Legislative Research: TX HJR40 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature
Other Sessions
| Session | Title/Description | Last Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 89th Legislature 2nd Special Session (Introduced - Dead) | Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to expand eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. [HJR40 2025 Detail][HJR40 2025 Text][HJR40 2025 Comments] | 2025-09-03 Filed |
| 2025 89th Legislature 1st Special Session (Introduced - Dead) | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the determination of a quorum of the senate or house of representatives. [HJR40 2025 Detail][HJR40 2025 Text][HJR40 2025 Comments] | 2025-08-12 Filed |
| 2025-2026 89th Legislature (Introduced) | Proposing a constitutional amendment to remove the requirement that a home equity loan be closed only at the office of the lender, an attorney at law, or a title company. [HJR40 2025 Detail][HJR40 2025 Text][HJR40 2025 Comments] | 2025-05-07 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) |
| 2023-2024 88th Legislature (Introduced - Dead) | Proposing a constitutional amendment providing honesty in state taxation. [HJR40 2023 Detail][HJR40 2023 Text][HJR40 2023 Comments] | 2023-02-28 Referred to Ways & Means |
| 2021-2022 87th Legislature (Introduced - Dead) | Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit the governor from regulating alcoholic beverages, firearms, explosives, or combustibles by order or proclamation. [HJR40 2021 Detail][HJR40 2021 Text][HJR40 2021 Comments] | 2021-03-01 Referred to State Affairs |
| 2019-2020 86th Legislature (Introduced - Dead) | Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to expand eligibility for Medicaid to certain persons under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. [HJR40 2019 Detail][HJR40 2019 Text][HJR40 2019 Comments] | 2019-02-12 Referred to Appropriations |
| 2017 85th Legislature 1st Special Session (Introduced - Dead) | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to limit for a temporary period the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed by a political subdivision on a residence homestead rendered uninhabitable or unusable as a resu... [HJR40 2017 Detail][HJR40 2017 Text][HJR40 2017 Comments] | 2017-07-21 Referred to Ways & Means |
| 2017-2018 85th Legislature (Introduced - Dead) | Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the right to repurchase real property acquired by a governmental entity through eminent domain. [HJR40 2017 Detail][HJR40 2017 Text][HJR40 2017 Comments] | 2017-03-20 Referred to Land & Resource Management |
| 2015-2016 84th Legislature (Introduced - Dead) | Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the legislature to establish a state gaming commission and to authorize and provide for the regulation of gaming conducted at certain locations in this state, authorizing federally recognized Indian trib... [HJR40 2015 Detail][HJR40 2015 Text][HJR40 2015 Comments] | 2015-03-03 Referred to State Affairs |
| 2013-2014 83rd Legislature (Introduced - Dead) | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the appropriation of the net revenue received from the imposition of the state sales and use tax on sporting goods. [HJR40 2013 Detail][HJR40 2013 Text][HJR40 2013 Comments] | 2013-03-04 Left pending in committee |
| 2011-2012 82nd Legislature (Introduced - Dead) | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran in an amount equal to the amount of ... [HJR40 2011 Detail][HJR40 2011 Text][HJR40 2011 Comments] | 2011-02-21 Referred to Ways & Means |
| 2009-2010 81st Legislature (Introduced - Dead) | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governing body of a political subdivision to adopt a local option residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation of not less than $5,000 or more than $30,000. [HJR40 2009 Detail][HJR40 2009 Text][HJR40 2009 Comments] | 2009-04-29 Committee report sent to Calendars |
References Online
| Search Phrase | Web | News | Financial | Encylopedia | Biography |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Texas HJR40] | Google Web | Google News | |||
| [Texas House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Committee] | Google Web | Google News | FollowTheMoney | ||
| [Representative Valoree Swanson TX] | Google Web | Google News | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
| [Representative Stan Lambert TX] | Google Web | Google News | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
| [Representative Mihaela Plesa TX] | Google Web | Google News | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
| [Representative Richard Hayes TX] | Google Web | Google News | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
| [Representative Carrie Isaac TX] | Google Web | Google News | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Legislative Citation
APA
TX HJR40 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature. (2025, May 07). LegiScan. Retrieved September 06, 2026, from https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/HJR40/2025
MLA
"TX HJR40 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature." LegiScan. LegiScan LLC, 07 May. 2025. Web. 06 Sep. 2026. <https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/HJR40/2025>.
Chicago
"TX HJR40 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature." May 07, 2025 LegiScan. Accessed September 06, 2026. https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/HJR40/2025.
Turabian
LegiScan. TX HJR40 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature. 07 May 2025. https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/HJR40/2025 (accessed September 06, 2026).
Subjects
Civil Remedies & Liabilities
HOME EQUITY
LOANS
Property Interests
Property Interests--Homestead
Property Interests--Mortgages & Liens
Resolutions
Resolutions--Constitutional Amendments
HOME EQUITY
LOANS
Property Interests
Property Interests--Homestead
Property Interests--Mortgages & Liens
Resolutions
Resolutions--Constitutional Amendments
