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Sorry, your AI is hallucinating a bit. No such mechanism exists as you describe it.
However, 2/3 of State legislatures can vote to have a Constitutional Convention for proposing amendments, any one of which would require 3/4 of states to approve in order to come into effect (just like any other amendment). This mechanism was conceived as a way to allow States to enact amendments without Congressional approval.
And before you say "Hey, that's a great idea", know that the batshit crazy Conservatives have been trying to call for one for years, because since everything is done by state, they have a decided advantage. The large states lean Democratic, and the 12 most populous states have more than 50% of the population. That means that the other 38 states could ratify amendments without a majority of the population behind them.
And to make things worse, although it is limited to "amendments", there is nothing preventing a State Convention from ripping the whole thing up and starting over, without any of the nitpicky amendments that the Right hates (like freedom of speech, the press, religion, women voting, etc.), as long as 38 states agree to do it. That would likely prompt the 12 states on the losing end of the deal to attempt to secede rather than submit.
Instead of accusing me of using shitty autocorrect, you could also assume that I remember high school civics class from 15 years ago, where this was explained to me.
Was my teacher wrong? Possibly.
Am I offended you would think I would use an AI, definitely.