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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas Resolution Proposes Constitutional Amendment to Abolish All Ad Valorem Property Taxes by 2031
Last action · August 20, 2025: Referred to Ways & MeansSponsor: Sergio Muñoz
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas s are prohibited from imposing es on real or personal property starting January 1, 2031, under a proposed constitutional amendment submitted to voters on November 4, 2025. The state assumes full responsibility for guaranteeing the repayment of pre-existing school district bonds issued before November 4, 2025.
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.
Political subdivisions of this state
Political subdivisions are barred from imposing ad valorem taxes on real or personal property starting January 1, 2031.
School districts
School districts have their pre-existing bond repayments guaranteed by the state rather than local ad valorem revenues.
Property owners in Texas
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Frequently Asked Questions
When would local property taxes end under this resolution?
What happens to existing school district bonds if property taxes are abolished?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Aug 20, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Ways & Means
- Aug 20, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Aug 19, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Complete Elimination of Local Property Taxation
The measure proposes shifting Texas away from property-tax-funded local governance by enacting a total ban on ad valorem taxation by political subdivisions.
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capitol.texas.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 95)
- Controversy90Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz75Current news / social attention level
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