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Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3] · R–TX
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-06-25 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to repeal the Seventeenth Amendment. It would preserve the election and term of any Senator chosen before the new amendment becomes valid. The proposal would become part of the Constitution only if conventions in three-fourths of the states ratify it within ten years after submission for ratification. The supplied text does not reproduce the amendment being repealed.
That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by conventions in three-fourths of the several States within ten years after the date of its submission for ratification:
1. The seventeenth article of amendment to the Constitution is hereby repealed. 2. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.
The proposed amendment would repeal the Seventeenth Amendment in full. This is a proposed change to the Constitution, not an ordinary statute.
the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States
1. The seventeenth article of amendment to the Constitution is hereby repealed.
Ratification—formal approval—would have to come from conventions in three-fourths of the states within ten years after submission for ratification. That deadline runs from submission, not from the resolution's introduction.
when ratified by conventions in three-fourths of the several States within ten years after the date of its submission for ratification
The proposed amendment could not be interpreted to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.
2. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.
The supplied action snapshot, updated July 9, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 25, 2026.
Source snapshot updated 2026-07-09T20:40:22Z. 2026-06-25: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 2026-06-25: Introduced in House
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Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
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