Tex. Const. art. I, § 4 · Article 1. BILL OF RIGHTS
RELIGIOUS TESTS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office, or public trust, in this State; nor shall any one be excluded from holding office on account of his religious sentiments, provided he acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Feb. 15, 1876.)
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 0ecea2969c4e18cad08523ace1ac9ff89ca49e4543ce43d8d5fdc3ea3892e11d
- 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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