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2026 Texas Ballot Measures

State

Year

Issue Category

Executive Branch

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 7, 2017	Texas	SJR 34: Proposition 3	Passed

Family

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 1, 2007	Texas	Proposition 13: Denial of Bail in Felony and Family Violence Cases	Passed
Nov. 4, 2025	Texas	Proposition 15: Proposition 15, Provide that parents have the right "to exercise care, custody, and control of the parents child, including the right to make decisions concerning the childs upbringing" (2025)	Passed

Immigration

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 4, 2025	Texas	Proposition 17: Proposition 17, Authorize the state legislature to provide for a property tax exemption for the construction of border infrastructure on property located in a county that borders Mexico (2025)	Passed

Judicial Branch

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 1, 2007	Texas	Proposition 14: Limit on Service by State Justices and Judges	Passed
Nov. 5, 2013	Texas	Proposition 9: Expanded Judicial Sanctions Amendment	Passed
Nov. 7, 2017	Texas	SJR 6: Proposition 4	Passed
Nov. 5, 2019	Texas	HJR 72: Proposition 1	Failed
Nov. 2, 2021	Texas	SJR 47: Proposition 4	Passed
Nov. 2, 2021	Texas	HJR 165: Proposition 5	Passed
Nov. 4, 2025	Texas	Proposition 12: Proposition 12, Change the composition of the state Commission on Judicial Conduct, provide for a temporary tribunal to review the commission's recommendations, and change the authority governing judicial misconduct (2025)	Passed

Legislative Branch

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 1, 2007	Texas	Proposition 11: Public Record of Votes in the Legislature	Passed
Nov. 7, 2017	Texas	SJR 34: Proposition 3	Passed
Nov. 7, 2017	Texas	SJR 6: Proposition 4	Passed

Military Personnel

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 3, 2009	Texas	Proposition 7: Allowing Members of the Texas State Guard to Hold Civil Office	Passed
Nov. 3, 2009	Texas	Proposition 1: Authorizing City and County Financing to Buy Buffer Areas Near Military Installations	Passed
Nov. 5, 2013	Texas	Proposition 1: Tax Exemption on Residences of Service Members Killed in Action Amendment	Passed

Senior Citizens

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 3, 2015	Texas	SJR 1: Proposition 1	Passed
May 7, 2022	Texas	SJR 2 - Proposition 1: Proposition 1	Passed

Veterans

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 1, 2007	Texas	Proposition 9: Property Tax Exemption for Disabled Veterans	Passed
Nov. 3, 2009	Texas	Proposition 8: Authorizing the State to Contribute Resources to Veterans' Hospitals	Passed
Nov. 3, 2009	Texas	Proposition 6: Renewing Veterans' Land Board Bond Authority for Land and Mortgage Loans	Passed
Nov. 8, 2011	Texas	Propostion 1 (SJR 14): Authorizing Exemption from Ad Valorem Taxation of All or Part of the Market Value of the Residence Homestead of the Surviving Spouse of a 100 Percent or Totally Disabled Veteran	Passed
Nov. 5, 2013	Texas	Proposition 4: Disabled Veteran Residence Tax Exemption Amendment	Passed
Nov. 3, 2015	Texas	HJR 75: Proposition 2	Passed
Nov. 7, 2017	Texas	HJR 21: Proposition 1	Passed
Nov. 2, 2021	Texas	SJR 35: Proposition 8	Passed
Nov. 4, 2025	Texas	Proposition 7: Proposition 7, Establish a property tax homestead exemption on all or part of the market value of the homestead of a surviving spouse of a veteran who died from a service-connected disease (2025)	Passed