Resolutions--constitutional Amendments

State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide that the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes is the market value of the property for the first year that the owner qualified the property for a homestead exemption or, if the owner purchased the property, the purchase price of the property. [SJR-55]
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide that the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes is the market value of the property for the first year that the owner qualified the property for a homestead exemption or, if the owner purchased the property, the purchase price of the property.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. David Middleton Read First Time on 03/03/2023

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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to expand eligibility for Medicaid to certain persons under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. [HJR-117]
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to expand eligibility for Medicaid to certain persons under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Reynolds Read First Time on 03/13/2023

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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment to direct the legislature to authorize and regulate the possession, cultivation, and sale of cannabis for medical use. [HJR-118]
Proposing a constitutional amendment to direct the legislature to authorize and regulate the possession, cultivation, and sale of cannabis for medical use.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Reynolds Read First Time on 03/13/2023

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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment creating the water for Texas fund to assist in financing water projects in this state. [HJR-116]
Proposing a constitutional amendment creating the water for Texas fund to assist in financing water projects in this state.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tracy King Read First Time on 03/13/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Extending the deadline for the automatic rescission of certain applications made by the Texas Legislature to the United States Congress to call a national convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for proposing any amendment to that constitution. [SJR-52]
Extending the deadline for the automatic rescission of certain applications made by the Texas Legislature to the United States Congress to call a national convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for proposing any amendment to that constitution.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Birdwell Point Of Order Withdrawn Rule 4, Section 18(a) on 05/23/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to establish a limit on the maximum appraised value of real property other than a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes. [SJR-53]
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to establish a limit on the maximum appraised value of real property other than a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Hughes Read First Time on 03/03/2023

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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to enact laws providing for the denial of bail to a person accused of committing a trafficking or sexual offense against a child while released on bail for committing a similar offense. [SJR-51]
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to enact laws providing for the denial of bail to a person accused of committing a trafficking or sexual offense against a child while released on bail for committing a similar offense.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Parker Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 03/03/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the time during which the legislature may act on bills or resolutions during a regular session. [HJR-113]
Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the time during which the legislature may act on bills or resolutions during a regular session.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Klick Read First Time on 03/13/2023

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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment recognizing the right of an individual to refuse a vaccination. [HJR-114]
Proposing a constitutional amendment recognizing the right of an individual to refuse a vaccination.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Stan Lambert Read First Time on 03/13/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district and to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in the exemption amount. [HJR-115]
Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district and to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in the exemption amount.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer Read First Time on 03/13/2023

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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items. [SJR-50]
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Hall Posting Rule Suspended on 02/15/2023

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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the electric generating facility fund to finance construction of electric generating facilities. [HJR-112]
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the electric generating facility fund to finance construction of electric generating facilities.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Shaheen Read First Time on 03/13/2023

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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment creating a university research fund to support emerging research universities in The University of Texas System or The Texas A&M University System and disqualifying all component institutions of those university systems from receiving money from the national research university fund. [SJR-49]
Proposing a constitutional amendment creating a university research fund to support emerging research universities in The University of Texas System or The Texas A&M University System and disqualifying all component institutions of those university systems from receiving money from the national research university fund.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Perry Read First Time on 03/03/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a person's inventory. [SJR-46]
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a person's inventory.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Drew Springer Read First Time on 03/01/2023

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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation. [SJR-47]
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Creighton Read First Time on 03/01/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of commercial real property for ad valorem tax purposes. [SJR-48]
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of commercial real property for ad valorem tax purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Creighton Read First Time on 03/01/2023

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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail under some circumstances to a person accused of certain violent or sexual offenses or of continuous trafficking of persons and requiring a judge or magistrate to impose the least restrictive conditions of bail that may be necessary to ensure the person's appearance in court as required and the safety of the community, law enforcement, and the victim of the alleged offense. [SJR-44]
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail under some circumstances to a person accused of certain violent or sexual offenses or of continuous trafficking of persons and requiring a judge or magistrate to impose the least restrictive conditions of bail that may be necessary to ensure the person's appearance in court as required and the safety of the community, law enforcement, and the victim of the alleged offense.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lois Kolkhorst Postponed 9/1/23 10:00 Am on 05/23/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the electric generating facility fund to finance construction and maintenance of electric generating and transmission facilities. [SJR-45]
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the electric generating facility fund to finance construction and maintenance of electric generating and transmission facilities.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Perry Read First Time on 03/01/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the Texas severance tax revenue and oil and natural gas (Texas STRONG) defense fund, dedicating the money in that fund to benefit areas of the state significantly affected by oil and gas production, and providing for the transfer of certain general revenues to that fund, the economic stabilization fund, the state highway fund, the oil and gas regulation and cleanup account, the Texas emissions reduction plan fund, and the property tax relief fund. [HJR-111]
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the Texas severance tax revenue and oil and natural gas (Texas STRONG) defense fund, dedicating the money in that fund to benefit areas of the state significantly affected by oil and gas production, and providing for the transfer of certain general revenues to that fund, the economic stabilization fund, the state highway fund, the oil and gas regulation and cleanup account, the Texas emissions reduction plan fund, and the property tax relief fund.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Guillen Referred To Finance on 05/04/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment creating the water for Texas fund to assist in financing water projects in this state. [SJR-43]
Proposing a constitutional amendment creating the water for Texas fund to assist in financing water projects in this state.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Perry Read First Time on 03/01/2023

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