For the following states, the legislatures have passed resolutions calling for a constitutional convention on a Balanced Budget Amendment
State |
When Passed |
Rescinded?? |
Alabama |
1976 |
Y - 1988 |
Alaska |
1982 |
|
Arizona |
1977, 1979 |
|
Arkansas |
1979 |
|
Colorado |
1978 |
|
Delaware |
1975 |
|
Florida |
1976 |
Y - 1988 |
Georgia |
1976 |
|
Idaho |
1979 |
|
Indiana |
1979 |
|
Iowa |
1979 |
|
Kansas |
1978 |
|
Louisiana |
1975, 1978, 1979 |
Y- 1990 |
Maryland |
1975 |
|
Mississippi |
1975 |
|
Missouri |
1983 |
|
Nebraska |
1976 |
|
Nevada |
1977, 1979 |
|
New Hampshire |
1979 |
|
New Mexico |
1976 |
|
North Carolina |
1979 |
|
North Dakota |
1975 |
|
Oklahoma |
1976 |
|
Oregon |
1977 |
|
Pennsylvania |
1976 |
|
South Carolina |
1976, 1978 |
|
South Dakota |
1979 |
|
Tennessee |
1977 |
|
Texas |
1977, 1978 |
|
Utah |
1979 |
|
Virginia |
1976 |
|
Wyoming |
1977 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Source: National Taxpayer's Union
Ronald K. Snell, Scott R. Mackey: National Conference of State Legislatures: Fiscal Affairs Program: "Amending the Constitution to Require a Balanced Budget," Legislative Finance Papers, LFP #96, 1994 444 North Capitol Street NW, Suite 515,
Washington, DC 20001
Also: John R. Vile. Contemporary Questions Surrounding the Constitutional Amending Process. Praeger Press, London, 1993.