| 1 | 1 | | 89R6378 JRJ-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hayes H.J.R. No. 152 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 8 | 8 | | proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the time during |
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| 9 | 9 | | which the legislature may act on bills or resolutions during a |
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| 10 | 10 | | regular session. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 5(b), Article III, Texas Constitution, |
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| 13 | 13 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (b) When convened in regular Session, the first thirty days |
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| 15 | 15 | | thereof shall be devoted to the introduction of bills and |
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| 16 | 16 | | resolutions, acting upon emergency appropriations, passing upon |
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| 17 | 17 | | the confirmation of the recess appointees of the Governor and such |
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| 18 | 18 | | emergency matters as may be submitted by the Governor in special |
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| 19 | 19 | | messages to the Legislature. [During the succeeding thirty days of |
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| 20 | 20 | | the regular session of the Legislature the various committees of |
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| 21 | 21 | | each House shall hold hearings to consider all bills and |
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| 22 | 22 | | resolutions and other matters then pending; and such emergency |
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| 23 | 23 | | matters as may be submitted by the Governor.] During the remainder |
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| 24 | 24 | | of the session the Legislature shall hold hearings and act upon such |
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| 25 | 25 | | bills and resolutions as may be then pending and upon such emergency |
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| 26 | 26 | | matters as may be submitted by the Governor in special messages to |
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| 27 | 27 | | the Legislature. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 29 | 29 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025. |
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| 30 | 30 | | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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| 31 | 31 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment regarding the time |
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| 32 | 32 | | during which the legislature may act on bills or resolutions during |
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| 33 | 33 | | a regular session." |
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