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Texas Grow Texas Fund Amendment (2025)
| Texas Grow Texas Fund Amendment | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 4, 2025 | |
| Topic Restricted-use funds | |
| Status Proposed | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Texas Grow Texas Fund Amendment may appear on the ballot in Texas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 4, 2025.[1]
The amendment would provide for the creation and use of money in the Grow Texas fund, and allocate general revenues to that fund, the economic stabilization fund, and the state highway fund.[2]
Text of measure
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Path to the ballot
Amending the Texas Constitution
- See also: Amending the Texas Constitution
A two-thirds (66.67%) vote is required during one legislative session for the Texas State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 100 votes in the Texas House of Representatives and 21 votes in the Texas State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
House Joint Resolution 35 (2025)
The following is the timeline of the constitutional amendment in the state legislature:
- November 12, 2024: House Joint Resolution 35 (HJR 35) was introduced.[1]
- May 12, 2025: The House voted 101-32 to pass the amendment.[1]
| Votes Required to Pass: 100 | |||
| Yes | No | NV | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 101 | 32 | 17 |
| Total % | 67.3 | 21.3 | 11.3 |
| Democratic (D) | 48 | 6 | 8 |
| Republican (R) | 53 | 26 | 9 |
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