85R7046 LED-F
By: Garcia, RodrÃguez S.J.R. No. 44
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the recognition
of equal rights of all people.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 3, Article I, Texas Constitution, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3. All [free] men and women, when they form a social
compact, have equal rights, and no man or woman, or set of men or
women, is entitled to exclusive separate public emoluments, or
privileges, but in consideration of public services.
SECTION 2. Section 3a, Article I, Texas Constitution, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3a. Equality under the law shall not be denied or
abridged because of sex, race, color, creed, military status,
health status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or
expression, age, religion, disability, genetic information,
family, marital status, previous incarceration, or national
origin. This amendment is self-operative.
SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for the
recognition of equal rights of all people."