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JOINT MEMORIAL · 1991–92 SESSION

SJM 8028: Balanced federal budget

Petitioning the federal government to balance the budget.

Summary

  • Congress is asked to adopt an amendment to the U.S. Constitution requiring that the President submit and the Congress adopt a balanced budget, with certain exceptions, and submit such an amendment to the states for ratification.

From the Senate Bill Report (SJM 8028), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedJan 30, 1992
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Filed
Prime sponsor
Bob McCaslin (R-4)
Introduced
January 30, 1992 in the Senate
Last action
February 27, 1992

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Bob McCaslin (R-4)

14 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 12 Republicans)

Bob Oke R-26Emilio Cantu R-41Scott Barr R-7George Sellar R-12Neil Amondson R-20Ann Anderson R-42Jeannette Hayner R-16Linda Smith R-18Ellen Craswell R-23Cliff Bailey R-39Pam Roach R-31James West R-6A.L. "Slim" Rasmussen D-29Dwight Pelz D-37

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.

SJM 8028 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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