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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas Proposes Constitutional Amendment to Expand Medicaid Eligibility for Federal Matching Funds
Last action · August 21, 2025: FiledSponsor: John Bucy
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas House Joint Resolution 34 proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the state to provide under Medicaid to all individuals for whom are available under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The proposed amendment is submitted to voters at an election on November 4, 2025, and if approved, takes effect January 1, 2026.
Low-income individuals currently ineligible for state may gain health coverage if voters approve the constitutional amendment and are utilized.
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.
individuals applying for medical assistance
Applicants gain eligibility for state medical assistance provided federal matching funds are available.
Texas voters
Voters decide whether to approve or reject the constitutional amendment at the November 4, 2025 election.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
1 action- Aug 21, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy80Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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