Bill Text: TX SJR8 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize and regulate the possession, cultivation, and sale of cannabis.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-07 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SJR8 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SJR8-Introduced.html
| 86R345 GCB-D | ||
| By: Rodríguez | S.J.R. No. 8 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize and regulate the | ||
| possession, cultivation, and sale of cannabis. | ||
| 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. REGULATION OF CANNABIS. (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 in this state. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2020. | ||
| 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." | ||
