Legislature · Texas Senate · SD 03
Not returning in Jan 2027; successor-elect Trent Ashby (R) (unofficial).
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2promises tracked
Kept: 1Not yet rated: 1
Bring property-tax relief to overburdened Texas homeowners.
KeptTaxes · stated date not recorded · promise source · #178
“The legislature has begun many reforms to our property tax system, but more must be done to bring relief to overburdened property taxpayers.”
Stated
2026-11-10 · source
Filed
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Committee
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One chamber
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Signed
2025-06-16 · source
In effect
2025-11-04 · source
Funded & in effect: Proposition 13 approved Nov 4, 2025. Article 1 took effect on the official canvass.
Linked bills: SB 4 (89R)
Why Kept: Campaign issues page (Property Taxes) calls for further property-tax relief. In the 89th regular session Nichols was a joint author of SB 4, which increased the school-district residence-homestead exemption; signed June 16, 2025, with Prop 13 approved Nov 4, 2025. (east-tx-research, 2026-11-10 15:52:26 UTC)
- cited undated · statement · Nichols campaign issues page, Property Taxes: 'more must be done to bring relief to overburdened property taxpayers.' Page is undated; retrieved 2026-11-10. — source
- cited 2025-06-16 · bill · TLO 89(R) SB 4 history: Nichols listed among the Senate authors; signed June 16, 2025. — source
- cited 2025-11-04 · official_record · 2025 Texas Proposition 13 (SJR 2): voters approved increasing the school-district homestead exemption to $140,000 (Nov 4, 2025). — source
History (append-only)
- 2026-11-10 15:52:26 UTC · Not yet rated (superseded 2026-11-10 15:52:26) — Newly tracked; not yet reviewed against evidence.
- 2026-11-10 15:52:26 UTC · Kept (current) — Campaign issues page (Property Taxes) calls for further property-tax relief. In the 89th regular session Nichols was a joint author of SB 4, which increased the school-district residence-homestead exemption; signed June 16, 2025, with Prop 13 approved Nov 4, 2025.
- 2026-11-10 · step Stated (superseded) — source — Promise as stated in the cited source.
- 2025-06-16 · step Passed both/signed (superseded) — source — Signed by the governor June 16, 2025 (TLO). Article 1 waited on voter approval of SJR 2.
- 2025-11-04 · step Funded & in effect (current) — source — Proposition 13 approved Nov 4, 2025. Article 1 took effect on the official canvass.
Support state action to protect the border after federal failure.
Not yet ratedImmigration · stated date not recorded · promise source · #179
“The protection of our border is the government’s first and foremost responsibility, and the federal government has failed.”
Stated: Promise as stated in the cited source.
Why Not yet rated: Newly tracked; not yet reviewed against evidence. (tracker, 2026-11-10 15:52:26 UTC)
- undated · statement · Campaign issues page, Immigration: supports state action to protect the border after federal failure. Page is undated and still mentions earlier governors; retrieved 2026-11-10. No specific 89th bill or roll call was tied to this pledge in this research pass, so it remains Not yet rated. — source