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Texas Wearing of Firearms Amendment (2015)

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The Texas Wearing of Firearms Amendment was not on the November 3, 2015 ballot in Texas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have disempowered the state legislature from regulating the wearing of firearms.[1]

The measure was introduced into the Texas Legislature by Rep. James White (R-19) as House Joint Resolution 56.[2]

Text of measure

Ballot title

The proposed ballot title was:[1]

The constitutional amendment removing the state constitutional authority of the legislature to regulate the wearing of arms.[3]

Constitutional changes

See also: Article 1, Texas Constitution

The proposed amendment would have amended Section 23 of Article 1 of the Texas Constitution. The following struck-through text would have been deleted by the proposed measure's approval:[1]

Sec. 23.

Every citizen shall have the right to keep and bear arms in the lawful defense of himself or the State; but the Legislature shall have power, by law, to regulate the wearing of arms, with a view to prevent crime.[3]

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Texas Constitution

The proposed constitutional amendment was filed by Rep. James White (R-19) as House Joint Resolution 56 on December 10, 2014.[2] A two-thirds vote in both chambers of the Texas State Legislature was required to refer this amendment to the ballot. Texas is one of 16 states that require a two-thirds supermajority vote in both chambers.

See also

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Texas Legislature, "HJR No. 56," accessed January 23, 2015
  2. 2.0 2.1 Texas Legislature, "HJR No. 56 History," accessed January 23, 2015
  3. 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "quotedisclaimer" defined multiple times with different content