Texas Proposition 2, Constitutional Amendment Process Amendment (May 1971)

Texas Proposition 2
Election date May 18, 1971
Topic State legislatures measures
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on May 18, 1971. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported the amendment to change the process by which the Texas Constitution could be amended to allow the legislature to propose amendments at any session of the legislature.

A "no" vote opposed the amendment to change the process by which the Texas Constitution could be amended to allow the legislature to propose amendments at any session of the legislature.

Election results

Texas Proposition 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		344,268	44.83%
No		423,718	55.17%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 2 was as follows:

“

Proposing an amendment to Article XVII, Section, of the Texas Constitution, to alter the procedure of amending the constitution.

”

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 21 during the 62nd regular legislative session in 1971.

See also

1971 Measures

• 1971 Measures
• State legislatures measures on the ballot
• 1971 legislative sessions

Texas

• Texas ballot measures
• Texas ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Constitutional Amendments