Voters across Texas took to the polls on Nov. 4 as 17 different propositions to amend the Texas Constitution appeared on the ballot, and unofficial election results are now in. Results, collated from the Texas Tribune, are below:
Proposition 1: Creating an endowment for the Texas State Technical College Program to fix campus infrastructure, upgrade classroom equipment and expand its footprint across the state.
- For: 69% with 2,041,859 votes
- Against: 31% with 916,217 votes
Proposition 2: Banning the state from taxing people or businesses on profits or potential profits from capital assets such as investments, real estate, valuable items and certain personal property.
- For: 65% with 1,937,917 votes
- Against: 35% with 1,026,718 votes
Proposition 3: Requiring judges to deny bail for individuals accused of committing specific felonies, such as murder, aggravated assault and indecency with a child.
- For: 61% with 1,809,465 votes
- Against: 39% with 1,150,122 votes
Proposition 4: Allocating up to $1 billion of sales tax revenue into the Texas Water Fund each year starting in 2027. This would be used to fix infrastructure, develop new water sources and support conservation efforts to help meet the state’s increasing water demands.
- For: 70% with 2,077,449 votes
- Against: 30% with 872,670 votes
Proposition 5: Extending tax exemptions on animal feed when it’s held as inventory to be sold.
- For: 64% with 1,847,664 votes
- Against: 36% with 1,057,001 votes
Proposition 6: Prohibiting the state from creating new taxes on securities transactions, such a stock trading, and from taxing those who operate or work in the securities market, including financial institutions, brokers and dealers.
- For: 55% with 1,588,054 votes
- Against: 45% with 1,306,101 votes
Proposition 7: Providing property tax breaks on homes of spouses of U.S. veterans who died in connection to their service. This applies if they have not remarried.
- For: 86% with 2,542,959 votes
- Against: 14% with 405,386 votes
Proposition 8: Prohibiting the state from imposing inheritance taxes, which are taxes on an estate, and from taxing an estate or inheritances when they are transferred.
- For: 72% with 2,140,379 votes
- Against: 28% with 823,406 votes
Proposition 9: Providing exemptions of up to $125,000 on businesses’ inventory or equipment from being taxed by school districts, cities, counties or any other taxing entity.
- For: 65% with 1,896,300 votes
- Against: 35% with 1,019,501 votes
Proposition 10: Creating a process that would temporarily lower property taxes on homes destroyed by fire.
- For: 89% with 2,632,027 votes
- Against: 11% with 315,875 votes
Proposition 11: Allowing the state to raise the homestead exemption, which is the amount of a home’s value that cannot be taxed to pay for public schools, for elderly or disabled Texans.
- For: 78% with 2,294,314 votes
- Against: 22% with 659,066 votes
Proposition 12: Changing the make-up and review process for the Texas’ State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
- For: 62% with 1,796,384 votes
- Against: 38% with 1,105,659 votes
Proposition 13: Increasing the homestead exemption, which is the amount of a home’s value that cannot be taxed to pay for public schools, for all homeowners.
- For: 79% with 2,348,815 votes
- Against: 21% with 609,203 votes
Proposition 14: Providing $3 billion to create the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to study dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease and other brain related conditions.
- For: 69% with 2,016,281 votes
- Against: 31% with 924,001 votes
Proposition 15: Adding language on parental rights, as currently outlined in federal case law, to the Texas Constitution.
- For: 70% with 2,065,714 votes
- Against: 30% with 890,983 votes
Proposition 16: Adding language to the Texas Constitution clarifying that a person who is not a U.S. citizen cannot vote in the state.
- For: 72% with 2,132,473 votes
- Against: 28% with 831,308 votes
Proposition 17: Allowing the state to prevent property values near the border from increasing due to border security infrastructure and related improvements.
- For: 57% with 1,668,285 votes
- Against: 43% with 1,237,102 votes
