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2015 Regular Session

House Bill 1059

Compact for a Balanced Budget; enact.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on February 12, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ENACT THE COMPACT FOR A BALANCED BUDGET; TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR ORGANIZING A CONVENTION TO AMEND THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION TO REQUIRE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE TOTAL OUTLAYS OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED ITS TOTAL RECEIPTS; TO CREATE CERTAIN PROCEDURES WHEREBY CONGRESS MAY INCREASE AUTHORIZED DEBT; TO SPECIFY WHEN A MEMBER STATE'S WITHDRAWAL AFFECTS THE VALIDITY OF THE COMPACT; TO ESTABLISH THE COMPACT COMMISSION; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN DUTIES OF THE COMPACT COMMISSION; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN DUTIES OF THE COMPACT ADMINISTRATOR; TO PROVIDE THAT THE LEGISLATURE OF EACH MEMBER STATE SHALL CALL FOR A CONVENTION PROPOSING THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT WHEN THREE-FOURTHS OF THE STATES ARE MEMBERS; TO PROVIDE FOR DELEGATE APPOINTMENT, LIMITATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS; TO PROVIDE FOR CONVENTION RULES; TO PROHIBIT ANY CONDUCT WHICH IS IN VIOLATION OF THE CONVENTION RULES, DELEGATE INSTRUCTIONS OR DELEGATE AUTHORITY; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT WHEN CONGRESS EFFECTIVELY REFERS IT TO THE STATES FOR RATIFICATION; TO SPECIFY THE DATE OF THE CONVENTION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

18 co-sponsors

William Tracy Arnold, Manly Barton, Donnie Bell, Randy P. Boyd, Larry Byrd, Carolyn Crawford, Mark Formby, Herb Frierson, Rita Martinson, John L. Moore, Bill Pigott, Randy Rushing, Tommy Taylor, Tom Weathersby, Patricia H. Willis, Alex Monsour, Chris Brown, David W. Myers

Its course

January 19 to February 12, 2015, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action4 actions on 4 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 12 · stopped24 days

AppropriationsJan 19 to Feb 315 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 19 – Feb 12

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Appropriations
  2. Feb 3Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 11Read the third time in the House
  4. Feb 12Died on the calendar in the House
All 4 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 11Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 12Died On CalendarHouse of Representatives