September 28, 2025
NEWS DIGEST
by Brandon Waltens
Good morning,
On the upcoming November general election ballot, 17 constitutional amendments will be placed before voters for their consideration.
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, True Texas Project, and Texas Policy Research have each released vote recommendations for the amendments.
While not including recommendations, the Texas Public Policy Foundation has released a full analysis of the amendments’ details.
Early voting will begin on Monday, October 20, 2025. Election Day is Tuesday, November 4, 2025.
Proposition 1: Creating funds to support the capital needs of educational programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System.
TFR: Oppose
TTP: Oppose
TPR: Oppose
Proposition 2: Banning taxes on the realized or unrealized capital gains of an individual, family, estate, or trust.
TFR: Support
TTP: Support
TPR: Support
Proposition 3 (SJR 5): Denying bail under certain circumstances to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony.
TFR: Neutral
TTP: Support
TPR: Oppose
Proposition 4: Dedicating a portion of state sales and use tax revenues to the Texas water fund and to provide for the allocation and use of that revenue.
TFR: Oppose
TTP: Oppose
TPR: Oppose
Proposition 5: Exempting from ad valorem taxation tangible personal property consisting of animal feed held by the owner of the property for sale at retail.
TFR: Support
TTP: Support
TPR: Support
Proposition 6: Prohibits the Legislature from imposing an occupation tax on certain entities that enter into transactions conveying securities or imposing a tax on certain securities transactions.
TFR: Support
TTP: Support
TPR: Support
Proposition 7: Providing for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a veteran who died as a result of a condition or disease that is presumed to have been service-connected.
TFR: Support
TTP: Oppose
TPR: Support
Proposition 8: Prohibiting the Legislature from imposing death taxes applicable to a decedent’s property or the transfer of an estate, inheritance, legacy, succession, or gift.
TFR: Support
TTP: Support
TPR: Support
Proposition 9: Exempting from ad valorem taxation a portion of the market value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income.
TFR: Support
TTP: Support
TPR: Support
Proposition 10: Providing a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of the appraised value of an improvement to a residence homestead that is completely destroyed by a fire.
TFR: Support
TTP: Support
TPR: Support
Proposition 11: Increasing the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the market value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled.
TFR: Neutral
TTP: Oppose
TPR: Oppose
Proposition 12: Relating to the authority of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, the tribunal, and the Texas Supreme Court to more effectively sanction judges and justices for judicial misconduct.
TFR: Neutral
TTP: Support
TPR: Support
Proposition 13: Raising the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district from $100,000 to $140,000.
TFR: Support
TTP: Reluctantly Support
TPR: Support
Proposition 14: Creating the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and related disorders in this state.
TFR: Oppose
TTP: Oppose
TPR: Oppose
Proposition 15: Parents are the primary decision makers for their children.
TFR: Support
TTP: Oppose
TPR: Support
Proposition 16: Voters must be United States citizens.
TFR: Support
TTP: Support
TPR: Support
Proposition 17: Providing an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the amount of the market value of real property located in a county that borders the United Mexican States that arises from the installation or construction on the property of border security infrastructure and related improvements.
TFR: Support
TTP: Support
TPR: Support
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