HJR38 - Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the governor to call the legislature into special session on petition of at least two-thirds of the members of each house of the legislature.

  89R2082 TJB-D     By: Vasut H.J.R. No. 38       A JOINT RESOLUTION   proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the governor to call   the legislature into special session on petition of at least   two-thirds of the members of each house of the legislature.          BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 8, Article IV, Texas Constitution, is   amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:           (c)     The Governor shall by proclamation convene the   Legislature in special session on receipt of a petition requesting   the special session that is signed by at least two-thirds of the   members of each house of the Legislature.   The petition must state   the date the Governor must convene the special session and the   specific purpose or purposes for which the session is convened.   The   proclamation must provide for convening the Legislature on the date   stated in the petition and must authorize the Legislature to   consider the specific purpose or purposes stated in the petition.          SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be   submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.   The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the   proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring the governor   to call the legislature into special session on petition of at least   two-thirds of the members of each house of the legislature."