Bill Text: TX HJR85 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting the fundamental right of parents to raise their children.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to State Affairs [HJR85 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HJR85-Introduced.html
By: Burrows | H.J.R. No. 85 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment protecting the fundamental | ||
right of parents to raise their children. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
adding Section 36 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 36. FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT OF PARENTS TO RAISE CHILDREN. | ||
(a) The liberty of a parent to direct the upbringing of the | ||
parent's child is a fundamental right. This right includes the | ||
right to direct the care, custody, control, education, moral and | ||
religious training, and medical care of the child. | ||
(b) The state or a political subdivision of this state shall | ||
not interfere with the rights of a parent described by subsection | ||
(a) unless the interference is: | ||
(1) essential to further a compelling governmental | ||
interest; and | ||
(2) narrowly tailored to accomplish that compelling | ||
governmental interest. | ||
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment establishing the | ||
rights of parents to direct the upbringing of their children." |