2025 Texas Proposition 8

November 4, 2025
Prohibit Taxes on a Decedent's Property or Estate Transfer Amendment
Results
Choice Votes % Yes 2,147,644 72.25% No 824,871 27.75% Total votes 2,972,515 100.00%
County results Yes   50-60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   >90% No   50–60%

Texas Proposition 8, officially theProhibit Taxes on a Decedent's Property or Estate Transfer Amendment, is alegislatively referredconstitutional amendment that appeared on the ballot in theU.S. state ofTexas on November 4, 2025. The measure proposed amending thestate constitution to prohibit thestate legislature from imposing a tax on a deceased person's property or the transfer of an estate, inheritance, legacy, succession, or gift.^[1] It was widely approved by voters, passing in 253 of the state's 254 counties.^[2]

Until September 2015,Texas had aninheritance tax. It was repealed by thestate legislature inSenate Bill 752.^[1] Texas is one of the 38 U.S. states that has noestate tax.^[3]

The measure was supported by theLibertarian Party of Texas and opposed by theGreen Party of Texas,^[1] while theRepublican Party of Texas remained neutral.^[4]

Proposition 8 added a new section to Article 8 of theTexas Constitution, prohibiting the state legislature from:

• imposing astate tax on an estate or inheritance tax after an individual's death^[5]
• imposing a state tax on the transfer of an estate or inheritance from one individual or family to another^[5]
• increasing the rate of atransfer tax or expanding who the tax applies to^[5]

The measure also amended the state constitution to exempt gifts of motor vehicles orproperty taxes from the ban.^[5]

2025 Texas Question 8

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	2,147,644	72.25
No	824,871	27.75
Total votes	2,972,515	100.00
Source: Texas Secretary of State[22]

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