Texas Rainwater Harvesting or Graywater Systems Property Tax Exemption Amendment (2025)
| Texas Rainwater Harvesting or Graywater Systems Property Tax Exemption Amendment | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 4, 2025 | |
| Topic Property tax exemptions | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Texas Rainwater Harvesting or Graywater Systems Property Tax Exemption Amendment is not on the ballot in Texas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 4, 2025.[1]
The amendment would have authorized the state legislature to provide for a property tax exemption for the portion of the assessed value of a person's property that is attributable to the installation in or on the property of a rainwater harvesting or graywater system.[2]
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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 88 (2025)
The following is the timeline of the constitutional amendment in the state legislature:
- March 10, 2025: House Joint Resolution 88 (HJR 88) was introduced.[1]
- May 9, 2025: The House passed HJR 88 by a 104-29 vote.[1]
- May 20, 2025: An identical version of the amendment, Senate Joint Resolution 60, passed in the Senate by a vote of 25-6.[3]
- June 2, 2025: The legislature adjourned without final passage of this amendment..
| Votes Required to Pass: 100 | |||
| Yes | No | NV | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 104 | 29 | 17 |
| Total % | 69.4% | 19.3% | 11.3% |
| Democratic (D) | 58 | 0 | 4 |
| Republican (R) | 46 | 29 | 13 |
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