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Texas Constitution, Article 1

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Article 1, Bill of Rights

41 sections · 0 paragraphs in this article.

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Tex. Const. art. 1, § 1 FREEDOM AND SOVEREIGNTY OF STATE
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Texas is a free and independent State, subject only to the Constitution of the United States; and the maintenance of our institutions and the perpetuity of the Union depend on the preservation of the right of local self-government unimpaired to all States.
Tex. Const. art. 1, § 2 INHERENT POLITICAL POWER; REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT
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All political power is inherent in the people and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their benefit. The faith of the people of Texas stands pledged to the preservation of a republican form of government, and, subject to that limitation only, t…
Tex. Const. art. 1, § 3 EQUAL RIGHTS
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All free men when they form a social compact have equal rights, and no man, or set men, is entitled to exclusive separate public emoluments, or privileges, but in consideration of public services.
Tex. Const. art. 1, § 3a EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW
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Equality under the law shall not be denied or abridged because of sex, race, color, creed, or national origin. This amendment is self-operative.

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Tex. Const. art. 1, § 4 RELIGIOUS TESTS

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No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office, or public trust, in this State; nor shall anyone be excluded from holding office on account of his religious sentiments, provided he acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being.

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 5 WITNESSES NOT DISQUALIFIED BY RELIGIOUS BELIEFS; OATHS AND AFFIRMATIONS

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No person shall be disqualified to give evidence to any of the courts of this State on account of his religious opinions, or for the want of any religious belief, but all oaths and affirmations shall be administered in the mode most binding upon the conscience, and shall be taken…

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 6 FREEDOM OF WORSHIP

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All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences. No man shall be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent. No human authority ought, in any …

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 6-a RELIGIOUS SERVICE PROTECTIONS

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This state or a political subdivision of this state may not enact, adopt, or issue a statute, order, proclamation, decision, or rule that prohibits or limits religious services, including religious services conducted in churches, congregations, and places of worship, in this stat…

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 7 APPROPRIATIONS FOR SECTARIAN PURPOSES

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No money shall be appropriated or drawn from the treasury for the benefit of any sect, or religious society, theological or religious seminary; nor shall property belonging to the State be appropriated for any such purposes.

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 8 FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND PRESS; LIBEL

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Every person shall be at liberty to speak, write or publish his opinions on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that privilege; and no law shall ever be passed curtailing the liberty of speech or of the press. In prosecution for the publication of papers investigating…

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 9 SEARCHES AND SEIZURES

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The people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers and possessions from all unreasonable seizures or searches, and no warrant to search any place, or to seize any person or thing, shall issue without describing them as near as may be, nor without probable cause supported…

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 10 RIGHTS OF ACCUSED IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS

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In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have a speedy public trial by an impartial jury. He shall have the right to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him and to have a copy thereof. He shall not be compelled to give evidence against himself. He shall ha…

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 11 BAIL

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All prisoners shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, unless for capital offenses when the proof is evident; but this provision shall not be so construed as to prevent bail after indictment found, upon examination of the evidence in such manner as may be prescribed by law.

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 11b DENIAL OF BAIL FOR VIOLATION OF CONDITION OF RELEASE

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Any person who is accused in this state of a felony or an offense involving family violence, who is released on bail pending trial, and whose bail is subsequently revoked or forfeited for a violation of a condition of release may be denied bail pending trial if a judge or magistr…

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 11c DENIAL OF BAIL FOR VIOLATION OF PROTECTIVE ORDER INVOLVING FAMILY VIOLENCE

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The legislature by general law may provide that any person who violates an order for emergency protection issued by a judge or magistrate after an arrest for an offense involving family violence or who violates an active protective order rendered by a court in a family violence c…

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 11a Section 11a

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DENIAL OF BAIL AFTER MULTIPLE FELONIES.

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 12 HABEAS CORPUS

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The writ of habeas corpus is a right, and shall never be suspended. The Legislature shall enact laws to render the remedy speedy and effectual.

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 13 EXCESSIVE BAIL OR FINES; CRUEL OR UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT; OPEN COURTS; REMEDY BY DUE COURSE OF LAW

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Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted. All courts shall be open, and every person done to him for an injury in his lands, goods, person, or reputation shall have remedy by due course of law.

