---
type: "Bill"
title: "Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the \"Keep Nine\" amendment to the U.S. Constitution."
description: "Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the \"Keep Nine\" amendment to the U.S. Constitution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SCR 41"
citation: "Texas SCR 41 (87)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Courts--Judges (I0140)", "Resolutions--Legislative Policy (I0685)", "Resolutions--Memorializing Congress (I0675)", "Resolutions--United States Constitution (I0670)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Birdwell", "Buckingham", "Campbell", "Creighton", "Hall", "Hancock", "Huffman", "Hughes", "Kolkhorst", "Middleton", "Nelson", "Nichols", "Paxton", "Perry", "Schwertner", "Seliger", "Springer", "Taylor"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-31"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30ca4634-4130-4b9a-b086-bb2bcab5b3a3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_concurrent_resolutions/SCR00001_SCR00099/SCR 41.xml"
source_hash: "468b56965b7cdd5fe10a6bec3a782bb2cb7076a70f00b0b9fda54f8adde41e04"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas SCR 41 (87) — Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the "Keep Nine" amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SC00041I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SC00041E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SC00041H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SC00041S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SC00041F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Seliger — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-03-31** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-04-12** Permission to introduce
- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-12** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-27** Record vote
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-30** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-05** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-11** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-19** Placed on Resolutions Calendar
- **2021-05-19** Laid before the House
- **2021-05-19** Adopted `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** House passage reported
- **2021-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30ca4634-4130-4b9a-b086-bb2bcab5b3a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).