SJR35 - Proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal the constitutional provision providing that marriage in this state consists only of the union of one man and one woman and prohibiting this state or a political subdivision of this state from creating or recognizing any legal status identical or similar to marriage, and to change certain terminology used to refer to the parties to a marriage.

  89R875 MLH-F     By: Johnson S.J.R. No. 35       A JOINT RESOLUTION   proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal the constitutional   provision providing that marriage in this state consists only of   the union of one man and one woman and prohibiting this state or a   political subdivision of this state from creating or recognizing   any legal status identical or similar to marriage, and to change   certain terminology used to refer to the parties to a marriage.          BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 32, Article I, Texas Constitution, is   repealed.          SECTION 2.  Section 52, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 52.  On the death of one [ the husband or wife, ] or both   spouses , the homestead shall descend and vest in like manner as   other real property of the deceased, and shall be governed by the   same laws of descent and distribution, but it shall not be   partitioned among the heirs of the deceased during the lifetime of   the surviving spouse  [ husband or wife ], or so long as the survivor   [ surviver ] may elect to use or occupy the same as a homestead, or so   long as the guardian of the minor children of the deceased may be   permitted, under the order of the proper court having the   jurisdiction, to use and occupy the same.          SECTION 3.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be   submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.   The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the   proposition: "The constitutional amendment repealing the   constitutional provision providing that marriage in this state   consists only of the union of one man and one woman and prohibiting   this state or a political subdivision of this state from creating or   recognizing any legal status identical or similar to marriage, and   changing certain terminology used to refer to the parties to a   marriage."