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52Nov 3 election

Texas ballot measures

73 of the last 75 Texas ballot measures passed.

Texas’s statewide measures since 2012.

Past ballot measures
Proposition 1: Establish Special Funds for State Technical College System AmendmentNovember 4, 2025Passed69%
Proposition 2: Prohibit Capital Gains Tax on Individuals, Estates, and Trusts AmendmentNovember 4, 2025Passed66%
Proposition 3: Denial of Bail for Certain Violent or Sexual Offenses Punishable as a Felony AmendmentNovember 4, 2025Passed61%
Proposition 4: Allocate Portion of Sales Tax Revenue to Water Fund AmendmentNovember 4, 2025Passed71%
Proposition 5: Property Tax Exemption on Retail Animal Feed AmendmentNovember 4, 2025Passed64%
Proposition 6: Prohibit Taxes on Certain Securities Transactions AmendmentNovember 4, 2025Passed55%
Proposition 7: Establish Homestead Exemption for Surviving Spouses of Veterans Killed by a Service-Connected Disease AmendmentNovember 4, 2025Passed87%
Proposition 8: Prohibit Estate Taxes and New Taxes on Estate Transfers, Inheritances, and Gifts AmendmentNovember 4, 2025Passed72%
Proposition 9: Authorize $125,000 Tax Exemption for Tangible Property Used for Income Production AmendmentNovember 4, 2025Passed65%
Proposition 10: Property Tax Exemption for Improvements to Homestead Destroyed by Fire AmendmentNovember 4, 2025Passed89%
Proposition 11: Increase Homestead Tax Exemption for Elderly and Disabled AmendmentNovember 4, 2025Passed78%
Proposition 12: Change Membership and Authority of State Commission on Judicial Conduct AmendmentNovember 4, 2025Passed62%
Proposition 13: Increase Homestead Property Tax Exemption AmendmentNovember 4, 2025Passed79%
Proposition 14: Establish Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas AmendmentNovember 4, 2025Passed69%
Proposition 15: Parental Rights AmendmentNovember 4, 2025Passed70%
Proposition 16: Citizenship Voting Requirement AmendmentNovember 4, 2025Passed72%
Proposition 17: Property Tax Exemption for Border Security Infrastructure AmendmentNovember 4, 2025Passed58%
Proposition 1: Establish a right to farming, ranching, timber production, horticulture, and wildlife management in the Texas ConstitutionNovember 7, 2023Passed79%
Proposition 2: Amend the state constitution to allow counties or municipalities to authorize a property tax exemption on all or part of the appraised value of real property used to operate child-care facilitiesNovember 7, 2023Passed65%
Proposition 3: Amend the state constitution to prohibit the Legislature from enacting a wealth or net worth tax in the futureNovember 7, 2023Passed68%
Proposition 4: Amend the state constitution to increase the homestead tax exemption from $40,000 to $100,000; authorize the state legislature to limit the annual appraisal increase on non-homestead real property; exclude appropriations made to increase state education funding from the state appropriations limit; and authorize the state legislature to provide for four-year terms for members of the governing body of an appraisal entity in counties with a population of 75,000 or moreNovember 7, 2023Passed83%
Proposition 5: Rename the National Research University Fund to the Texas University Fund and allocating annually the interest income, dividends, and investment earnings from the state's rainy day fund to the university fund to support research activities at state universitiesNovember 7, 2023Passed64%
Proposition 6: Amend the state constitution to create the Texas Water Fund administered by the Texas Water Development Board to finance water projects in the stateNovember 7, 2023Passed78%
Proposition 7: Create the Texas Energy Fund to be administered by the Public Utilities Commission and authorizing the state legislature to allocate funds for the modernization of electric generating facilitiesNovember 7, 2023Passed65%
Proposition 8: Amend the state constitution to create the broadband infrastructure fund to finance broadband and telecommunications projectsNovember 7, 2023Passed69%
Proposition 9: Amend the state constitution to authorize the state legislature to make cost-of-living adjustments to certain annuitants, as defined by law, of the Teacher Retirement System of TexasNovember 7, 2023Passed84%
Proposition 10: Amend the state constitution to authorize the state legislature to provide for an ad valorem tax exemption on equipment and inventory manufactured by medical or biomedical companiesNovember 7, 2023Passed55%
