| 1 | | - | By: Hughes, et al. S.J.R. No. 34 |
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| 2 | | - | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 1 | + | By: Hughes, Paxton S.J.R. No. 34 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed January 13, 2025; February 7, 2025, |
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| 3 | + | read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; |
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| 4 | + | March 5, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11, |
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| 5 | + | Nays 0; March 5, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 7 | 10 | | proposing a constitutional amendment protecting the right of |
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| 8 | 11 | | parents to raise their children. |
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| 9 | 12 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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| 11 | 14 | | adding Section 37 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 15 | | Sec. 37. (a) A parent has the inherent right to exercise |
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| 13 | 16 | | care, custody, and control of the parent's child and to make |
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| 14 | 17 | | decisions for the upbringing of the parent's child. |
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| 15 | 18 | | (b) The state or a political subdivision of this state shall |
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| 16 | 19 | | not interfere with the rights of a parent described by Subsection |
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| 17 | 20 | | (a) of this section unless the interference is: |
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| 18 | 21 | | (1) essential to further a compelling governmental |
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| 19 | 22 | | interest; and |
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| 20 | 23 | | (2) narrowly tailored to accomplish that compelling |
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| 21 | 24 | | governmental interest. |
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| 22 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 23 | 26 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025. |
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| 24 | 27 | | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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| 25 | 28 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment establishing parents as |
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| 26 | 29 | | the primary decision-makers for their children." |
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