By: Campbell, et al. S.J.R. No. 61
         (In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2021; March 24, 2021, read
  first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
  April 21, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 2, one present not
  voting; April 21, 2021, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.J.R. No. 61 By:  Campbell
 
 
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
 
 
  proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting temporary
  suspension of absentee voting procedures.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2, Article VI, Texas Constitution, is
  amended by adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows:
         (d)  The qualifications for absentee voting and procedures
  for conducting absentee voting may not be amended or suspended
  except by specific law passed by the Legislature.
         (e)  A law passed by the Legislature granting the governor
  general authority to suspend provisions of statute or rules of a
  state agency does not grant the governor authority to amend or
  suspend the qualifications for absentee voting or the procedures
  for conducting absentee voting unless the law expressly provides
  otherwise.
         (f)  A law passed by the Legislature granting a presiding
  officer of the governing body of a political subdivision general
  authority to declare a local state of disaster does not grant the
  presiding officer authority to amend or suspend the qualifications
  for absentee voting or the procedures for conducting absentee
  voting unless the law expressly provides otherwise.
         SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021.
  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
  proposition:  "The constitutional amendment prohibiting temporary
  suspension of absentee voting procedures."
 
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