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By: Middleton |
S.J.R. No. 54 |
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(In the Senate - Filed February 21, 2023; March 3, 2023, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; |
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March 30, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 1; March 30, 2023, |
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sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.J.R. No. 54 |
By: Hughes |
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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit a court from |
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issuing an opinion without disclosing the judges who authored the |
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opinion. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article V, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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adding Section 1-b to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1-b. The authorship of an opinion published by a court |
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is public information. A court shall list the authors of any |
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opinion published by the court. |
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SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment to prohibit a court |
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from issuing an opinion without disclosing the judges who authored |
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the opinion." |
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