One hundred house members and twenty-one senators constitute a two-thirds majority.
Individual legislators' votes must be publicly recorded.
The Legislature picks the date for the ratification election.
A brief explanatory statement of each proposed amendment drafted by the Secretary of State and approved by the Attorney General must be widely published before the election.
Full Source: Article 17 of the Texas Constitution outlines amendment
procedures. The full Constitution of the State of Texas is available
from the Texas Legislature Online at
http://www.constitution.legis.state.tx.us accessed March 31, 2005.