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 14 DOUBLE JEOPARDY

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No person, for the same offense, shall twice be put in jeopardy of life or liberty; nor shall a person again be put on trial for the same offense after a verdict of not guilty in a court of competent jurisdiction.

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 15 RIGHT OF TRIAL BY JURY

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The right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate. The Legislature shall pass such laws as may be needed to regulate the same, and to maintain its purity and efficiency. Provided, that the Legislature may provide for the temporary commitment, for observation and/or treatment, of …

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 15-a COMMITMENT OF PERSONS OF UNSOUND MIND

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No person shall be committed as a person of unsound mind except on competent medical or psychiatric testimony. The Legislature may enact all laws necessary to provide for the trial, adjudication of insanity and commitment of persons of unsound mind and to provide for a method of …

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 16 BILLS OF ATTAINDER; EX POST FACTO OR RETROACTIVE LAWS; IMPAIRING OBLIGATION OF CONTRACTS

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No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, retroactive law, or law impairing the obligations of contracts shall ever be made.

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 17 Section 17

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TAKING PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC USE; SPECIAL PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES; CONTROL OF PRIVILEGES AND FRANCHISES.

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 18 IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT

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No person shall ever be imprisoned for debt.

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 19 DEPRIVATION OF LIFE, LIBERTY, PROPERTY, ETC

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BY DUE COURSE OF LAW. No citizen of this State shall be deprived of life, liberty, property, privileges or immunities, or in any manner disenfranchised, except by the due course of the law of the land.

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 20 OUTLAWRY OR TRANSPORTATION OUT OF STATE FOR OFFENSE

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No citizen shall be outlawed; nor shall any person be transported out of the State for any offense committed within the same. This section does not prohibit an agreement with another state providing for the confinement of inmates of this State in the penal or correctional facilit…

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 21 CORRUPTION OF BLOOD; FORFEITURE OF ESTATE; SUICIDES

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No conviction shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture of estate; and the estates of those who destroy their own lives shall descend or vest as in the case of natural death.

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 22 TREASON AGAINST STATE

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Treason against this State shall consist only in levying war against it, or adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort; and no person shall be convicted of treason except on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 23 RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS

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Every citizen shall have the right to keep and bear arms in the lawful defense of himself or the State; but the Legislature shall have the power by law to regulate the wearing of arms with a view to prevent crime.

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 24 MILITARY SUBORDINATE TO CIVIL AUTHORITY

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The military shall at all times be subordinate to the civil authority.

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 25 QUARTERING SOLDIERS IN HOUSES

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No soldier shall in time of peace be quartered in the house of any citizen without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war but in a manner prescribed by law.

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 26 PERPETUITIES AND MONOPOLIES; PRIMOGENITURE OR ENTAILMENTS

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Perpetuities and monopolies are contrary to the genius of a free government, and shall never be allowed; nor shall the law of primogeniture or entailments ever be in force in this State.

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 27 RIGHT OF ASSEMBLY; PETITION FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES

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The citizens shall have the right, in their own peaceable manner, to assemble together for their common good, and apply to those invested with the power of government for redress of grievances or other purposes, by petition, address or remonstrance.

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 28 SUSPENSION OF LAWS

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No power of suspending laws in this State shall be exercised except by the Legislature.

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 29 BILL OF RIGHTS EXCEPTED FROM POWERS OF GOVERNMENT AND INVIOLATE

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To guard against transgressions of the high powers herein delegated, we declare that every thing in this "Bill of Rights" is excepted out of the general powers of government, and shall forever remain inviolate, and all laws contrary thereto, or to the following provisions, shall …

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 30 Section 30

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RIGHTS OF CRIME VICTIMS.

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 31 Section 31

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FUNDS FOR COMPENSATION TO VICTIMS OF CRIME.

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 32 Section 32

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MARRIAGE.

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 33 Section 33

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PUBLIC ACCESS TO AND USE OF PUBLIC BEACHES.

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 34 Section 34

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RIGHT TO HUNT, FISH, AND HARVEST WILDLIFE.

Tex. Const. art. 1, § 35 Section 35

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RIGHT OF CERTAIN FACILITY RESIDENTS TO DESIGNATE ESSENTIAL CAREGIVER.