HJR216 - Proposing a constitutional amendment allowing a member of the legislature to be employed as a teacher or first responder by a governmental entity while holding legislative office.

  89R12216 JRJ-D     By: A. Davis of Dallas H.J.R. No. 216       A JOINT RESOLUTION   proposing a constitutional amendment allowing a member of the   legislature to be employed as a teacher or first responder by a   governmental entity while holding legislative office.          BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 40(d), Article XVI, Texas Constitution,   is amended to read as follows:          (d)  No member of the Legislature of this State may hold any   other office or position of profit under this State, or the United   States, except as :                 (1)   a notary public if qualified by law ;                 (2)  a schoolteacher; or                 (3)     a person who serves as a first responder in one or   more of the following capacities:                       (A)  public health and public safety personnel;                       (B)  commissioned law enforcement personnel;                       (C)  fire protection personnel;                       (D)     emergency medical services personnel,   including hospital emergency facility staff;                       (E)  a member of the National Guard; or                       (F)  a member of the Texas State Guard .          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 provide for voting for or against the   proposition: "The constitutional amendment allowing a member of the   legislature to be employed as a teacher or first responder by a   governmental entity while holding legislative office."