Abbott signs Texas law explicitly states that only U.S. citizens can vote in state elections

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation on Monday, which he said “clearly shows” that only U.S. citizens can vote in their state elections.

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Texas Sen. Brian Birdwell, a Republican, proposed the Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 37 in January, in which he proposed a constitutional amendment to clarify that voters in Texas elections must be U.S. citizens

Prior to the resolution, the Constitution prohibited people under the age of 18, as well as those who were mentally powerless by the court or convicted of felony crimes, to be unable to vote in the election.

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However, the amendment proposes to add a line to the human class of Texas that is “no voting”, which reads “people who are not American citizens.”

Birdwell's joint resolution was approved by the state Senate in April and then by the state Capitol in May.

Abbott signed a joint resolution on Monday, but it still has one step. In fact, Texas citizens will be final in November on whether the state constitution can be ratified to include the requirement in the state constitution.

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Texas voters will have the opportunity to give a final say on whether to allow a U.S. referendum to vote in the state’s elections. (John Moore/Getty Image)

Fox News Digital has contacted Abbott's and Birdwell's offices for comment.

Last month, a federal judge blocked an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that would require documentary proof of citizenship before being allowed to register for a vote.

Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the District Court of Columbia distributed the order in a March 25 Trump executive order related to election integrity, three separate plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against five different provisions. Although Kollar-Kotelly rejected a request to block three provisions, he approved a request to approve two other provisions related to the proof of citizenship among voters.

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Voters fill in her ballot. (George Frey/AFP via Getty Images)

The first blockade attempted to force the Election Assistance Commission to modify its standardized national voter registration form to require a record of citizenship. The second attempt was made to require people who provided public assistance to register voter registration federal agencies to “evaluate” individual citizenship before that.

“Our constitution entrusted Congress and states, not presidents – to have the power to regulate federal elections. Consistent with the distribution of power, Congress is currently debating legislation that will affect many changes that the president claims to order,” Clinton-Kotelly, Kollar-Kotelly, Kollar-Kotelly, declared. “The delegation without legal authority authorized to the executive branch allows the President to short-circuit the deliberations of the General Assembly as per the executive order.”

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Meanwhile, 25 states, including Texas, including Texas, are considering some form of citizenship proof legislation, according to the voting rights lab that tracks such legislation. A total of 15 states have constitutions that explicitly prohibit non-referendums.

Alec Schemmel of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.