Bill Text: TX HJR23 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced

Texas House Joint Resolution 23 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to reduce the number of members of each House required to constitute a quorum to a majority.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 8)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-13 - Filed [HJR23 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HJR23-Introduced.html



	By: Vasut	H.J.R. No. 23



	A JOINT RESOLUTION
	proposing a constitutional amendment to reduce the number of
	members of each House required to constitute a quorum to a majority.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 10, Article III, Texas Constitution, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 10. QUORUM; ADJOURNMENTS FROM DAY TO DAY; COMPELLING
	ATTENDANCE. A majority [~~Two-thirds~~] of the members of each House of
	the Legislature shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a
	smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the
	attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such
	penalties as each House may provide.
	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 to provide that a
	majority of the members of the senate or house of representatives of
	the Texas Legislature constitutes a quorum for that house to do
	business."