HJR 13 Texas House · 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Proposing a constitutional amendment specifying the authority of the attorney general to prosecute a criminal offense prescribed by the election laws of this state.

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to clarify that Texas's Attorney General can prosecute election-related criminal offenses alongside local district attorneys. It amends Article IV, Section 22 of the Texas Constitution to explicitly grant the Attorney General concurrent jurisdiction with county/district attorneys for enforcing election laws. The amendment does not create new laws but specifies existing prosecutorial authority for election crimes. If approved by voters in the May 2026 election, it would change how election law violations are handled in criminal cases.
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Introduced Aug 20, 2025 Last action Aug 20, 2025
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