Bill Text: TX HJR61 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to legalize sports betting in this state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-27 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [HJR61 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HJR61-Introduced.html

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86R5256 ADM-D
By: Lucio III H.J.R. No. 61

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
to legalize sports betting in this state.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 47, Article III, Texas Constitution, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to
read as follows:
(a) The Legislature shall pass laws prohibiting lotteries
and gift enterprises in this State other than those authorized by
Subsections (b), (d), (d-1), [and] (e), and (f) of this section.
(f) The legislature by law may authorize and regulate the
placing of wagers on professional and collegiate sports.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2019.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
legislature to legalize sports betting in this state."