89R10639 MAW-D
By: Birdwell S.J.R. No. 53
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
to designate subjects for legislation during a special session.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 40, Article III, Texas Constitution, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 40. (a) When the legislature is [Legislature shall be]
convened in a special session, the legislature may not consider
[there shall be no] legislation on a subject [upon subjects] other
than a subject [those] designated in the proclamation of the
governor [Governor] calling the [such] session, [or] presented to
the legislature [them] by the governor, or designated by either
house of the legislature by resolution approved by a two-thirds
vote of the members of that house. A subject designated by one
house of the legislature may be considered by the other house.
(b) No special [Governor; and no such] session shall be of
longer duration than thirty days.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
legislature to designate subjects for legislation during a special
session."