Bill Text: TX HJR9 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right of a property owner to conduct activities necessary to secure basic human needs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-20 - Considered in Calendars [HJR9 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HJR9-Introduced.html

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88R801 DRS-D
By: Landgraf H.J.R. No. 9

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right of a
property owner to conduct activities necessary to secure basic
human needs.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 36 to read as follows:
Sec. 36. (a) An individual in this state has the right to
conduct activities on the individual's homestead property to secure
access to food, water, electric power, and shelter, subject to laws
protecting public health and safety.
(b) The legislature may enact laws to protect this right.
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 recognizing the right
of an individual to act to secure access to food, water, electric
power, and shelter on the individual's homestead property, subject
to laws that protect public health and safety."