Bill Text: TX SJR7 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize and regulate the possession, cultivation, and sale of cannabis for medical use.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-07 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SJR7 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SJR7-Introduced.html
86R2645 GCB-D | ||
By: Rodríguez | S.J.R. No. 7 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize and regulate the | ||
possession, cultivation, and sale of cannabis for medical use. | ||
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 for medical use in | ||
this state. | ||
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2019. | ||
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 for medical use." |