Texas Create Grow Texas Fund Amendment (2023)
| Texas Create Grow Texas Fund Amendment | |
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| Election date November 7, 2023 | |
| Topic State and local government budgets, spending and finance | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Texas Create Grow Texas Fund Amendment was not on the ballot in Texas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 7, 2023.[1]
The amendment would have created the Grow Texas Fund to finance infrastructure needs in areas of Texas where oil and gas are produced.[2]
Text of measure
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The full text of the amendment can be read here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Texas Constitution
To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a two-thirds (66.67%) vote is required in both the Texas State Senate and the Texas House of Representatives.
This amendment was introduced as House Joint Resolution 27 on February 28, 2023. On May 1, 2023, the state Senate passed HJR 27 by a vote of 121-14 with 15 not voting.[1]
| Vote in the Texas House of Representatives | |||
| Requirement: Two-thirds (66.67 percent) vote of all members in each chamber | |||
Number of yes votes required: 100  | |||
| Yes | No | Not voting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 121 | 14 | 15 |
| Total percent | 80.7% | 9.3% | 10.0% |
| Democrat | 45 | 8 | 11 |
| Republican | 76 | 6 | 4 |
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