The Kansas state House on Thursday passed a resolution calling for a convention of states to draft amendments to the U.S. Constitution, becoming the 20th state to approve such a call after the upper chamber backed the measure in 2025.

The chamber approved the resolution in an 80-42 vote, according to the Sunflower State Journal. The puts the effort one step closer to the 34 states necessary to hold a constitutional convention.

The United States provides for such a convention if two-thirds of state legislatures pass resolutions supporting it, though the states have never amended the constitution via this method.

Convention of States Action, which is spearheading the effort, has sought the convention to curb federal power.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.