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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas Resolution Proposes Constitutional Amendment to Ban Local Property Taxes by 2031
Last action · August 15, 2025: FiledSponsor: Brian Harrison
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas would ban s from imposing es on real or personal property starting January 1, 2031, under a submitted to voters for the November 4, 2025 ballot. The state would assume responsibility for guaranteeing the repayment of school district bonds issued before November 4, 2025, and secured by property taxes.
Property owners would no longer pay local property taxes starting in 2031, while the state government would take over the repayment guarantees for existing school district bonds.
- Ad valorem taxes on real and personal property serve as a primary funding source for local governments and school districts in Texas. context
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
Political subdivisions are prohibited from imposing ad valorem taxes on real or personal property on or after January 1, 2031.
School districts
School districts have their bond repayment guarantees assumed by the state for bonds issued before November 4, 2025.
Voters in this state
Voters decide whether to approve or reject the constitutional amendment at the November 4, 2025 election.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
When would property taxes end under this proposal?
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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 15, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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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
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