Bill Text: TX SJR28 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment clarifying that a qualified voter in this state must be a United States citizen.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-12-12 - Filed [SJR28 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SJR28-Introduced.html

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89R2701 MPF-D
By: King S.J.R. No. 28

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment clarifying that a qualified
voter in this state must be a United States citizen.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2(a), Article VI, Texas Constitution, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Only a [Every] person subject to none of the
disqualifications provided by Section 1 of this article or by a law
enacted under that section who is a citizen of the United States and
who is a resident of this state shall be deemed a qualified voter in
any election held in this state; provided, however, that before
offering to vote at an election a voter shall have registered, but
such requirement for registration shall not be considered a
qualification of a voter within the meaning of the term "qualified
voter" as used in any other Article of this Constitution in respect
to any matter except qualification and eligibility to vote at an
election.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment clarifying that a
qualified voter in this state must be a United States citizen."