Legislative Research: TX HJR40 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature

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SessionTitle/DescriptionLast 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

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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).

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