Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HJR166 Compare Versions

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1	1		88R22359 MZM-D
2	2		By: Thompson of Harris, Johnson of Dallas, H.J.R. No. 166
3	3		Davis
	4	+	Substitute the following for H.J.R. No. 166:
	5	+	By: Schofield C.S.H.J.R. No. 166
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6	8		A JOINT RESOLUTION
7	9		proposing a constitutional amendment allowing recovery of
8	10		exemplary damages by parents or a person's estate for a homicide.
9	11		BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	12		SECTION 1. Section 26, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is
11	13		amended to read as follows:
12	14		Sec. 26. Every person, corporation, or company, that may
13	15		commit a homicide, through wilful act, or omission, or gross
14	16		neglect, shall be responsible, in exemplary damages, to the
15	17		surviving spouse, children, or parents [husband, widow, heirs of
16	18		his or her body], [or] such of them as there may be, or the deceased
17	19		person's estate without regard to any criminal proceeding that may
18	20		or may not be had in relation to the homicide.
19	21		SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
20	22		submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023.
21	23		The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
22	24		proposition: "The constitutional amendment allowing recovery of
23	25		exemplary damages by parents or a person's estate for a homicide."