Bill Text: TX SJR22 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to direct the legislature to authorize and regulate the possession, cultivation, and sale of cannabis.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SJR22 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SJR22-Introduced.html

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By: Eckhardt S.J.R. No. 22

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to direct the legislature to
authorize and regulate the possession, cultivation, and sale of
cannabis.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 48 to read as follows:
Sec. 48. (a) In this section, "cannabis" means the plant
Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not, the seeds of that plant,
and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or
preparation of that plant or its seeds.
(b) The legislature by law shall authorize and regulate the
possession, cultivation, and sale of cannabis in this state.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2024.
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment directing the
legislature to authorize and regulate the possession, cultivation,
and sale of cannabis."