Bill Text: TX HJR56 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the legislature's ability to pass laws prohibiting access to abortion care.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-28 - Referred to State Affairs [HJR56 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HJR56-Introduced.html
| By: Talarico | H.J.R. No. 56 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the legislature's | ||
| ability to pass laws prohibiting access to abortion care. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 68, Article III, Texas Constitution, is | ||
| added to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 68. LIMITING THE LEGISLATURE'S ABILITY TO PROHIBIT | ||
| ACCESS TO ABORTION CARE. (a) The legislature shall not pass a law | ||
| that abridges an individual's access to abortion care if the | ||
| individual's decision to access abortion care is made in | ||
| consultation with a licensed physician. | ||
| 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 provide for voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment limiting the | ||
| legislature's ability to prohibit abortion." | ||
