89R10515 MLH-D
By: Zaffirini S.J.R. No. 70
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to make gender neutral the
constitutional provisions governing the qualifications of a person
to be a senator or member of the house of representatives.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 6, Article III, Texas Constitution, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 6. No person shall be a Senator, unless the person [he]
be a citizen of the United States, and, at the time of the person's
[his] election a qualified voter of this State, and shall have been
a resident of this State five years next preceding the person's
[his] election, and the last year thereof a resident of the district
for which the person [he] shall be chosen, and shall have attained
the age of twenty-six years.
SECTION 2. Section 7, Article III, Texas Constitution, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 7. No person shall be a Representative, unless the
person [he] be a citizen of the United States, and, at the time of
the person's [his] election, a qualified voter of this State, and
shall have been a resident of this State two years next preceding
the person's [his] election, the last year thereof a resident of the
district for which the person [he] shall be chosen, and shall have
attained the age of twenty-one years.
SECTION 3. 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 provide for voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment to make gender neutral
the constitutional provisions governing the qualifications of a
person to be a senator or member of the house of representatives."