Bill Text: TX HJR43 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting a court of this state from enforcing, considering, or applying a religious or cultural law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-17 - Left pending in committee [HJR43 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HJR43-Introduced.html
83R1281 AJA-D | ||
By: Flynn | H.J.R. No. 43 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting a court of this | ||
state from enforcing, considering, or applying a religious or | ||
cultural law. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article V, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
adding Section 32 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 32. A court of this state shall uphold the laws of the | ||
Constitution of the United States, this Constitution, federal laws, | ||
and laws of this state. A court of this state may not enforce, | ||
consider, or apply any religious or cultural law. | ||
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2013. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment prohibiting a court of | ||
this state from enforcing, considering, or applying a religious or | ||
cultural law." |