Bill Text: TX SJR70 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed

Texas Senate Joint Resolution 70

Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting the right of parents to raise their children.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-28 - Referred to State Affairs [SJR70 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SJR70-Engrossed.html



	By: Hughes, et al.	S.J.R. No. 70


	SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION




	proposing a constitutional amendment protecting the right of
	parents to raise their children.
	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. (a) A parent has the inherent right to exercise
	care, custody, and control of the parent's child and to make
	decisions for the upbringing of the parent's child, including but
	not limited to decisions regarding the education, moral and
	religious training, and health care of the child.
	(b) The state or a political subdivision of this state shall
	not interfere with the rights of a parent described by Subsection
	(a) of this section unless the interference is:
	(1) essential to further a compelling governmental
	interest; and
	(2) narrowly tailored to accomplish that compelling
	governmental interest.
	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 permit voting for or against the
	proposition: "The constitutional amendment establishing parents
	as the primary decision-makers for their children."