Bill Text: TX SJR16 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize and regulate the possession, cultivation, and sale of cannabis.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-03 - Referred to State Affairs [SJR16 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SJR16-Introduced.html
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| By: Eckhardt | S.J.R. No. 16 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize and regulate the | ||
| possession, cultivation, and sale of cannabis. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 48 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 48. (a) In this section, "cannabis" means the plant | ||
| Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not, the seeds of that plant, | ||
| and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or | ||
| preparation of that plant or its seeds. | ||
| (b) The legislature by law shall authorize and regulate the | ||
| possession, cultivation, and sale of cannabis in this state. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2022. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment directing the | ||
| legislature to authorize and regulate the possession, cultivation, | ||
| and sale of cannabis." | ||
