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Texas Proposes Property Tax Exemption for Home Energy Efficiency Upgrades on May 2026 Ballot

Original title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the amount of the market value of residential real property that arises from the installation in the property of certain energy efficiency-related improvements.

Last action · August 25, 2025: FiledSponsor: Barbara Gervin-Hawkins

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What This Bill Proposed

The Texas Legislature proposes a allowing lawmakers to exempt the added home value from energy efficiency upgrades from property taxes, subject to voter approval on May 2, 2026.

Why it matters

Homeowners who install qualifying energy efficiency improvements could see property tax relief on the added market value of those upgrades, depending on future legislation enacted by the state.

Who It Would Have Affected

Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Texas residential property owners

Homeowners who install energy efficiency improvements may become eligible for property tax exemptions on the added market value of their property if the legislature passes implementing laws.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does this resolution do?

It places a on the ballot that, if approved by voters, would allow the Texas Legislature to pass laws exempting the value added by home energy efficiency upgrades from property taxes.

Does this resolution automatically exempt my home energy upgrades from taxes?

No. The resolution only authorizes the legislature to pass a providing for the exemption; it does not implement the exemption automatically.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.

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Connected Entities

Texas Constitution

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Sources

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