Law Director Nick Ziepfel outlined constitutional and statutory risks if the proposed charter amendment (Section 9.06) were placed on the ballot and enacted, citing vagueness around a "25-megawatt threshold," possible equal-protection and due-process claims, and state utility preemption; he also noted developers had secured electric capacity.

Texas senators address concerns over potential dangers of an Article 5 constitutional convention.

A Senate conference committee debated May 28 whether S 208 should exclude federal agents from proposed law-enforcement identification standards amid constitutional concerns; members agreed to pursue interim model-policy work with the law enforcement advisory board and to reconvene for drafting.