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All-items price level97.12024 · #24 of 50 · highest first
Goods price level98.12024 · #17 of 50 · highest first
Housing-rent price level96.52024 · #19 of 50 · highest first
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Texas · 2024: 97.1 · Rank #24 of 50, highest first · U.S. benchmark: 100
BEA regional price parity, relative to the overall national price level. The U.S. all-items index equals 100 each year. Measures prices across places within the same year, rather than annual inflation. For all items, 103 means about 3% above the national level. Category benchmarks can differ from 100; compare Texas with the published U.S. category value shown. Annual observations use December 31; monthly observations use the first of the month. Lines connect consecutive readings and do not supply values between them. Missing observations break the lines.
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Texas · 202497.1
Texas rank#24among all 50 states
U.S. price level100Same measure and period when published
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All-items price level
BEA regional price parity, relative to the overall national price level. The U.S. all-items index equals 100 each year.
Measures prices across places within the same year, rather than annual inflation. For all items, 103 means about 3% above the national level. Category benchmarks can differ from 100; compare Texas with the published U.S. category value shown.
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Texas
2024 · Texas: 97.1 · Rank #24 of 50, highest first · U.S. benchmark: 100 · Selected for state comparisonView history and select a period
Texas All-items price level history
Period
Texas
Compare
2014
98.4
2015
98.3
2016
98.1
2017
97.4
2018
97.8
2019
98.5
2020
98.8
2021
98.4
2022
97.4
2023
97.1
2024
97.1
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Lower value · 86.9Higher value · 110.7Striped: unavailable
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Texas · 97.12024 · Rank #24 of 50, highest firstSelected state
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All-items price level · 2024 · highest value ranked #1
Rank
State
Value
Comparison notes
#1
California
110.7
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#2
Hawaii
110
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#3
New Jersey
108.8
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#4
New York
107.9
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#5
Washington
107
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#6
Massachusetts
105.8
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#7
Maryland
105
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#8
New Hampshire
104.2
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#9
Connecticut
103.6
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#10
Florida
103.4
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#11
Oregon
103.4
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#12
Colorado
103.1
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#13
Alaska
102.4
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#14
Rhode Island
102.3
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#15
Virginia
101.1
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#16
Arizona
100.7
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#17
Nevada
100
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#18
Illinois
100
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#19
Delaware
99.8
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#20
Utah
98.9
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#21
Minnesota
98.6
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#22
Vermont
98
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#23
Pennsylvania
97.6
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#24
Texas · your comparison
97.1
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#25
Maine
97.1
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#26
Georgia
96.3
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#27
Michigan
96.2
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#28
Idaho
95.5
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#29
Montana
94.6
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#30
North Carolina
94.3
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#31
Wisconsin
94.1
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#32
South Carolina
93.7
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#33
Indiana
93.3
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#34
Ohio
92.8
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#35
Wyoming
92.7
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#36
New Mexico
92.2
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#37
Tennessee
91.9
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#38
Missouri
90.8
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#39
Kentucky
90.2
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#40
Nebraska
90.1
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#41
Kansas
90.1
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#42
West Virginia
89.5
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#43
North Dakota
89
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#44
Alabama
88.8
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#45
South Dakota
88.6
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#46
Louisiana
88.2
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#47
Oklahoma
87.8
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#48
Iowa
87.8
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#49
Mississippi
87
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#50
Arkansas
86.9
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This is BEA’s implicit regional price deflator, derived from regional price parities and the national PCE price index.
Texas · 20242.5%
Texas rank#30among all 50 states
U.S. benchmark2.6%Same measure and period when published
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Annual change in regional price deflator
Year-over-year change in the BEA implicit regional price deflator.
An annual regional inflation measure; different from BLS CPI-U. Changes can reflect regional price parity estimates and revisions as well as national inflation.
