A year ago we updated researchers on new material that was added to State Constitutions Illustrated. In the last 11 months, we’ve added more material! Read below for an update to see what’s new in this database.
Updates from December 2024 to Date
Since December 2024, 65 additional current documents have been added to 25 states. All states are up to date as of the elections of November 4, 2025.
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From the November 4, 2025 Elections
We have added the text of the constitutional amendment from the State Legislature:
- Proposition 50, which allows the state to use a new, legislature-drawn congressional district map for 2026 through 2030.
We have added the text of the constitutional amendment from the State Assembly:
- Proposal 1, which authorizes the state to use up to 323 acres of forest preserve land at the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex in Essex County for ski trails and related facilities, while requiring New York to add at least 2,500 acres of new forest land to the Adirondack Park Forest Preserve.
We have added the texts of the constitutional amendments from the Legislative Assembly:
- Proposition 1, establishing the Permanent Technical Institution Infrastructure Fund
(Permanent Fund) and the Available Workforce Education Fund (Available Fund) as special
funds outside of the General Revenue Fund to support the capital needs of the Texas State
Technical College System. - Proposition 2, prohibiting a tax on the realized or unrealized capital gains of an individual,
family, estate, or trust. - Proposition 3, which requires judges or magistrates to deny bail to individuals accused of
certain violent or sexual offenses punishable as a felony if there is clear and convincing
evidence that the accused will not reappear in court or is a danger to the community. - Proposition 4, which authorizes the state legislature to allocate sales tax revenue that
exceeds the first $46.5 billion with a maximum of $1 billion per fiscal year to the state water
fund and authorize the state legislature, by a two-thirds vote, to adjust the amount allocated. - Proposition 5, authorizing the state legislature to pass a property tax exemption on animal
feed held by the property owner for retail sale. - Proposition 6, which prohibits laws that impose an occupation tax on a registered securities
market operator or a securities transaction tax. - Proposition 7, authorizing the state legislature to establish a property tax exemption on all
or part of the market value of the homestead of a surviving spouse of a veteran who died
from a service-connected disease. - Proposition 8, which prohibits the state legislature from imposing a tax on a descendant’s
property or the transfer of an estate, inheritance, legacy, succession, or gift. - Proposition 9, authorizing the state legislature to exempt $125,000 of the market value of
personal tangible property used for income production from taxes. - Proposition 10, to authorize the state legislature to provide a temporary homestead
exemption for improvements made to residences destroyed by fire be made from the state
legacy fund to a legacy earnings fund rather than have the accrued earnings be sent to the
general fund. - Proposition 11, which increases the property tax exemption from $10,000 to $60,000 of the
market value for homesteads owned by elderly or disabled individuals. - Proposition 12, which changes the composition of the state Commission on Judicial
Conduct, provides for a temporary tribunal to review the commission’s recommendations, and
changes the authority governing judicial misconduct. - Proposition 13, which increases the property tax exemption from $100,000 to $140,000 of
the market value of a homestead. - Proposition 14, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas with
$3 billion from the general fund. - Proposition 15, to provide that parents have the right “to exercise care, custody, and
control of the parent’s child, including the right to make decisions concerning the child’s
upbringing” and the responsibility “to nurture and protect the parent’s child.” - Proposition 16, providing that “persons who are not citizens of the United States” cannot
vote in Texas. - Proposition 17, which allows the Texas State Legislature to exempt from property taxation
any increase in a property’s value—located in a county bordering Mexico—resulting from
building or installing border security infrastructure.
We have also included the Bill Analysis from the Texas House Research Organization for all the amendments.
We have added the text of the constitutional amendment and the final bill report from the State Legislature:
- SJR 8201, which allows the Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Trust Fund to be invested in stocks and other equities.
We have also added the text of the voter’s pamphlet from the Secretary of State.
From the May 6, 2025 Elections
The Constitution of 1851 was further amended by the amendment ratified on May 6, 2025 to permit the issuance of additional general obligation bonds to fund public infrastructure capital improvements. We have included the text of the amending law from the State Legislature.
From the April 1, 2025 Elections
We now include the text of the constitutional amendment ratified April 1, 2025. The amendment, S.J.R. 73 (WI 2023), requires photographic identification to be able to vote in any election.
Additionally, we include the Constitution of 1848, as amended to 2025, from the Legislative Reference Bureau. We have added the annotated and unannotated versions of the consolidated text along with the text of the index.
From the November 5, 2024 Elections
We now include our own consolidated text of the Constitution of 1910/1912, as amended to 2024, based off the online version published by the State Legislature.
We have added our own consolidated text of the Constitution of 1874, as amended to 2024, based off the online version published by the State Legislature.
We now include the Constitution of 1876, as amended to 2024, from the General Assembly.
We now include the Constitution of 1965, as amended to 2024, from the General Assembly.
We now include the Constitution of 1950/1959, as amended to 2024, from the Legislative Reference Bureau.
We have added the Constitution of 1889/1890, as amended to 2024, from the Secretary of State.
We have added the Constitution of 1857, as amended to 2024, from the State Legislature.
We now include the annotated text of the Constitution of 1891, as amended to 2024, from the Legislative Research Commission.
We have added the Constitution of 1867, as amended to 2024, from Maryland Manual On-Line.
We now include the Constitution of 1857/1858, as amended to 2024, from the State Legislature/Revisor of Statutes.
We have added the Constitution of 1972/1973, as amended to 2024, from the Office of Montana Legislative Services.
We now include the annotated text of the Constitution of 1875/[1920], as amended to 2024, from the State Legislature.
We now include the Constitution of 1910/1911/1912, as amended to 2024, from the Secretary of State.
We have added the Constitution of 1938/1939, as amended to 1 January 2025, from the Department of State.
We now include the Constitution of 1889, as amended to 2024, from the State Legislature.
We now include the Constitution of 1857/1859, as amended to 2024, from the State Legislature.
We have added the Constitution of 1889, as amended to 2024, from the Secretary of State.
We now include the Constitution of 1895/1896, as amended to 2024, from the State Legislature.
We now include the Constitution of 1970/1971, as amended to 2024, from the Legislative Information System.
We now include the Constitution of 1889/1890, as amended to 2024, from the Secretary of State.
From the November 8, 2022 Elections
We have added the Constitution of 1983, as amended to 2022, from the Secretary of State.
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