Texas Proposition 11, Record of Legislative Votes Amendment (2007)
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| Topic Open meetings and public information and State legislative processes and sessions |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Texas Proposition 11 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 6, 2007. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported requiring recorded votes on all bills, with certain exceptions, and online publication of vote records for public access. |
A "no" vote opposed requiring recorded votes on all bills, with certain exceptions, and online publication of vote records for public access. |
Election results
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Texas Proposition 11 |
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893,686 | 84.53% | ||
| No | 163,553 | 15.47% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 11 was as follows:
| “ | Proposing a constitutional amendment to require each house of the legislature to take a record vote on final passage of a bill other than certain local bills, of a resolution proposing or ratifying a constitutional amendment, or of any other nonceremonial resolution, and to publish the record vote on the Internet. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Texas Constitution
A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the Texas State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.
The constitutional amendment was introduced into the Texas State Legislature as House Joint Resolution 19 during the 80th regular legislative session in 2007.[1]
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Footnotes
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