Only 7 more states are needed to invoke one (according to this article).
This is a good read for those who think such a Convention will rewrite the entire Constitution. It won't. It'll just propose Amendments like the Senate can, the Amendments still need to be ratified by the states.
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news...birth-new-nation-planners-say/664206001/According to the national Balanced Budget Amendment Task Force coordinating the effort, 27 states have approved qualifying resolutions. They hope the final seven, plus a few extra, could do so over the next year.
Among the resolutions passed this week is one asking Congress to call an Article V convention that convenes no later than 180 days after the 34th state passes is resolution.
Once an Article V convention is called and an amendment is developed, three-fourths of state legislatures or three-fourths of state conventions would have to ratify it for it to become part of the Constitution.
If seven states don't pass resolutions within the next year, the states agreed to hold another planning convention before the end of 2018 to assess their progress.
The states targeted are Idaho, Kentucky, South Carolina, Minnesota, Virginia, Wisconsin and Montana, several of which sent delegates to participate in the planning convention.
