Texas Proposition 8, officially the Prohibit Taxes on a Decedent's Property or Estate Transfer Amendment, is a legislatively referred constitutional amendment that appeared on the ballot in the U.S. state of Texas on November 4, 2025. The measure proposed amending the state constitution to prohibit the state legislature from imposing a tax on a deceased person's property or the transfer of an estate, inheritance, legacy, succession, or gift. It was widely approved by voters, passing in 253 of the state's 254 counties.
Background Until September 2015, Texas had an inheritance tax. It was repealed by the state legislature in Senate Bill 752. Texas is one of the 38 U.S. states that has no estate tax.
The measure was supported by the Libertarian Party of Texas and opposed by the Green Party of Texas, while the Republican Party of Texas remained neutral.
Impact Proposition 8 added a new section to Article 8 of the Texas Constitution, prohibiting the state legislature from: imposing a state tax on an estate or inheritance tax after an individual's death imposing a state tax on the transfer of an estate or inheritance from one individual or family to another increasing the rate of a transfer tax or expanding who the tax applies to
The measure also amended the state constitution to exempt gifts of motor vehicles or property taxes from the ban.
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