Bill Text: TX HJR40 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit the governor from regulating alcoholic beverages, firearms, explosives, or combustibles by order or proclamation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-01 - Referred to State Affairs [HJR40 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HJR40-Introduced.html
| 87R2805 JCG-D | ||
| By: White | H.J.R. No. 40 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit the governor from | ||
| regulating alcoholic beverages, firearms, explosives, or | ||
| combustibles by order or proclamation. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article IV, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 27 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 27. The Governor may not, by order or proclamation, | ||
| suspend or limit the sale, dispensing, or transportation of | ||
| alcoholic beverages, firearms, explosives, or combustibles, | ||
| regardless of whether this State is in a period of emergency | ||
| resulting from a disaster. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment prohibiting the | ||
| governor from regulating alcoholic beverages, firearms, | ||
| explosives, or combustibles by order or proclamation." | ||
