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Texas voters are deciding whether to approve these eight amendments to the state constitution:
PROPOSITION 1 would allow the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association to hold charity raffles at rodeo events, much like Texas’ professional sports teams do at their home games.
PROPOSITION 2 would authorize counties to issue bonds to fund transportation and infrastructure projects in blighted areas. Cities can currently issue these bonds but not counties.
PROPOSITION 3 would prohibit any governmental entity from enacting any rule limiting or prohibiting religious services. Some places of worship were limited during the COVID-19 pandemic, and this proposed amendment would prohibit that.
PROPOSITION 4 would require judicial candidates to be Texas residents with a license to practice law in Texas, to be a practicing lawyer or judge for at least eight years before election and not have had their law license revoked or suspended during that time.
PROPOSITION 5 would allow the State Commission on Judicial Conduct to take complaints, conduct investigations and take other action against a candidate running for state judicial offices. The commission currently only handles officeholders, not candidates.
PROPOSITION 6 would allow residents in nursing and assisted-living facilities or state-supported living centers to designate an essential caregiver who could not be denied in-person visitation. This is another amendment in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
PROPOSITION 7 would allow a surviving spouse of a disabled individual who is receiving homestead exemptions on school district property taxes to continue to take advantage of the exemption, as long as the surviving spouse is 55 or older.
PROPOSITION 8 would extend tax exemptions to a surviving spouse of a member of the military who dies because of any injuries sustained during their service, whether it is related to combat or not.
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