Bill Text: TX SJR8 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize and regulate the possession, cultivation, and sale of cannabis.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-07 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SJR8 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SJR8-Introduced.html

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86R345 GCB-D
By: Rodríguez S.J.R. No. 8

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize and regulate the
possession, cultivation, and sale of cannabis.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 48 to read as follows:
Sec. 48. REGULATION OF CANNABIS. (a) In this section,
"cannabis" means the plant Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or
not, the seeds of that plant, and every compound, manufacture,
salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of that plant or its
seeds.
(b) The legislature by law shall authorize and regulate the
possession, cultivation, and sale of cannabis in this state.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2020.
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment directing the
legislature to authorize and regulate the possession, cultivation,
and sale of cannabis."