Bill Text: TX HJR148 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to override a veto of the governor following a legislative session.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-15 - Referred to State Affairs [HJR148 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HJR148-Introduced.html
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By: Plesa | H.J.R. No. 148 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to | ||
override a veto of the governor following a legislative session. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 14, Article IV, Texas Constitution, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 14. (a) Every bill which shall have passed both houses | ||
of the Legislature shall be presented to the Governor for [ |
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approval. If the Governor approves of the bill, the Governor [ |
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which the bill is returned [ |
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objections at large upon its journal, and proceed to reconsider the | ||
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members present agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, with the | ||
objections, to the other House, by which likewise it shall be | ||
reconsidered. If [ |
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of that House, the bill [ |
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cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, | ||
and the names of the members voting for and against the bill shall | ||
be entered on the journal of each House respectively. | ||
(b) If any bill shall not be returned by the Governor with | ||
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have been presented to the Governor [ |
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in like manner as if [ |
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the Legislature, by its adjournment, prevent its return, in which | ||
case it shall be a law, unless the Governor [ |
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State and give notice thereof by public proclamation within twenty | ||
days after such adjournment. | ||
(c) If any bill presented to the Governor contains several | ||
items of appropriation, the Governor [ |
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of such items, and approve the other portion of the bill. In such | ||
case the Governor [ |
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of signing it, a statement of the items to which the Governor [ |
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objects, and no item so objected to shall take effect. If the | ||
Legislature be in session, the Governor [ |
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House in which the bill originated a copy of such statement and the | ||
items objected to shall be separately considered. If, on | ||
reconsideration, one or more of such items be approved by | ||
two-thirds of the members present of each House, the same shall be | ||
part of the law, notwithstanding the objections of the Governor. If | ||
any such bill, containing several items of appropriation, not | ||
having been presented to the Governor ten days (Sundays excepted) | ||
prior to adjournment, be in the hands of the Governor at the time of | ||
adjournment, the Governor [ |
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adjournment within which to file objections to any items thereof in | ||
the office of the Secretary of State and make proclamation of the | ||
same, and such item or items shall not take effect. | ||
(d) On the call of the presiding officers of both Houses of | ||
the Legislature as provided by Subsection (e) of this section, the | ||
Legislature shall convene to reconsider any bill disapproved by the | ||
Governor under Subsection (a) of this section or any item of | ||
appropriation in a bill to which the Governor objects under | ||
Subsection (c) of this section if the bill or statement of objection | ||
to the item of appropriation is: | ||
(1) returned to the House in which the bill originated | ||
on or after the third day before the date of adjournment of the | ||
session at which the bill was passed; or | ||
(2) filed in the office of the Secretary of State after | ||
the adjournment of the session at which the bill was passed. | ||
(e) Not later than the fifth day following the last day on | ||
which the Governor is authorized to file a disapproval of a bill or | ||
objection to an item of appropriation in the office of the Secretary | ||
of State under this section after adjournment of the Legislature, a | ||
member of either House in writing filed with the chief clerk or | ||
secretary of that House may request the presiding officer of that | ||
House to call the Legislature into session as provided by | ||
Subsection (f) of this section to reconsider one or more bills or | ||
items of appropriation described by Subsection (d) of this section. | ||
If and only if a majority of the members of either House file | ||
requests with the applicable chief clerk or secretary within that | ||
period, the presiding officers of both Houses shall jointly call | ||
the Legislature into session for purposes of Subsection (d). | ||
(f) The period for reconsideration under Subsection (d) of | ||
this section begins at 10 a.m. on the second Tuesday following the | ||
last day on which the Governor is authorized to file a disapproval | ||
or objection in the office of the Secretary of State and may not | ||
exceed three consecutive days. During this period, unless the | ||
Legislature has been called into special session by the Governor, | ||
the Legislature may not consider any subject other than the | ||
reconsideration of bills or items of appropriation described by | ||
Subsection (d) of this section. Reconsideration of a bill or item | ||
of appropriation during this period is conducted in the manner | ||
provided by Subsection (a) or (c) of this section, as applicable. | ||
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 provide for voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment to allow the | ||
legislature to override a veto of the governor following a | ||
legislative session." |