Bill Text: TX SJR54 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Joint Resolution 54

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit a court from issuing an opinion without disclosing the judges who authored the opinion.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-30 - Committee report printed and distributed [SJR54 Detail]

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	By: Middleton	S.J.R. No. 54



	SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
	proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit a court from
	issuing an opinion without disclosing the judge who authored the
	opinion.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Article V, Texas Constitution, is amended by
	adding Section 1-b to read as follows:
	Sec. 1-b. The authorship of an opinion published by a court
	is public information. A court may not issue a per curiam decision.
	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 to prohibit a court
	from issuing an opinion without disclosing the judge who authored
	the opinion."