Sec. 1. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS; PUBLICATION; SUBMISSION TO VOTERS; ADOPTION. Constitutional Amendment Election; Frequently Amended; Comparison to the Federal System; List of All Constitutional Amendments.TALKING POINTS: The current Texas Constitution was adopted in 1876, and since that time Texas voters have approved 474 amendments. Amending the U.S. Constitution - Article 5. Flow chart of U.S. amendment process. The authority to amend the Constitution of the United States is derived from Article V of the Constitution. States offer multiple paths for amending their constitutions, which are much easier to change than the federal Constitution. Texas has had five state constitutions. The current state constitution has 17 articles. Today, the Deputy Secretary of State Joe Esparza drew the ballot order for the 14 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution.