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2025 Ballot Measures

State

Year

Issue Category

Budget, Spending and Taxes

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 4, 2025	Colorado	: Colorado Tax Deductions and Revenue for School Meals Measure	Passed

Government Budget and Spending

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 4, 2025	Colorado	: Colorado Tax Deductions and Revenue for School Meals Measure	Passed
Nov. 4, 2025	Colorado	: Allow State to Retain Revenue From Proposition FF Measure	Passed
May 6, 2025	Ohio	Issue 2: Local Public Infrastructure Bond Amendment	Passed
Nov. 4, 2025	Texas	Proposition 1: Proposition 1, Establish the Permanent Technical Institution Infrastructure Fund (Permanent Fund) and the Available Workforce Education Fund (Available Fund) as special funds in the state treasury to support the Texas Technical College System (2025)	Passed
Nov. 4, 2025	Texas	Proposition 4: Proposition 4, Allocate sales tax revenue that exceeds the first $46.5 billion with a maximum of $1 billion per fiscal year to the state water fund and authorize the state legislature, by a two-thirds vote, to adjust the amount allocated (2025)	Passed
Nov. 4, 2025	Washington	Senate Joint Resolution 8201: Allow the Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Trust Fund to be invested in stocks and equities rather than being limited to fixed-income securities	Passed

Taxes

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
March 29, 2025	Louisiana	Amendment 2: State Tax and Fiscal Policy Changes Amendment	Failed
Nov. 4, 2025	Texas	Proposition 10: Proposition 10, Provide a temporary homestead exemption for improvements made to residences destroyed by fire (2025)	Passed
Nov. 4, 2025	Texas	Proposition 11: Proposition 11, Increase the property tax exemption from $10,000 to $60,000 of the market value for homesteads owned by elderly or disabled individuals (2025)	Passed
Nov. 4, 2025	Texas	Proposition 13: Proposition 13, Increase the property tax exemption from $100,000 to $140,000 of the market value of a homestead (2025)	Passed
Nov. 4, 2025	Texas	Proposition 17: Proposition 17, Authorize the state legislature to provide for a property tax exemption for the construction of border infrastructure on property located in a county that borders Mexico (2025)	Passed
Nov. 4, 2025	Texas	Proposition 2: Proposition 2, Prohibit a tax on the realized or unrealized capital gains of an individual, family, estate, or trust (2025)	Passed
Nov. 4, 2025	Texas	Proposition 5: Proposition 5, Establish a property tax exemption on animal feed held by the owner of the property for retail sale (2025)	Passed
Nov. 4, 2025	Texas	Proposition 6: Proposition 6, Prohibit the enactment of laws that impose taxes on entities that enter into transactions conveying securities or on certain securities transactions (2025)	Passed
Nov. 4, 2025	Texas	Proposition 7: Proposition 7, Establish a property tax homestead exemption on all or part of the market value of the homestead of a surviving spouse of a veteran who died from a service-connected disease (2025)	Passed
Nov. 4, 2025	Texas	Proposition 8: Proposition 8, Prohibit the state legislature from enacting laws imposing taxes on a decedent's property or the transfer of an estate (2025)	Passed
Nov. 4, 2025	Texas	Proposition 9: Proposition 9, Authorize the state legislature to exempt $125,000 of the market value of personal tangible property used for income production from taxes (2025)	Passed