Bill Text: TX HJR53 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to enact laws providing for a district court to reduce or modify a sentence imposing a term of imprisonment for a person who has served not less than 10 years of the term.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-07 - Referred directly to subcommittee by chair [HJR53 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HJR53-Introduced.html
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By: Collier | H.J.R. No. 53 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature | ||
to enact laws providing for a district court to reduce or modify a | ||
sentence imposing a term of imprisonment for a person who has served | ||
not less than 10 years of the term. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article V, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
adding Section 8a to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 8a. The legislature by general law may provide for a | ||
district court to reduce or modify a sentence imposing a term of | ||
imprisonment for a person who has served not less than 10 years of | ||
the term. | ||
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 permit voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the | ||
legislature to enact laws providing for a district court to reduce | ||
or modify a sentence imposing a term of imprisonment for a person | ||
who has served not less than 10 years of the term." |