Bill Text: TX HJR68 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to legalize wagering on professional and collegiate sporting events in this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to State Affairs [HJR68 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HJR68-Introduced.html
87R615 ADM-D | ||
By: Dutton | H.J.R. No. 68 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature | ||
to legalize wagering on professional and collegiate sporting events | ||
in this state. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 47, Article III, Texas Constitution, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The Legislature shall pass laws prohibiting lotteries | ||
and gift enterprises in this State other than those authorized by | ||
Subsections (b), (d), (d-1), [ |
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(f) The legislature by law may authorize and regulate | ||
wagering on professional and collegiate sporting events. | ||
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the | ||
legislature to legalize wagering on professional and collegiate | ||
sporting events in this state." |