Bill Text: TX SJR21 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing an individual's right to personal reproductive autonomy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to State Affairs [SJR21 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SJR21-Introduced.html
| 88R840 JG-F | ||
| By: Eckhardt, et al. | S.J.R. No. 21 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment establishing an individual's | ||
| right to personal reproductive autonomy. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 36 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 36. Each individual residing in this state has the | ||
| right to personal reproductive autonomy, and this state recognizes | ||
| that right as central to the individual's liberty and dignity to | ||
| determine the individual's own life course. This state may not | ||
| restrict or prohibit the exercise of that right unless the | ||
| restriction or prohibition is justified by a compelling state | ||
| interest that is achieved using the least restrictive means | ||
| available. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment establishing an | ||
| individual's right to personal reproductive autonomy." | ||
