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HJR175 • 2025

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right to own, hold, and use a mutually agreed upon medium of exchange.

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right to own, hold, and use a mutually agreed upon medium of exchange.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Gerdes | Bumgarner | Leo Wilson
Last action
2025-05-15
Official status
05/15/2025 S Left pending in committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right to own, hold, and use a mutually agreed upon medium of exchange.

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right to own, hold, and use a mutually agreed upon medium of exchange.

What This Bill Does

  • Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right to own, hold, and use a mutually agreed upon medium of exchange.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  2. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  3. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  4. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  5. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  6. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  7. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Business & Commerce

  8. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar

  9. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  10. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Adopted

  11. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1898

  12. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  13. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  14. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  15. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  16. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  17. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  18. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  19. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  20. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  21. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  22. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  23. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  24. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  25. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  26. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  27. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

  28. 2025-03-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right to own, hold, and use a mutually agreed upon medium of exchange.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HJR 175 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

89R22283 MLH-F

By: Gerdes, Bumgarner, Leo Wilson

H.J.R. No. 175

A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right to own,

hold, and use a mutually agreed upon medium of exchange.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by

adding Section 37 to read as follows:

Sec.

37.

The right of the people to own, hold, and use a

mutually agreed upon medium of exchange, including cash, coin,

bullion, digital currency, or privately issued scrip, when trading

and contracting for goods and services shall not be infringed. No

government shall prohibit or encumber the ownership or holding of

any form or amount of money or other currency.

Nothing in this

section shall be construed as restricting this state from choosing

the medium of exchange the state will accept for payments made to

the state.

SECTION 2. 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 recognizing the right

of the people to own, hold, and use a mutually agreed upon medium of

exchange, including cash, coin, bullion, digital currency, or

privately issued scrip."