Head to the polls on November 4, 2025!
Early voting begins on Monday, October 20, 2025 and ends on Friday, October 31, 2025.
You can see polling information on the Texas Government site here https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/important-election-dates.shtml#2025
There are 17 proposed Texas Constitutional Amendments on the November 4th ballot.
Download a printable list of amendments and CWA Local 6132’s recommendations
Proposition 1 (SJR 59): Texas State Technical College funding
The ballot language: “The constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the permanent technical institution infrastructure fund and the available workforce education fund to support the capital needs of educational programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System.”
CWA Local 6132 recommends a YES vote
WHY?
Texas State Technical Colleges and appropriations can be found in the Texas Education Code, Chapter 3, Subtitle G, Chapter 135. (https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/docs/ED/htm/ED.135.htm) This proposition intends to establish a permanent funding stream for these 11 colleges located in Abilene, Breckenridge, Brownwood, Fort Bend County, Harlingen, Marshall, New Braunfels, North Texas (Red Oak), Sweetwater, Waco, Williamson County (Hutto). These technical colleges provide 2-year Associates Degrees in multiple areas of interest ranging from avionics to vocational nursing (https://www.tstc.edu/programs/). The complete PDF of the Texas Education Code can be found here (https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/docs/sdocs/educationcode.pdf).
Proposition 2 (SJR 18): Capital gains tax ban – CWA 6132 – AGAINST IT
The ballot language: “The constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of a tax on the realized or unrealized capital gains of an individual, family, estate, or trust.”
CWA Local 6132 recommends a NO vote
WHY?
Currently, Texas does not have a capital gains tax. This proposed amendment would forever restrict taxation on wealthy individuals and businesses allowing for untaxed income from the sale of property or stocks. This would restrict Texas from legislating a capital gains tax in the future and would mostly benefit those with high value assets.
Proposition 3 (SJR 5): Bail reform
The ballot language: “The constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony.”
CWA Local 6132 recommends a NO vote
WHY?
The Texas Constitution (Sections 11 and 13) already contains sections related to the denial of bail. The proposed amendment is extremely vague and left open to interpretation, without clarifying what additional “certain circumstances” or “certain offenses would apply. Judges already have leeway in determining whether to set or deny bail.
Proposition 4 (HJR 7): Water infrastructure funding
The ballot language: “The constitutional amendment to dedicate a portion of the revenue derived from state sales and use taxes to the Texas water fund and to provide for the allocation and use of that revenue.”
CWA Local 6132 recommends a YES vote
WHY?
The Texas water and wastewater infrastructure is in dire need of updating and maintenance. Current funding has fallen short. Approximately 1600 people a day are moving to Texas and the demand for water resources continue to increase in cost and service.
Proposition 5 (HJR 99): Tax exemption on animal feed
The ballot language: “The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation tangible personal property consisting of animal feed held by the owner of the property for sale at retail.”
CWA Local 6132 recommends a NO vote
WHY?
Livestock feed is already exempt from sales tax. The assumption is that if taxes are exempt from taxation, the price of feed would be reduced. It has not been substantially verified that the buyers would see that reduction. This would benefit the business owner, not the individuals purchasing feed for their livestock.
Proposition 6 (HJR 4): Securities tax ban
The ballot language: “The constitutional amendment prohibiting the legislature from enacting a law imposing an occupation tax on certain entities that enter into transactions conveying securities or imposing a tax on certain securities transactions.”
CWA Local 6132 recommends a NO vote
WHY?
Texas is preparing for a Texas Stock Exchange similar to the New York Stock Exchange. This constitutional amendment preemptively prevents the taxation on securities transactions which will benefit primarily wealthy investors while ensuring that the bottom 20% of taxpayers continue to pay more in taxes than the top 1%. This is not beneficial for the middle and lower classes.
Proposition 7 (HJR 133): Tax exemption for veterans’ spouses
The ballot language: “The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a veteran who died as a result of a condition or disease that is presumed under federal law to have been service-connected.”
CWA Local 6132 recommends a YES vote
WHY?
The committee agrees that an exemption for the surviving spouse based on the criteria used for the veterans disability rating should continue. Disabled Veterans are currently exempt from all, or a portion of property taxes, based on their disability rating.
Proposition 8 (HJR 2): Inheritance tax ban
The ballot language: “The constitutional amendment to prohibit the legislature from imposing death taxes applicable to a decedent’s property or the transfer of an estate, inheritance, legacy, succession, or gift.”
