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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas restricts school district bond elections to once every five years
Last action · August 18, 2025: FiledSponsor: Mitch Little
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas school districts are prohibited from holding an election to authorize bond issuance earlier than the fifth anniversary of a previous bond election under Section 45.003, effective on the 91st day after the legislative session ends.
Limits how frequently local school districts can put debt authorization measures before voters, affecting long-term capital improvement planning and borrowing timelines.
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.
School districts
Must wait at least five years between successive elections seeking voter approval for issuing bonds.
Qualified voters of the district
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 18, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy45Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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