Bill Text: TX HJR114 | 2021-2022 | 87th 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) 2021-04-13 - Left pending in committee [HJR114 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HJR114-Introduced.html
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By: Klick | H.J.R. No. 114 |
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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 2, 2021. | ||
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." |