Texas Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Powers During Emergency Declarations Amendment (2025)
| Texas Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Powers During Emergency Declarations Amendment | |
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| Election date November 4, 2025 | |
| Topic State executive powers and duties and State legislative processes and sessions | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Texas Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Powers During Emergency Declarations Amendment is not on the ballot in Texas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 4, 2025.[1]
The amendment would have provided for state executive, legislative, and judicial powers during certain disasters or emergency declarations.[2]
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Amending the Texas Constitution
- See also: Amending the Texas Constitution
A two-thirds (66.67%) vote is required during one legislative session for the Texas State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 100 votes in the Texas House of Representatives and 21 votes in the Texas State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
Senate Joint Resolution 40 (2025)
The following is the timeline of the constitutional amendment in the state legislature:
- January 22, 2025: Senate Joint Resolution 40 (SJR 40) was prefiled.[1]
- April 10, 2025: The senate passed SJR 40 by a vote of 30-0.[1]
- June 2, 2025: The legislature adjourned without final passage of the amendment.
| Vote in the Texas State Senate | |||
| Requirement: Two-thirds (66.67 percent) vote of all members in each chamber | |||
Number of yes votes required: 21  | |||
| Yes | No | Not voting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| Total percent | 96.8% | 0.0% | 3.2% |
| Democrat | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 19 | 0 | 1 |
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