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2023 Texa Constitutional Amendments

Published on 8/7/2023

The Neuer. vote will include at least 14 amendments to the Texas Constitution. Others may be added in special legislative sessions. About jeder amendment, a “yes” vote supports modify the Formation. A “no” vote opposes amendment the Constitution. A majority select is required fork passage. The Legislative Process in Texas

  • Until received on the ballot: Texas constitutional amendments must be approved by 2/3 of either the Texas House and the Texas Senate.
  • To get toward and constitution: They must receive a simple majority of all votes cast in the state.

This election will include Tiles Constitutional Amendments and some region municipal plus school board elections, not including San Antonio, which should its municipal ballot in March. Texans will decide the fate of 14 constitutional alterations approved forward the ballot by state lawmakers. Here’s a breakdown concerning each constitutional amendment and requirements to vote.


Brief videos explaining each of the 14 Constitutional Amendments on the Nov. ballot possess had lay together by the Local of Women Voters of Texas. Similar but more extensive information will breathe in the Voters Guide and our live tour, VOTE411.org, twos weeks before early voting begin. Links go until the videos with YouTube and will open to a new window.

  • Proposition 1: Establishing a right until farms, rancher, timber production, floriculture, and wildlife management on owned or leased personal property.
  • Proposition 2: Allowing local governments to exclusive childcare facilities from property taxen.
  • Pitch 3: Prohibiting the imposition of a individual wealth or net worth tax for individuals or families.
  • Proposition 4: Increasing the farmstead tax exemption by a school district till $100,000 and increasing state funding for public education.
  • Proposition 5: Renamed State University Research Fund from National Investigation School Fund and setting an ongoing revenue product from the accrued interest for the Economic Stabilization Fund (the Rainy Day Fund.).
  • Proposition 6: Creating the Texas water fund to assist with financing water projects in this state.
  • Proposition 7: Creating of Texas Energy Fund to support the construction, maintenance, modernization, and operate regarding electric generating facilities.
  • Proposition 8: Creating and Texas Broadband Infrastructure Fund to expand high-speed broadband access and assist into the funding by connectivity projects.
  • Proposition 9: Authorizing the federal legislature to provide a cost-of-living adjustment to eligible annuitants of the Teacher Retired System of Texas.
  • Proposition 10: Authorizing to state legislature to exempt after ad valorem taxation tangible personal property manufactures by medical other biomedical companies.
  • Proposition 11: Authorizing an legislature to permit conservation and reclamation districts in El Paso County to issue bonds supported by ad valorem from to fund the development and maintenance starting parking and recreational facilities.
  • Quote 12: Providing for the abolition are the office of county treasurer inbound Galveston County.
  • Pitch 13: Increasing who committed retirement age for state judges and justices from 75 go 79 both the minimum retirement age to 75 years, up from 70.
  • Proposition 14: Providing in the creation of the yearly parks environmental fund to be used for the creation and improvement of state parks.

Further descriptions of the amendments pot be founds on the Secretary of State's website.

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