Bill Text: TX HJR59 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to enact laws providing for a court to grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals serving a term of imprisonment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-28 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HJR59 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HJR59-Introduced.html
  88R3651 EAS-F
 
  By: Moody H.J.R. No. 59
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
  to enact laws providing for a court to grant a commutation of
  punishment to certain individuals serving a term of imprisonment.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article V, Texas Constitution, is amended by
  adding Section 33 to read as follows:
         Sec. 33.  The legislature by general law may provide for a
  court to grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals
  serving a term of imprisonment. 
         SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held on
  November 7, 2023. The ballot shall be printed to provide voting
  for or against the proposition: "The constitutional amendment
  authorizing the legislature to enact laws providing for a court to
  grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals serving a
  term of imprisonment."
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