Bill Text: TX HJR9 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to reduce the number of members of each House required to constitute a quorum to a majority.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-23 - Referred to State Affairs [HJR9 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HJR9-Introduced.html
| By: Vasut | H.J.R. No. 9 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment to reduce the number of | ||
| members of each House required to constitute a quorum to a majority. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 10, Article III, Texas Constitution, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 10. QUORUM; ADJOURNMENTS FROM DAY TO DAY; COMPELLING | ||
| ATTENDANCE. A majority [ |
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| the Legislature shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a | ||
| smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the | ||
| attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such | ||
| penalties as each House may provide. | ||
| 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 to provide that a | ||
| majority of the members of the senate or house of representatives of | ||
| the Texas Legislature constitutes a quorum for that house to do | ||
| business." | ||
