Bill Text: TX HJR103 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing procedures to fill a vacancy in the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to House Administration [HJR103 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HJR103-Introduced.html
| 88R2067 BEF-F | ||
| By: Klick | H.J.R. No. 103 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment providing procedures to fill a | ||
| vacancy in the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 9(b), Article III, Texas Constitution, | ||
| is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) The House of Representatives shall, when it first | ||
| assembles in regular session, organize temporarily, and thereupon | ||
| proceed to the election of a Speaker from its own members. The | ||
| Speaker shall, during the first 30 days of each regular session and | ||
| at such other times as may be necessary, select another member of | ||
| the House as Speaker pro tempore. If the office of Speaker becomes | ||
| vacant, the Speaker pro tempore shall convene the Committee of the | ||
| Whole House of Representatives within 30 days after the vacancy | ||
| occurs. The Committee of the Whole shall elect one of its members | ||
| Speaker to serve until the House next assembles in regular session. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing procedures | ||
| to fill a vacancy in the office of Speaker of the House of | ||
| Representatives." | ||
