Texas Proposition 8, Home Equity Loans Amendment (2007)

Texas Proposition 8

Election date

November 6, 2007

Topic
Business regulations
Status

Approved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment | Origin

State legislature

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Texas Proposition 8 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 6, 2007. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported clarifying home equity loan-making provisions and the use of loan proceeds.

A "no" vote opposed clarifying home equity loan-making provisions and the use of loan proceeds.

## Contents

* 1 Election results
* 2 Path to the ballot
* 3 External links
* 4 Footnotes

## Election results[edit]

Texas Proposition 8

Result | Votes | Percentage

Yes

| 823,189 | 77.56%
No | 238,136 | 22.44%

Results are officially certified.
Source

## Text of measure

### Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 8 was as follows:

Proposing a constitutional amendment to clarify certain provisions relating to the making of a home equity loan and use of home equity loan proceeds.

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### Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

## Path to the ballot[edit]

See also: Amending the Texas Constitution

A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the Texas State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.

The constitutional amendment was introduced into the Texas State Legislature as House Joint Resolution 72 during the 80th regular legislative session in 2007.[1]

## See also

2007 Measures

* 2007 Measures
* Business regulations on the ballot
* 2007 legislative sessions

Texas

* Texas ballot measures
* Texas ballot measure laws

News and analysis

* Ballot measure lawsuits
* Ballot measure readability
* Ballot measure polls

## External links[edit]

* Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Constitutional Amendments

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Legislative Reference Library of Texas, "Constitutional amendment election dates," accessed June 1, 2023

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