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§ 3.30 — LAWS PASSED BY BILL; AMENDMENTS CHANGING PURPOSE PROHIBITED.

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Tex. Texas Constitution Code Ann. § 3.30 (2026).

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30.LAWS PASSED BY BILL; AMENDMENTS CHANGING PURPOSE PROHIBITED. No law shall be passed, except by bill, and no bill shall be so amended in its passage through either House, as to change its original purpose. (Feb. 15, 1876.)

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§ 3.1
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
§ 3.10
QUORUM; ADJOURNMENTS FROM DAY TO DAY; COMPELLING ATTENDANCE.
§ 3.11
RULES OF PROCEDURE; PUNISHMENT OR EXPULSION OF MEMBER.
§ 3.12
JOURNALS OF PROCEEDINGS; RECORD VOTES.
§ 3.13
VACANCY IN LEGISLATURE.
§ 3.14
PRIVILEGE FROM ARREST DURING LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
§ 3.15
DISRESPECTFUL OR DISORDERLY CONDUCT; OBSTRUCTION OF PROCEEDINGS.
§ 3.16
OPEN SESSIONS.
§ 3.17
ADJOURNMENTS.
§ 3.18
INELIGIBILITY FOR OTHER OFFICES; VOTING FOR OTHER MEMBERS; INTEREST IN STATE OR COUNTY CONTRACTS.
§ 3.19
INELIGIBILITY OF PERSONS HOLDING OTHER OFFICES.
§ 3.2
MEMBERSHIP OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
§ 3.20
ELIGIBILITY OF COLLECTORS OF TAXES OR PERSONS ENTRUSTED WITH PUBLIC MONEY.
§ 3.21
WORDS SPOKEN IN DEBATE.
§ 3.22
DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL OR PRIVATE INTEREST IN MEASURE OR BILL; NOT TO VOTE.
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