Bill Text: TX SJR18 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of a tax on the realized or unrealized capital gains of an individual, family, estate, or trust.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [SJR18 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SJR18-Introduced.html

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89R2668 RDS-F
By: Perry S.J.R. No. 18

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of
a tax on the realized or unrealized capital gains of an individual,
family, estate, or trust.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 24-b to read as follows:
Sec. 24-b. (a) Subject to Subsection (b) of this section,
the legislature may not impose a tax on the realized or unrealized
capital gains of an individual, family, estate, or trust, including
a tax on the sale or transfer of a capital asset that is payable by
the individual, family, estate, or trust selling or transferring
the asset.
(b) This section may not be construed as prohibiting the
imposition of:
(1) an ad valorem tax on property;
(2) a sales tax on the retail sale of goods or
services; or
(3) a use tax on the storage, use, or other consumption
in this state of goods or services purchased at retail.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment prohibiting the
imposition of a tax on the realized or unrealized capital gains of
an individual, family, estate, or trust."