85R137 ADM-D     By: Gonzales of Williamson H.B. No. 270       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the placement on a ballot of a proposition to amend the   state constitution.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 274, Election Code, is   amended by adding Section 274.004 to read as follows:          Sec. 274.004.  PLACEMENT ON BALLOT.  A proposition   submitting a proposed constitutional amendment must be placed   before all parties, offices, names, and other propositions on the   ballot.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.