Tex. Gov't Code § 665.003 · Subchapter A. IMPEACHMENT BY HOUSE
IMPEACHMENT WHEN HOUSE IS IN SESSION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The house of representatives may conduct an impeachment proceeding at a regular or called session at its pleasure without further call or action.
(b) If the house is conducting an impeachment proceeding at the time a session expires or ends by house or senate adjournment on legislative matters, the house may:
(1) continue in session to conduct the impeachment proceeding; or
(2) adjourn to a later time to conclude the impeachment proceeding.
(c) If the house adjourns under Subsection (b)(2), it may continue the impeachment proceeding through committees or agents.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.665.htm
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- 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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