Proposition 11: Amend the state constitution to authorize the state legislature to permit conservation and reclamation districts in El Paso County to issue bonds to fund parks and recreational facilitiesNovember 7, 2023Passed63%
Proposition 12: Amend the state constitution to provide for the abolishment of the Galveston County treasurer and authorizing the county to employ or contract a qualified person or designate another county officer to fulfill the function previously performed by the treasurerNovember 7, 2023Passed53%
Proposition 13: Amend the state constitution to increase the mandatory retirement age for state judges and justices from 75 to 79November 7, 2023Failed37%
Proposition 14: Amend the state constitution to create the Centennial Parks Conservation Fund—a trust fund for the creation and improvement of state parksNovember 7, 2023Passed77%
Proposition 1: Property Tax Limit Reduction for Elderly and Disabled Residents AmendmentMay 2022PassedNot recorded
Proposition 2: Increased Homestead Exemption for School District Property Taxes AmendmentMay 2022PassedNot recorded
Proposition 1: Amend the state constitution to authorize professional sports team charitable foundations to conduct raffles at rodeo venues and include professional association-sanctioned rodeos in the definition of professional sports teamNovember 2, 2021Passed84%
Proposition 2: Amend the state constitution to authorize counties to issue bonds to fund transportation and infrastructure projects in blighted areas; prohibit counties from allocating more than 65% of property tax revenue increases annually to repay the bonds; and prohibit counties from using the funds from the issuance of the bonds to build a toll roadNovember 2, 2021Passed63%
Proposition 3: Amend the state constitution to prohibit the state or any political subdivision from enacting a law, rule, order, or proclamation that limits religious services or organizationsNovember 2, 2021Passed62%
Proposition 4: Require a justice of the Supreme Court, a judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals, a justice of a Court of Appeals, and a district judge to be residents of Texas as well as citizens of the United States; have 10 years of experience in Texas as a practicing lawyer or judge of a state or county court for candidates of the supreme court, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, or a court of appeals; require eight years of experience in Texas as a practicing lawyer or judge of a state or county court for candidates of a district court; disqualify candidates if their license to practice law was revoked or suspended during experience requirement; and applies these requirements to individuals elected or appointed to a term beginning after January 1, 2025November 2, 2021Passed59%
Proposition 5: Add a provision to the state constitution that authorizes the State Commission on Judicial Conduct to investigate and discipline candidates seeking state judicial office in the same manner as judicial officeholdersNovember 2, 2021Passed59%
Proposition 6: Amend the state constitution to establish a right for residents of nursing or assisted living facilities to designate an essential caregiver, who cannot be prohibited from in-person visitationNovember 2, 2021Passed88%
Proposition 7: Amend the state constitution to allow the surviving spouse of a disabled individual to maintain a homestead property tax limit if the spouse is 55 years of age or older at the time of the death and remains at the homesteadNovember 2, 2021Passed87%
Proposition 8: Amend the state constitution to allow the legislature to provide a homestead property tax exemption for the surviving spouse of a military member "killed or fatally injured in the line of duty."November 2, 2021Passed88%
Proposition 1: Allowed to Serve as Multiple Municipal Judges AmendmentNovember 5, 2019Failed35%
Proposition 2: Water Development Board Bonds AmendmentNovember 5, 2019Passed66%
Proposition 3: Temporary Property Tax Exemption for Disaster Areas AmendmentNovember 5, 2019Passed85%
Proposition 4: Prohibit State Income Tax on Individuals AmendmentNovember 5, 2019Passed74%
Proposition 5: Sales Tax on Sporting Goods Dedicated to Parks, Wildlife, and Historical Agencies AmendmentNovember 5, 2019Passed88%
Proposition 6: Cancer Prevention and Research Institute Bonds AmendmentNovember 5, 2019Passed64%
Proposition 7: Increase Distributions to School Fund AmendmentNovember 5, 2019Passed74%
Proposition 8: Flood Infrastructure Fund AmendmentNovember 5, 2019Passed78%
Proposition 9: Precious Metals in Depositories Exempt from Property Tax AmendmentNovember 5, 2019Passed51%
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