Tex. Const. art. I, § 32 · Article 1. BILL OF RIGHTS
MARRIAGE.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
(a) Marriage in this state shall consist only of the union of one man and one woman.
(b) This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Added Nov. 8, 2005.)
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
- Text hash
- sha256 734bf979e5f9a638618f1c42698a8c2e54451a6f2c25741fbda7d9940cfc9b1e
- 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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