Bill Text: TX SJR27 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit this state or a political subdivision of this state from prohibiting or limiting religious services of religious organizations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 57-2)

Status: (Passed) 2021-05-19 - Filed with the Secretary of State [SJR27 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SJR27-Introduced.html

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87R7151 TYPED
By: Hancock S.J.R. No. 27

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit this state or a
political subdivision of this state from prohibiting or limiting a
religious service conducted by a religious organization.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 6-a to read as follows:
Sec. 6-a. This state or a political subdivision of this
state may not enact, adopt, or issue a statute, order,
proclamation, decision, or rule that prohibits or limits religious
services, including those conducted in churches, congregations,
and places of worship in this state by a religious organization
established to support and serve the propagation of a sincerely
held religious belief.
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 prohibit this state
or a political subdivision of this state from prohibiting or
limiting a religious service conducted by a religious
organization."