| 1 | | - | By: Birdwell, et al. S.J.R. No. 59 |
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| 2 | | - | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 1 | + | By: Birdwell S.J.R. No. 59 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed February 22, 2023; March 9, 2023, |
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| 3 | + | read first time and referred to Committee on Administration; March |
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| 4 | + | 16, 2023, rereferred to Committee on State Affairs; March 22, 2023, |
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| 5 | + | reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; |
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| 6 | + | March 22, 2023, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 9 | | - | SECTION 1. Sections 5(b) and (c), Article III, Texas |
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| 10 | | - | Constitution, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | | - | (b) When convened in regular session [Session], the first 30 |
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| 12 | | - | [thirty] days thereof shall be devoted to the introduction of and |
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| 13 | | - | holding committee hearings to consider bills and resolutions[, |
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| 14 | | - | acting upon emergency appropriations, passing upon the |
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| 15 | | - | confirmation of the recess appointees of the Governor and such |
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| 16 | | - | emergency matters as may be submitted by the Governor in special |
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| 17 | | - | messages to the Legislature]. During the remainder of the session |
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| 18 | | - | [succeeding thirty days of the regular session of] the Legislature |
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| 19 | | - | may continue to introduce bills and resolutions and the various |
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| 20 | | - | committees of each House shall hold hearings to consider all bills |
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| 21 | | - | and resolutions and other matters then pending and[; and such |
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| 22 | | - | emergency matters as may be submitted by the Governor. During the |
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| 23 | | - | remainder of the session] the Legislature shall act upon such bills |
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| 24 | | - | and resolutions as may be then pending. The Legislature may at any |
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| 25 | | - | time during a regular session consider the confirmation of the |
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| 26 | | - | recess appointees of the Governor and act on emergency |
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| 27 | | - | appropriations and [upon] such emergency matters as may be |
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| 28 | | - | submitted by the Governor in special messages to the Legislature. |
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| 29 | | - | (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), either House may |
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| 30 | | - | determine its order of business by an affirmative vote of |
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| 31 | | - | two-thirds [four-fifths] of its membership. |
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| 32 | | - | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 15 | + | SECTION 1. Section 5(b), Article III, Texas Constitution, |
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| 16 | + | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 17 | + | (b) When convened in regular session [Session], the |
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| 18 | + | Legislature may introduce [first thirty days thereof shall be |
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| 19 | + | devoted to the introduction of] bills and resolutions and[, acting |
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| 20 | + | upon emergency appropriations, passing upon the confirmation of the |
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| 21 | + | recess appointees of the Governor and such emergency matters as may |
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| 22 | + | be submitted by the Governor in special messages to the |
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| 23 | + | Legislature. During the succeeding thirty days of the regular |
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| 24 | + | session of the Legislature the various committees of each House |
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| 25 | + | shall] hold hearings and act on [to consider all] bills and |
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| 26 | + | resolutions [and other matters then pending; and such emergency |
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| 27 | + | matters as may be submitted by the Governor. During the remainder |
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| 28 | + | of the session the Legislature shall act upon such bills and |
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| 29 | + | resolutions as may be then pending] and on [upon such] emergency |
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| 30 | + | matters as may be submitted by the Governor in special messages to |
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| 31 | + | the Legislature. |
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| 32 | + | SECTION 2. Section 5(c), Article III, Texas Constitution, |
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| 33 | + | is repealed. |
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| 34 | + | SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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