Bill Text: TX HJR21 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize and regulate the possession, cultivation, and sale of cannabis for medical use.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-11 - Left pending in subcommittee [HJR21 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HJR21-Introduced.html
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| By: Reynolds | H.J.R. No. 21 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize and regulate the | ||
| possession, cultivation, and sale of cannabis for medical use. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 48 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 48. (a) In this section, "cannabis" means the plant | ||
| Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not, the seeds of that plant, | ||
| and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or | ||
| preparation of that plant or its seeds. | ||
| (b) The legislature by law shall authorize and regulate the | ||
| possession, cultivation, and sale of cannabis for medical use in | ||
| this state. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2019. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment directing the | ||
| legislature to authorize and regulate the possession, cultivation, | ||
| and sale of cannabis for medical use." | ||
