TITLE: Proposing a constitutional amendment to reduce the number of members of each House required to constitute a quorum to a majority.

SUMMARY: Proposing a constitutional amendment to reduce the number of members of each House required to constitute a quorum to a majority.

FULL TEXT:
87(1) HJR 23-Introduced version-Bill Text By: Vasut H.J.R. No. 23 A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing a constitutional amendment to reduce the number of members of each House required to constitute a quorum to a majority. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 10, Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 10. QUORUM; ADJOURNMENTS FROM DAY TO DAY; COMPELLING ATTENDANCE. A majority [Two-thirds] of the members of each House of the Legislature shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each House may provide. 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 to provide that a majority of the members of the senate or house of representatives of the Texas Legislature constitutes a quorum for that house to do business."