Tex. Const. art. III, § 31 · Article 3. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
ORIGINATION IN EITHER HOUSE; AMENDMENT.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
Bills may originate in either House, and, when passed by such House, may be amended, altered or rejected by the other.
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
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- 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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