Tex. Const. art. I, § 20 · Article 1. BILL OF RIGHTS
OUTLAWRY OR TRANSPORTATION OUT OF STATE FOR OFFENSE.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
No citizen shall be outlawed. No person shall be transported out of the State for any offense committed within the same. This section does not prohibit an agreement with another state providing for the confinement of inmates of this State in the penal or correctional facilities of that state.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Feb. 15, 1876. Amended Nov. 5, 1985.)
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CN/htm/CN.1.htm
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- sha256 408986e3ff675a5fe5270b9839efeb62df8293a2b5ca83525ea34e8ef144f7f9
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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