Bill Text: TX HJR27 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Joint Resolution 27

Introduced

Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to a clean and healthy environment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HJR27 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HJR27-Introduced.html

	89R1340 ANG-D

	By: Goodwin	H.J.R. No. 27



	A JOINT RESOLUTION
	proposing a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to a
	clean and healthy environment.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by
	adding Section 37 to read as follows:
	Sec. 37. (a) The public, individually and collectively,
	has the right to a clean and healthy environment, including clean
	water, clean air, healthy soil, and diverse and abundant native
	flora and fauna, and to the preservation of the natural, cultural,
	scenic, recreational, and healthful qualities of the environment.
	The right to a clean and healthy environment is inherent,
	inalienable, indefeasible, and equal with other protected
	inalienable rights of liberty reserved to the public. The state
	shall equitably protect this right for the public and may not take
	any action to infringe on this right.
	(b) The public natural resources of this state are the
	common property of all persons, including future generations. The
	state, including the legislative, judicial, and executive branches
	and each state agency and political subdivision, shall conserve,
	protect, and maintain the state's public natural resources for the
	benefit of the public, including future generations.
	(c) This section is self-executing.
	SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
	submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.
	The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
	proposition: "The constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right
	to a clean and healthy environment."