Texas · Senate Joint Resolution 13 · 88th Legislature, Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the lieutenant governor and speaker of the house of representatives to call the legislature into…

SJR 13 Sponsored by Nathan Johnson Died in committee

  1. Introduced Nov 14, 2022
  2. In committee Feb 15, 2023
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the lieutenant governor and speaker of the house of representatives to call the legislature into special session on petition of at least two-thirds of the members of each house of the legislature in response to a fiscal crisis, war, natural disaster, or emergency.

Every action

4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateReceived by the Secretary of the Senate
  2. SenateFiled
  3. SenateRead first time
  4. CommitteeReferred to State Affairs · Senate State Affairs

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Texas's official records (ftp.legis.state.tx.us), checked Nov 1, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.