88R2067 BEF-F
By: Klick H.J.R. No. 103
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment providing procedures to fill a
vacancy in the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 9(b), Article III, Texas Constitution,
is amended to read as follows:
(b) The House of Representatives shall, when it first
assembles in regular session, organize temporarily, and thereupon
proceed to the election of a Speaker from its own members. The
Speaker shall, during the first 30 days of each regular session and
at such other times as may be necessary, select another member of
the House as Speaker pro tempore. If the office of Speaker becomes
vacant, the Speaker pro tempore shall convene the Committee of the
Whole House of Representatives within 30 days after the vacancy
occurs. The Committee of the Whole shall elect one of its members
Speaker to serve until the House next assembles in regular session.
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 providing procedures
to fill a vacancy in the office of Speaker of the House of
Representatives."