Bill Text: TX SJR48 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment revising the order of legislative business to permit legislative committees to consider matters during the first 60 days of a regular session.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-06 - Left pending in committee [SJR48 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SJR48-Introduced.html

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82R4471 JSA-D
By: Williams S.J.R. No. 48

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment revising the order of
legislative business to permit legislative committees to consider
matters during the first 60 days of a regular session.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 5(b), Article III, Texas Constitution,
is amended to read as follows:
(b) When convened in regular session [Session], the first 60
[thirty] days thereof shall be devoted to the introduction of bills
and resolutions, acting upon emergency appropriations, passing
upon the confirmation of the recess appointees of the Governor, and
such emergency matters as may be submitted by the Governor in
special messages to the Legislature. During that period, [the
succeeding thirty days of the regular session of the Legislature]
the various committees of each House may [shall] hold hearings to
consider all bills, [and] resolutions, and other matters then
pending[;] and such emergency matters as may be submitted by the
Governor. During the remainder of the session, the Legislature
shall act upon such bills and resolutions as may be then pending and
upon such emergency matters as may be submitted by the Governor in
special messages to the Legislature.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment revising the order of
legislative business to permit legislative committees to consider
matters during the first 60 days of a regular session."