Bill Text: TX SJR23 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the right to be free from governmental intrusion or interference into an individual's private life.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to State Affairs [SJR23 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SJR23-Introduced.html
| 88R841 JG-D | ||
| By: Eckhardt, et al. | S.J.R. No. 23 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the right to be | ||
| free from governmental intrusion or interference into an | ||
| individual's private life. | ||
| 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) Except as otherwise provided by this | ||
| constitution, each individual residing in this state has the right | ||
| to be free from governmental intrusion or interference into the | ||
| individual's private life. | ||
| (b) This section does not nullify or limit the rights | ||
| provided by general law to attend or access public meetings or | ||
| obtain public records. | ||
| 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 establishing the right | ||
| to be free from governmental intrusion or interference into an | ||
| individual's private life." | ||
