | Reason for vote recorded in Journal | 02/23/2011 | |
| S | Reason for vote recorded in Journal | 02/23/2011 | |
| S | Reason for vote recorded in Journal | 02/23/2011 | |
| S | Reason for vote recorded in Journal | 02/23/2011 | |
| S | Reported engrossed | 02/23/2011 | |
| H | Received from the Senate | 02/24/2011 | |
| H | Read first time | 03/08/2011 | |
| H | Referred to State Sovereignty, Select | 03/08/2011 |
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