Legislative Research: TX HJR8 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature

Other Sessions

SessionTitle/DescriptionLast Action
2025
89th Legislature 2nd Special Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing that members of the legislature are not entitled to receive a state salary, per diem, or reimbursement for mileage for an unexcused absence when the applicable house of the legislature lacks a quorum.
[HJR8 2025 Detail][HJR8 2025 Text][HJR8 2025 Comments]
2025-08-15
Filed
2025
89th Legislature 1st Special Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish ad valorem taxes.
[HJR8 2025 Detail][HJR8 2025 Text][HJR8 2025 Comments]
2025-07-14
Filed
2025-2026
89th Legislature

(Engrossed)
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the Texas nuclear development fund to support the development, construction, and operation of advanced nuclear reactor projects for dispatchable electric generation.
[HJR8 2025 Detail][HJR8 2025 Text][HJR8 2025 Comments]
2025-04-29
Referred to Business & Commerce
2023
88th Legislature 4th Special Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing requirements for the exercise of the power of impeachment by the House of Representatives and providing that officers against whom articles of impeachment are preferred receive pay during the pendency of...
[HJR8 2023 Detail][HJR8 2023 Text][HJR8 2023 Comments]
2023-11-09
Filed
2023
88th Legislature 3rd Special Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing requirements for the exercise of the power of impeachment by the House of Representatives and providing that officers against whom articles of impeachment are preferred receive pay during the pendency of...
[HJR8 2023 Detail][HJR8 2023 Text][HJR8 2023 Comments]
2023-10-26
Filed
2023
88th Legislature 2nd Special Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of commercial property and rental property for ad valorem taxation.
[HJR8 2023 Detail][HJR8 2023 Text][HJR8 2023 Comments]
2023-06-27
Filed
2023-2024
88th Legislature

(Introduced - Dead)
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the determination of a quorum of the senate or house of representatives.
[HJR8 2023 Detail][HJR8 2023 Text][HJR8 2023 Comments]
2023-02-28
Referred to State Affairs
2021
87th Legislature 3rd Special Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing that members of the legislature are not entitled to receive a state salary, per diem, or reimbursement for mileage for an unexcused absence when the applicable house of the legislature lacks a quorum.
[HJR8 2021 Detail][HJR8 2021 Text][HJR8 2021 Comments]
2021-09-17
Filed
2021
87th Legislature 2nd Special Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that political subdivisions may impose on the residence homesteads of individuals who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.
[HJR8 2021 Detail][HJR8 2021 Text][HJR8 2021 Comments]
2021-08-07
Filed
2021
87th Legislature 1st Special Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Proposing a constitutional amendment to require the preservation of communities of interest in the apportionment of members of the Texas House of Representatives.
[HJR8 2021 Detail][HJR8 2021 Text][HJR8 2021 Comments]
2021-07-07
Filed
2021-2022
87th Legislature

(Introduced - Dead)
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide that the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes is the market value of the property for the first year that the owner qualified the property for...
[HJR8 2021 Detail][HJR8 2021 Text][HJR8 2021 Comments]
2021-03-01
Referred to Ways & Means
2015-2016
84th Legislature

(Engrossed - Dead)
Proposing a constitutional amendment to dedicate certain money to the purpose of retiring state debt early.
[HJR8 2015 Detail][HJR8 2015 Text][HJR8 2015 Comments]
2015-05-22
Committee report printed and distributed
2013
83rd Legislature 2nd Special Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the transfer of general revenue to the state highway fund and the economic stabilization fund and authorizing the payment from the state highway fund of the principal and interest on certain highway ...
[HJR8 2013 Detail][HJR8 2013 Text][HJR8 2013 Comments]
2013-07-01
Referred to Appropriations
2011-2012
82nd Legislature

(Introduced - Dead)
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the disposition of proceeds from the development or sale of the rights to natural resources or minerals in land held by Webb County for the county permanent school fund.
[HJR8 2011 Detail][HJR8 2011 Text][HJR8 2011 Comments]
2011-03-16
Referred to Natural Resources

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Legislative Citation

APA
TX HJR8 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature. (2025, April 29). LegiScan. Retrieved July 26, 2026, from https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/HJR8/2025
MLA
"TX HJR8 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature." LegiScan. LegiScan LLC, 29 Apr. 2025. Web. 26 Jul. 2026. <https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/HJR8/2025>.
Chicago
"TX HJR8 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature." April 29, 2025 LegiScan. Accessed July 26, 2026. https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/HJR8/2025.
Turabian
LegiScan. TX HJR8 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature. 29 April 2025. https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/HJR8/2025 (accessed July 26, 2026).

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