Bill Text: TX SJR10 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to an individual's or religious organization's freedom of religion.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-13 - Co-author authorized [SJR10 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SJR10-Introduced.html
84R1348 SCL-D | ||
By: Campbell | S.J.R. No. 10 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment relating to an individual's or | ||
religious organization's freedom of religion. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 6, Article I, Texas Constitution, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 6. (a) All men have a natural and indefeasible right | ||
to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own | ||
consciences. No man shall be compelled to attend, erect or support | ||
any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his | ||
consent. No human authority ought, in any case whatever, to control | ||
or interfere with the rights of conscience in matters of religion, | ||
and no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious | ||
society or mode of worship. | ||
(b) Government may not burden an individual's or religious | ||
organization's freedom of religion or right to act or refuse to act | ||
in a manner motivated by a sincerely held religious belief unless | ||
the government proves that the burden is in furtherance of a | ||
compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means | ||
of furthering that interest. For purposes of this subsection, the | ||
term "burden" includes indirect burdens such as withholding | ||
benefits, assessing penalties, and denying access to facilities or | ||
programs. | ||
(c) But it shall be the duty of the Legislature to pass such | ||
laws as may be necessary to protect equally every religious | ||
denomination in the peaceable enjoyment of its own mode of public | ||
worship. | ||
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 relating to an | ||
individual's or religious organization's freedom of religion." |