Bill Text: TX HJR46 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize and regulate the possession, cultivation, and sale of cannabis.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-22 - Referred to State Affairs [HJR46 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HJR46-Introduced.html
85R3692 GCB-D | ||
By: Howard | H.J.R. No. 46 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize and regulate the | ||
possession, cultivation, and sale of cannabis. | ||
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. REGULATION OF CANNABIS. (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 in this state. | ||
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 6, 2018. | ||
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." |