Bill Text: TX SJR35 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal the constitutional provision providing that marriage in this state consists only of the union of one man and one woman and prohibiting this state or a political subdivision of this state from creating or recognizing any legal status identical or similar to marriage, and to change certain terminology used to refer to the parties to a marriage.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-16 - Filed [SJR35 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SJR35-Introduced.html

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89R875 MLH-F
By: Johnson S.J.R. No. 35

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal the constitutional
provision providing that marriage in this state consists only of
the union of one man and one woman and prohibiting this state or a
political subdivision of this state from creating or recognizing
any legal status identical or similar to marriage, and to change
certain terminology used to refer to the parties to a marriage.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32, Article I, Texas Constitution, is
repealed.
SECTION 2. Section 52, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 52. On the death of one [the husband or wife,] or both
spouses, the homestead shall descend and vest in like manner as
other real property of the deceased, and shall be governed by the
same laws of descent and distribution, but it shall not be
partitioned among the heirs of the deceased during the lifetime of
the surviving spouse [husband or wife], or so long as the survivor
[surviver] may elect to use or occupy the same as a homestead, or so
long as the guardian of the minor children of the deceased may be
permitted, under the order of the proper court having the
jurisdiction, to use and occupy the same.
SECTION 3. 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 repealing the
constitutional provision providing that marriage in this state
consists only of the union of one man and one woman and prohibiting
this state or a political subdivision of this state from creating or
recognizing any legal status identical or similar to marriage, and
changing certain terminology used to refer to the parties to a
marriage."