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| 2 | 2 | | By: Zaffirini S.J.R. No. 70 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 8 | 8 | | proposing a constitutional amendment to make gender neutral the |
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| 9 | 9 | | constitutional provisions governing the qualifications of a person |
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| 10 | 10 | | to be a senator or member of the house of representatives. |
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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 6, Article III, Texas Constitution, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 6. No person shall be a Senator, unless the person [he] |
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| 15 | 15 | | be a citizen of the United States, and, at the time of the person's |
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| 16 | 16 | | [his] election a qualified voter of this State, and shall have been |
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| 17 | 17 | | a resident of this State five years next preceding the person's |
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| 18 | 18 | | [his] election, and the last year thereof a resident of the district |
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| 19 | 19 | | for which the person [he] shall be chosen, and shall have attained |
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| 20 | 20 | | the age of twenty-six years. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Section 7, Article III, Texas Constitution, is |
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| 22 | 22 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | Sec. 7. No person shall be a Representative, unless the |
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| 24 | 24 | | person [he] be a citizen of the United States, and, at the time of |
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| 25 | 25 | | the person's [his] election, a qualified voter of this State, and |
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| 26 | 26 | | shall have been a resident of this State two years next preceding |
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| 27 | 27 | | the person's [his] election, the last year thereof a resident of the |
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| 28 | 28 | | district for which the person [he] shall be chosen, and shall have |
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| 29 | 29 | | attained the age of twenty-one years. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 31 | 31 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025. |
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| 32 | 32 | | The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the |
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| 33 | 33 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment to make gender neutral |
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| 34 | 34 | | the constitutional provisions governing the qualifications of a |
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| 35 | 35 | | person to be a senator or member of the house of representatives." |
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