HR 4, Hse 2nd Rdg, Amnd #20

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Amend Amendment No. 19 by Slaton to HR 4 as follows:

(1) Strike the heading to the proposed new section and substitute "VOTE ON CERTAIN MEASURES.".

(3) On the fifth line of the proposed new section, strike "a house bill or joint resolution" and substitute "house bills or joint resolutions".

(2) On the sixth line of the proposed new section, between "that" and "would", insert the following:

(1)

(3) On the last line of the proposed new section, between "fertilization" and the underlined period, insert the following:

;

(2) propose to ban the use of taxpayer-funded lobbying in Texas;

(3) reform emergency powers to prohibit the creation or suspension of law, prohibit mandates, or prohibit business restrictions by convening the legislative body to ratify, terminate, or alter any emergency declaration within 30 days;

(4) prohibit local ordinances, state laws, or executive orders that violate the rights of individuals, organizations, and businesses to exercise their sincerely held religious beliefs;

(5) require citizenship verification of each voter and provide felony penalties for election code violations that threaten election integrity;

(6) propose to legalize the carrying of a handgun by a person who is not otherwise prohibited from possessing the handgun and to repeal criminal offenses otherwise related to carrying a handgun without a license;

(7) propose all monuments or markers in our state be protected by law from being removed, defaced, destroyed, or otherwise dishonored, including specific protection for the Alamo Cenotaph including that it shall not be removed from its current location off the Alamo Battlefield footprint; and

(8) propose to abolish the following practices:

(A) any intervention that prevents the natural progression of puberty of a minor;

(B) the administration of opposite sex hormones to a minor; and