Bill Text: TX SJR34 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment affirming the rights and responsibilities of parents.

Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 14-1)

Status: (Passed) 2025-05-21 - Filed with the Secretary of State [SJR34 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SJR34-Enrolled.html

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S.J.R. No. 34

proposing a constitutional amendment affirming the rights and
responsibilities of parents.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 37 to read as follows:
Sec. 37. To enshrine truths that are deeply rooted in this
nation's history and traditions, the people of Texas hereby affirm
that a parent has the responsibility to nurture and protect the
parent's child and the corresponding fundamental right to exercise
care, custody, and control of the parent's child, including the
right to make decisions concerning the child's upbringing.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment affirming that parents
are the primary decision makers for their children."
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.J.R. No. 34 was adopted by the Senate
on March 11, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and
that the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 20, 2025, by
the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.J.R. No. 34 was adopted by the House,
with amendment, on May 14, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 112,
Nays 22, two present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Received:
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Date
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Secretary of State