TITLE: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing additional powers to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct with respect to candidates for judicial office.

SUMMARY: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing additional powers to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct with respect to candidates for judicial office.

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87(R) HJR 165-Enrolled version-Bill Text H.J.R. No. 165 A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing a constitutional amendment providing additional powers to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct with respect to candidates for judicial office. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 1-a, Article V, Texas Constitution, is amended by adding Subsection (13-a) to read as follows: (13-a) The Commission may accept complaints or reports, conduct investigations, and take any other action authorized by this section with respect to a candidate for an office named in Subsection (6)(A) of this section in the same manner the Commission is authorized to take those actions with respect to a person holding that office. SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021. The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing additional powers to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct with respect to candidates for judicial office." President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.J.R. No. 165 was passed by the House on May 13, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.J.R. No. 165 was passed by the Senate on May 22, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. Secretary of the Senate RECEIVED: Date Secretary of State