Bill Text: TX HJR21 | 2025 | 89th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced

Texas House Joint Resolution 21 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to define certain terms for purposes of the exemption from ad valorem taxation of farm products in the hands of the producer.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-08-18 - Filed [HJR21 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HJR21-Introduced.html



	By: Guillen	H.J.R. No. 21



	A JOINT RESOLUTION
	proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
	to define certain terms for purposes of the exemption from ad
	valorem taxation of farm products in the hands of the producer.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 19, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 19. (a) Farm products[~~, livestock, and poultry~~] in the
	hands of the producer[,] and family supplies for home and farm
	use[,] are exempt from all taxation until otherwise directed by a
	two-thirds vote of all the members elected [~~elect~~] to both houses of
	the Legislature.
	(b) The Legislature by general law may define "farm
	products" and "in the hands of the producer" for purposes of this
	section and may include in the definition of "farm products"
	livestock, poultry, timber, and supplies used or produced in a
	farming operation.
	SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
	submitted to the voters at an election to be held May 2, 2026. The
	ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
	proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
	legislature to define certain terms for purposes of the exemption
	from ad valorem taxation of farm products in the hands of the
	producer."