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S.J.Res. 189119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Apr 29, 2026Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to protect United States citizenship.
Introduced:
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This proposal would change the Constitution so that not every person born on U.S. soil automatically becomes a citizen.
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This is a proposed constitutional amendment that would add a new rule to who gets U.S. citizenship at birth. Under the change, at least one parent would need to be a U.S. citizen, a lawful permanent resident living in the U.S., or a non-citizen serving in the U.S. military on active duty.
Children born in the U.S. to parents who do not meet any of those three conditions would no longer automatically receive birthright citizenship. This would most directly affect children born to parents who are in the country temporarily or without legal immigration status.
Because this changes the Constitution, it would require approval from two-thirds of both the Senate and the House, and then ratification by three-fourths of all state legislatures before it could take effect.
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Right now: a Senate committee is reviewing it. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate — both chambers have to pass the same text, each by two thirds. A proposed constitutional amendment never goes to the President: it goes to the states, and three quarters of them have to ratify it before it takes effect.
Latest action: — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.