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Texas Right to Monetary Freedom Amendment (2025)
| Texas Right to Monetary Freedom Amendment | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 4, 2025 | |
| Topic Constitutional rights | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Texas Right to Monetary Freedom Amendment is not on the ballot in Texas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 4, 2025.[1]
The amendment would have provided a constitutional "right to own, hold, and use a mutually agreed upon medium of exchange, including cash, coin, bullion, digital currency, or privately issued scrip when trading and contracting for goods and service".[2]
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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 175 (2025)
The following is the timeline of the constitutional amendment in the state legislature:
- March 31, 2025: House Joint Resolution 175 (HJR 175) was introduced.[1]
- May 9, 2025: The House passed HJR 175 by a 126-13 vote.[1]
- June 2, 2025: The legislature adjourned without final passage of the amendment.
| Votes Required to Pass: 100 | |||
| Yes | No | NV | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 126 | 13 | 11 |
| Total % | 84.0% | 8.6% | 7.4% |
| Democratic (D) | 41 | 13 | 8 |
| Republican (R) | 85 | 0 | 3 |
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