CWA Local 6132 recommends a NO vote
WHY?
Texas currently does not have a death tax. This is not a critical item and restricts the state from enacting potential taxation in the future. Again, those most likely to benefit would be the wealthy class.
Proposition 9 (HJR 1): Inventory and equipment tax exemption
The ballot language: “The constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the market value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income.”
CWA Local 6132 recommends a YES vote
WHY?
This would benefit small businesses or startups. Small businesses in Texas generate a substantial amount of tax revenue for cities, counties, and special districts. Although most small businesses and sole proprietorships are exempt from franchise and commercial taxes, this would incentivize small businesses which would provide employment for others.
Proposition 10 (SJR 84): Tax exemption for homes destroyed by fire
The ballot language: “The constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of the appraised value of an improvement to a residence homestead that is completely destroyed by a fire.”
CWA Local 6132 recommends a YES vote
WHY?
This would offer property tax relief to home owners after losing their primary homestead due to fire.
Proposition 11 (SJR 85): School tax exemption for the elderly or disabled homeowners
The ballot language: “The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the market value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled.”
CWA Local 6132 recommends a YES vote
WHY?
This would provide property tax relief to those on fixed incomes including the elderly and disabled. The downside is that renters would not be able to take advantage of this.
Proposition 12 (SJR 27): Changing the State Judicial Conduct Commission
The ballot language: “The constitutional amendment regarding the membership of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, the membership of the tribunal to review the commission’s recommendations, and the authority of the commission, the tribunal, and the Texas Supreme Court to more effectively sanction judges and justices for judicial misconduct.”
CWA Local 6132 recommends a NO vote
WHY?
This is dangerous and would allow the potential politicization of the judicial system allowing the sanctioning of judges without protection or oversight. This could lead to good judges being silenced if they make rulings contrary to party lines. This would be the first step to dismantle a non partisan judicial system and solidify it in the Texas Constitution.
Proposition 13 (SJR 2): Increased school tax exemption for homeowners
The ballot language: “The constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district from $100,000 to $140,000.”
CWA Local 6132 recommends a YES vote
WHY?
This would alleviate some pressure from rising property taxes for homeowners.
Proposition 14 (SJR 3): Funding for dementia research and prevention
The ballot language: “The constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and related disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion from state general revenue.”
CWA Local 6132 recommends a YES vote
WHY?
Federal funding is no longer guaranteed. In order to continue research for these debilitating and devastating diseases, Texas would continue to funding the study and development of treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other related diseases.
Proposition 15 (SJR 34): Codifying parental rights
The ballot language: “The constitutional amendment affirming that parents are the primary decision makers for their children.”
CWA local 6132 recommends a NO vote
WHY?
It is well understood that until the age of 18, parents are the decision makers for their children. This language implies that parents do not already have these rights. In the condensed analysis it states “The proposed amendment is not intended to expand or diminish any existing parental rights”, which makes this addition to the Constitution frivolous.
Proposition 16 (SJR 37): Clarifying citizenship requirement for voters
The ballot language: “The constitutional amendment clarifying that a voter must be a United States citizen.”
CWA Local 6132 recommends a NO vote
WHY?
State and Federal laws specifically prohibit non citizens from voting. This is rhetorical and adds nothing of substance to the Constitution.
Proposition 17 (HJR 34): Property tax exemption for border security infrastructure
The ballot language: “The constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the amount of the market value of real property located in a county that borders the United Mexican States that arises from the installation or construction on the property of border security infrastructure and related improvements.”
CWA Local 6132 does not recommend
WHY?
This would be an exemption from property tax increases for those that own land on the southern border. Texas and the Federal government have been trying to build a wall or install surveillance systems on land owned by generations of wealthy ranchers, private equity firms and businesses, the Federal Government, and Native American Tribes. The security of ALL borders of the United States fall under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government and the taxpayers of Texas should not be responsible to offset costs for that land.
The CWA Local 6132 Legislative and Political Committee reviewed the proposed amendments and based their recommendations on the potential impact to our members and working-class families throughout the state of Texas.
Click the link below to see the Analysis of Proposed Constitutional Amendments published by the Texas Labor Council and additional links to articles reviewed.
https://tlc.texas.gov/docs/amendments/analyses25.pdf – Long version
https://tlc.texas.gov/docs/amendments/analyses25_condensed.pdf – Short version
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/09/22/texas-statewide-propositions-november-ballot-election/