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In 1971 the Texas Legislature placed on the November 1972 ballot an Amendment which called for the Legislature to meet in January 1974 for 90 days as a constitutional convention, for purposes of drafting a new state Constitution. The measure passed (thus adding Section 2 to Article 17; the section was later repealed in November 1999) and the ...
Proposition 8 was a referendum for a state constitutional amendment placed on the ballot by the Texas legislature and approved by the voters at the November 7, 1972 general election. The measure amended sections 4, 22, and 23 of the Texas Constitution, changing the length of the terms of statewide elected offices in Texas from two years to four ...
Pennsylvania Constitution, Article I, § 28 (1971), Pennsylvania Constitution, Article I, § 29 (2021) Rhode Island Rhode Island Constitution, Article I, §2 (1986) Homeless Bill of Rights; Tennessee CROWN Act (2022; only applies to workplace discrimination) Texas Texas Constitution, Article I, §3a (1972) CROWN Act (2023) Utah
Texas voters decided whether to reject or approve 14 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution. Here's a look at the results.
Already amended 507 times, the Texas Constitution is one of the longest such documents in the nation.
The Constitution of Texas is the foremost source of state law. Legislation is enacted by the Texas Legislature, published in the General and Special Laws, and codified in the Texas Statutes. State agencies publish regulations (sometimes called administrative law) in the Texas Register, which are in turn codified in the Texas Administrative Code.
The ballot language: “The constitutional amendment authorizing the 88th Legislature to provide a cost-of-living adjustment to certain annuitants of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.” The ...
Section 1.The Congress shall have the power to limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age. Section 2.The power of the several States is unimpaired by this article except that the operation of State laws shall be suspended to the extent necessary to give effect to legislation enacted by the Congress.