By: Bettencourt, et al. S.J.R. No. 86
         (In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2023; March 22, 2023, read
  first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
  May 21, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 21, 2023,
  sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.J.R. No. 86 By:  Hughes
 
 
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
 
 
  proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a statewide
  referendum allowing voters to indicate a preference for observing 
  year-round standard time or daylight saving time and authorizing
  the legislature to enact legislation that gives effect to the
  preferred option.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by
  adding Section 74 to read as follows:
         Sec. 74.  The legislature by general law may:
               (1)  hold a statewide referendum that allows the voters
  to indicate a preference for either:
                     (A)  observing standard time year-round; or
                     (B)  observing daylight saving time year-round;
  and
               (2)  enact a law based on the results of the referendum
  providing for observing standard time year-round or observing
  daylight saving time year-round.
         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 authorizing the state
  to conduct a statewide referendum allowing the voters to indicate a
  preference for observing standard time year-round or observing
  daylight saving time year-round and authorizing the legislature to
  enact legislation that gives effect to the option preferred by a
  majority of the voters voting in the statewide referendum."
 
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