By: Hughes S.J.R. No. 70
         (In the Senate - Filed February 28, 2023; March 16, 2023,
  read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
  April 13, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 10, Nays 1; April 13, 2023,
  sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.J.R. No. 70 By:  Paxton
 
 
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
 
 
  proposing a constitutional amendment protecting the right of
  parents to raise their children.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by
  adding Section 36 to read as follows:
         Sec. 36.  (a)  A parent has the inherent right to exercise
  care, custody, and control of the parent's child and to make
  decisions for the upbringing of the parent's child, including but
  not limited to decisions regarding the education, moral and
  religious training, and health care of the child.
         (b)  The state or a political subdivision of this state shall
  not interfere with the rights of a parent described by Subsection
  (a) of this section unless the interference is:
               (1)  essential to further a compelling governmental
  interest; and
               (2)  narrowly tailored to accomplish that compelling
  governmental interest.
         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 establishing parents
  as the primary decision-makers for their children."
 
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