Bill Text: TX HJR113 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the time during which the legislature may act on bills or resolutions during a regular session.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-13 - Referred to State Affairs [HJR113 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HJR113-Introduced.html
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By: Klick | H.J.R. No. 113 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the time during | ||
which the legislature may act on bills or resolutions during a | ||
regular session. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 5, Article III, Texas Constitution, is | ||
amended by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection | ||
(b-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b) When convened in regular Session, the first thirty days | ||
thereof shall be devoted to the introduction of bills and | ||
resolutions, acting upon emergency appropriations, passing upon | ||
the confirmation of the recess appointees of the Governor and such | ||
emergency matters as may be submitted by the Governor in special | ||
messages to the Legislature. During the succeeding thirty days of | ||
the regular session, [ |
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bills and resolutions and may [ |
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resolutions and other matters then pending[ |
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matters as may be submitted by the Governor. During the remainder | ||
of the session the Legislature shall act upon such bills and | ||
resolutions as may be then pending and upon such emergency matters | ||
as may be submitted by the Governor in special messages to the | ||
Legislature. | ||
(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b) of this section, the | ||
Legislature may at any time during a regular session act on any bill | ||
that extends the existence of an agency, commission, or advisory | ||
committee following legislative review. | ||
(c) Notwithstanding Subsections [ |
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of this section, either House may determine its order of business by | ||
an affirmative vote of four-fifths of its membership. | ||
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment regarding the time | ||
during which the legislature may act on bills or resolutions during | ||
a regular session." |