Tex. Const. art. III, § 1 · Article 3. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
The Legislative power of this State shall be vested in a Senate and House of Representatives, which together shall be styled "The Legislature of the State of Texas."
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.3.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 222144aa5c3f8d67a97638e10ae72d2706e62382b5bc0bb926528f64847ac23a
- 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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