Bill Text: TX HJR31 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring elections on proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution to be held in November of even-numbered years.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-28 - Referred to State Affairs [HJR31 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HJR31-Introduced.html

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88R2966 LRM-D
By: Meza H.J.R. No. 31

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment requiring elections on
proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution to be held in
November of even-numbered years.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1(a), Article XVII, Texas Constitution,
is amended to read as follows:
(a) The Legislature, at any regular session, or at any
special session when the matter is included within the purposes for
which the session is convened, may propose amendments revising the
Constitution, to be voted upon by the qualified voters for
statewide offices and propositions, as defined in the Constitution
and statutes of this State. The date of the elections shall be on
the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of
even-numbered years [specified by the Legislature]. The proposal
for submission must be approved by a vote of two-thirds of all the
members elected to each House, entered by yeas and nays on the
journals.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2024.
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring elections on
proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution to be held on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even-numbered
years."