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Texas Proposition 2, Legislative Bill Titles Amendment (1986)

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Texas Proposition 2

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Election date

November 4, 1986

Topic
Administration of government
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Texas Proposition 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 4, 1986. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported the amendment to require the legislature to include a title expressing the subject matter of the bill within each bill.

A "no" vote opposed the amendment to require the legislature to include a title expressing the subject matter of the bill within each bill.


Election results

Texas Proposition 2

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

1,811,414 73.56%
No 651,146 26.44%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 2 was as follows:

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to statutory revision and to the requirement that each bill have a title expressing the subject of the bill.

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 Senate Joint Resolution 33 during the 69th regular legislative session in 1985.[1]

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