Bill Text: TX HJR37 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to enact laws providing for a court to terminate the sentence of a person who has successfully served the required number of years on parole.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HJR37 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HJR37-Introduced.html

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89R246 MCF-D
By: Thompson H.J.R. No. 37

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
to enact laws providing for a court to terminate the sentence of a
person who has successfully served the required number of years on
parole.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11(a), Article IV, Texas Constitution,
is amended to read as follows:
(a) The Legislature shall by law establish a Board of
Pardons and Paroles and shall require it to keep record of its
actions and the reasons for its actions. The Legislature shall have
authority to enact parole laws, including laws authorizing a court
to terminate the sentence of a person who has successfully served
the specified number of years on parole required by law, and laws
that require or permit courts to inform juries about the effect of
good conduct time and eligibility for parole or mandatory
supervision on the period of incarceration served by a defendant
convicted of a criminal offense.
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 permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
legislature to enact laws providing for a court to terminate the
sentence of a person who has successfully served the required
number of years on parole."