---
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: "89R"
identifier: "SCR 9"
citation: "Texas SCR 9 (89R)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["KEEP NINE AMENDMENT (NU1B2)", "Resolutions--Legislative Policy (I0685)", "Resolutions--Memorializing Congress (I0675)", "Resolutions--United States Constitution (I0670)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Smithee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eba2d824-d767-4d82-bc62-6c7149ceeee5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_concurrent_resolutions/SCR00001_SCR00099/SCR 9.xml"
source_hash: "813c3fee141c0e577a87df8db88a8dcb9e68675ab50ba2e42398fa5c96a37915"
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 9 (89R) — 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/89R/billtext/html/SC00009I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SC00009E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SC00009H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SC00009S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SC00009F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- passage — **87–46** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- Smithee — primary (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-27** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-02-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-02-24** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-03** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-05** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-03-06** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-11** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-13** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-13** Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day
- **2025-03-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-03-13** Record vote
- **2025-03-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-13** Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Record vote
- **2025-03-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-09** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-14** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-24** Placed on Resolutions Calendar
- **2025-05-28** Laid before the House `receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Adopted `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** 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/eba2d824-d767-4d82-bc62-6c7149ceeee5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).