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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the recognition |
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of equal rights of all people. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 3, Article I, Texas Constitution, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 3. All [free] men and women, when they form a social |
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compact, have equal rights, and no man or woman, or set of men or |
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women, is entitled to exclusive separate public emoluments, or |
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privileges, but in consideration of public services. |
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SECTION 2. Section 3a, Article I, Texas Constitution, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 3a. Equality under the law shall not be denied or |
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abridged because of sex, race, color, creed, military status, |
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health status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or |
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expression, age, religion, disability, genetic information, |
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family, marital status, previous incarceration, or national |
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origin. This amendment is self-operative. |
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SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for the |
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recognition of equal rights of all people." |