Tex. Const. art. III, § 16 · Article 3. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
OPEN SESSIONS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
The sessions of each House shall be open, except the Senate when in Executive session.
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 d559b253918a3e34bb22d01c1e32938ea4a7510d36962c96baa8772736dc9dab
- 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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