Tag: texas
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Texas voters will decide on amendments related to noncitizen voting, death taxes, a state institute for dementia prevention and research, and property tax exemption for animal feed in November
The Texas State Legislature took the final votes needed to send four constitutional amendments to the Nov. 4 ballot this week. Texas will be the 15th state to decide on a constitutional amendment prohibiting noncitizens from voting in state elections. From 2018 to 2024, voters approved 14 ballot measures related to citizenship voting requirements. In…
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Texans to decide on amendment to prohibit noncitizens from voting in 2025 ahead of three other states deciding on the issue in 2026
The Texas State Legislature voted to send a constitutional amendment to voters that would add language to the state constitution prohibiting noncitizens from voting. Currently, Texas has a statutory citizenship requirement to vote. Adding this requirement to the state constitution effectively raises the threshold for any changes to the policy from a simple majority of…
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Texas voters will decide on an amendment to prohibit taxes on realized or unrealized capital gains of an individual, estate, or trust in Nov. 2025
The Texas State Legislature voted to send an amendment to voters this November that would prohibit the legislature from enacting taxes on realized or unrealized capital gains of an individual, family, estate, or trust, including a tax on the sale or transfer of a capital asset. The amendment would not apply to property taxes, sales…
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Texas voters will decide on an amendment to ban taxes on securities transfers and certain financial transactions in November
The Texas State Legislature has voted to send the first constitutional amendment to voters for Nov. 4, 2025. House Joint Resolution 4 (HJR 4) would amend the Texas Constitution to prohibit the state legislature from enacting an occupation tax on registered securities market operators or a tax on securities transactions. A registered securities market operator…
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Texas to become 16th state to pass universal school choice program
What’s the story? The Texas State Legislature passed Senate Bill (SB) 2 on April 24, 2025, and Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has said on social media that he will sign it once it reaches him. Texas is the 16th state to enact a universal education savings account (ESA) program providing public funds for alternatives to…
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Texas Legislature passes state DOGE and judicial nondeference bill
On April 14, 2025, the Texas Legislature approved Senate Bill 14 and sent it to the governor’s office. SB 14 was designed to create a new department tasked with promoting efficiency in the Texas state government and prohibit judicial deference to state agencies. If signed into law, the bill would establish a Texas Regulatory Efficiency…
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Texas House rejects amendment to universal school choice bill that would have placed statutory measure on statewide ballot for first time
In Texas, House Republicans defeated an amendment to Senate Bill 2 on April 16 that would have required the proposed universal education savings account (ESA) program to be placed on the Nov. 4, 2025, ballot for voters to decide. Had it been placed on the ballot, Senate Bill 2 would have been the first statewide…
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Texas voters in largest cities to decide 42 local ballot measures on May 3
Ballotpedia is covering 42 ballot measures in nine counties in Texas on May 3. All 42 ballot measures were referred to the ballot by a vote of a local governing board, such as a county board or city council. This is an increase in ballot measures compared to the previous even-year May election in Texas…
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San Antonio’s mayoral election first in 16 years without an incumbent
Twenty-seven candidates are running in the nonpartisan general election for mayor of San Antonio, Texas, on May 3, 2025. Beto Altamirano, John Courage, Adriana Garcia, Melissa Cabello Havrda, Gina Ortiz Jones, Rolando Pablos, Manny Pelaez, and Clayton Perry are notable candidates based on media attention, polling, and endorsements. Incumbent Ron Nirenberg, elected in June 2017, is term-limited. Though the office is nonpartisan, Nirenberg is a Democrat. He…
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Voters to decide on creating city of Starbase, Texas, home of SpaceX, on May 3
Voters in the unincorporated area of Cameron County, Texas, known as Starbase—home to SpaceX—will decide on May 3 whether to incorporate it as a city. If approved, Starbase would become a Type C general law municipality with a commission form of government comprising a mayor and two commissioners. Elections for mayor and commissioner will be…