Bill Text: TX SJR89 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting slavery and involuntary servitude.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to State Affairs [SJR89 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SJR89-Introduced.html

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88R2809 MCF-D
By: Miles S.J.R. No. 89

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting slavery and
involuntary servitude.
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. No person shall be held in slavery or involuntary
servitude in this state for any reason, including as a punishment
for a crime.
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 prohibiting slavery
and involuntary servitude."