Difference between revisions of "Texas SJR 2 hearing"

From Phyllis Schlafly Eagles
Jump to: navigation, search
m (Eagle55 moved page SJR 2 hearing to Texas SJR 2 hearing: add Texas, the state)
(No difference)

Revision as of 18:29, 16 February 2017

A hearing before the Texas State Affairs Committee in the Senate chamber on SJR2 was held on the morning of February 16, 2017, in Austin. The video is available online.[1]

A list of the initial witnesses who testified were:[2]

  • Barbara Harless (against)
  • Robert Carter (against)
  • Bob Green (for)
  • Rayford Brown (against)
  • Mr. Dunquell (for) - spoke mostly about the original Constitutional Convention in 1787
  • Sondra Lapsly (for) - claimed to have 4,498 signers on a petition to support SJR 2 in Sen. Estes district
  • Sharon Currell
  • Steven Duvall
  • Michael Openshaw
  • Christopher Lewis
  • Ruth York
  • Arthur Medford
  • Kimberly Burlington
  • Leslie Key
  • Kelly Gordon

(more)

The Texas Tribune reported that SJR2 was reportedly favorably out of the Senate committee.[3]

In recognition of the strong grassroots opposition to SJR2, the committee also passed SJR38 (sponsored by Sen. Estes), which rescinded all prior calls by Texas for a constitutional convention. A floor amendment to invoke a sunset of SJR2 after 12 years was also favorably discussed.

References

  1. http://tlcsenate.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=42&clip_id=11720
  2. Testimony begins around 1:06 into the hearing.
  3. https://www.texastribune.org/2017/02/16/convention-states/