Bill Text: TX HJR56 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to remove legislative authority to regulate the wearing of arms.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-03 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HJR56 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HJR56-Introduced.html

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84R3211 JSC-D
By: White of Tyler H.J.R. No. 56

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to remove legislative
authority to regulate the wearing of arms.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 23, Article I, Texas Constitution, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 23. Every citizen shall have the right to keep and bear
arms in the lawful defense of himself or the State[; but the
Legislature shall have power, by law, to regulate the wearing of
arms, with a view to prevent crime].
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2015.
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment removing the state
constitutional authority of the legislature to regulate the wearing
of arms."