Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 2: Difference between revisions

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In 1965, an amendment increasing the Senate to thirty-nine members was defeated with 61% voting against [https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/sessionLaws/59-0/SJR_44.pdf it].
In 1965, an amendment increasing the Senate to thirty-nine members was defeated with 61% voting against [https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/Constitutional_Amendments/Amendments59_tlc_1965-09-07.pdf#page=13 it].


The section has been amended once. The 1999 amendment was part of a so-called "constitutional cleanup amendment."
This section has been amended once. The 1999 modification was part of a "constitutional cleanup amendment."


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|seo_title=Article III, Section 2 of the Texas Constitution ("Membership of Senate and House of Representatives")
|seo_title=Article III, Section 2 of the Texas Constitution ("Membership of Senate and House of Representatives")
|seo_keywords=Article 3 Section 3, Texas Legislature, number legislators
|seo_keywords=Article 3 Section 2, number of Senators, number of Representatives
|seo_description=The Senate shall consist of thirty-one members. The House of Representatives shall consist of 150 members.
|seo_description=The Texas Senate has thirty-one members and the Texas House of Representatives has 150 members.
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|seo_image_alt=Article III: Legislative Department
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