Texas Proposition 12, Court Jurisdictions Amendment (1985)

Texas Proposition 12
Election date November 5, 1985
Topic State judiciary
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 12 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 5, 1985. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported the amendment to grant the Supreme Court of Texas and Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas the jurisdiction and ability to answer questions of state law when requested to do so by federal court.

A "no" vote opposed the amendment to grant the Supreme Court of Texas and Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas the jurisdiction and ability to answer questions of state law when requested to do so by federal court.

Election results

Texas Proposition 12
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		647,276	73.05%
No		238,802	26.95%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 12 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment granting the supreme court and the court of criminal appeals jurisdiction to answer questions of state law certified from federal appellate courts.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Texas Constitution

A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the Texas State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.

The constitutional amendment was introduced into the Texas State Legislature as Senate Joint Resolution 10 during the 69th regular legislative session in 1985.

See also

1985 Measures

• 1985 Measures
• State judiciary on the ballot
• 1985 legislative sessions

Texas

• Texas ballot measures
• Texas ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Constitutional Amendments