Bill Text: TX HJR59 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to enact laws providing for a court to grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals serving a term of imprisonment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-28 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HJR59 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HJR59-Introduced.html

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88R3651 EAS-F
By: Moody H.J.R. No. 59

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
to enact laws providing for a court to grant a commutation of
punishment to certain individuals serving a term of imprisonment.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article V, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 33 to read as follows:
Sec. 33. The legislature by general law may provide for a
court to grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals
serving a term of imprisonment.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held on
November 7, 2023. The ballot shall be printed to provide voting
for or against the proposition: "The constitutional amendment
authorizing the legislature to enact laws providing for a court to
grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals serving a
term of imprisonment."