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Texas
2024 · Texas: 2.5% · Rank #30 of 50, highest first · U.S. benchmark: 2.6% · Selected for state comparisonView history and select a period
Texas Annual change in regional price deflator history
Period
Texas
Compare
2015
0%
2016
0.8%
2017
1.1%
2018
2.4%
2019
2.2%
2020
1.4%
2021
3.7%
2022
5.5%
2023
3.5%
2024
2.5%
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Lower value · 0.8%Higher value · 6.7%Striped: unavailable
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Texas · 2.5%2024 · Rank #30 of 50, highest firstSelected state
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Annual change in regional price deflator · 2024 · highest value ranked #1
Rank
State
Value
Comparison notes
#1
Montana
6.7%
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#2
Idaho
6.2%
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#3
Utah
6%
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#4
Nevada
4.8%
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#5
Michigan
4.7%
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#6
New Mexico
4%
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#7
Indiana
4%
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#8
Wyoming
3.9%
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#9
Illinois
3.9%
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#10
Colorado
3.8%
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#11
Delaware
3.7%
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#12
Ohio
3.6%
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#13
Wisconsin
3.6%
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#14
North Dakota
3.5%
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#15
Vermont
3.5%
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#16
South Dakota
3.1%
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#17
Maryland
3%
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#18
Minnesota
3%
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#19
Kentucky
2.9%
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#20
South Carolina
2.9%
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#21
Hawaii
2.9%
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#22
Rhode Island
2.8%
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#23
Mississippi
2.8%
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#24
Kansas
2.8%
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#25
Pennsylvania
2.8%
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#26
Arkansas
2.8%
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#27
New York
2.7%
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#28
Arizona
2.6%
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#29
North Carolina
2.5%
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#30
Texas · your comparison
2.5%
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#31
New Jersey
2.5%
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#32
West Virginia
2.5%
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#33
Nebraska
2.4%
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#34
Georgia
2.4%
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#35
Florida
2.4%
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#36
Virginia
2.4%
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#37
Tennessee
2.4%
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#38
Alabama
2.3%
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#39
Missouri
2.3%
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#40
Louisiana
2%
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#41
Connecticut
2%
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#42
Alaska
1.7%
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#43
Maine
1.7%
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#44
Oklahoma
1.6%
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#45
Iowa
1.5%
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#46
New Hampshire
1.4%
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#47
Washington
1.3%
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#48
California
1.3%
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#49
Oregon
1.2%
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#50
Massachusetts
0.8%
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Real personal income accounts for national inflation and regional price differences.
Texas · 2024$58,219
Texas rank#26among all 50 states
U.S. benchmark$59,195Same measure and period when published
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Real personal income per person
Regional price-adjusted and inflation-adjusted personal income per resident.
Constant 2017 dollars. This differs from household wages, disposable income, and the national real-hourly-earnings measure.
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Texas
2024 · Texas: $58,219 · Rank #26 of 50, highest first · U.S. benchmark: $59,195 · Selected for state comparisonView history and select a period
Texas Real personal income per person history
Period
Texas
Compare
2014
$48,959
2015
$48,983
2016
$47,686
2017
$49,918
2018
$51,551
2019
$52,343
2020
$53,181
2021
$56,442
2022
$56,452
2023
$57,708
2024
$58,219
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Lower value · $48.47KHigher value · $75.5KStriped: unavailable
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Texas · $58,2192024 · Rank #26 of 50, highest firstSelected state
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Real personal income per person · 2024 · highest value ranked #1
Rank
State
Value
Comparison notes
#1
Wyoming
$75,501
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#2
Connecticut
$74,254
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#3
Massachusetts
$71,629
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#4
South Dakota
$69,153
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#5
Nebraska
$65,297
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#6
North Dakota
$65,271
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#7
Colorado
$65,223
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#8
New Hampshire
$64,632
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#9
Washington
$64,421
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#10
New York
$64,153
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#11
New Jersey
$63,142
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#12
California
$63,028
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#13
Minnesota
$62,039
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#14
Virginia
$61,914
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#15
Maryland
$61,111
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#16
Illinois
$60,333
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#17
Alaska
$60,272
—
#18
Iowa
$60,144
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#19
Montana
$59,203
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#20
Kansas
$59,172
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#21
Vermont
$58,893
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#22
Oklahoma
$58,692
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#23
Pennsylvania
$58,620
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#24
Tennessee
$58,582
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#25
Wisconsin
$58,273
—
#26
Texas · your comparison
$58,219
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#27
Missouri
$57,850
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#28
Maine
$57,480
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#29
Florida
$57,131
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#30
Louisiana
$56,789
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#31
Nevada
$56,503
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#32
North Carolina
$56,310
—
#33
Ohio
$56,232
—
#34
Rhode Island
$55,878
—
#35
Indiana
$55,562
—
#36
Oregon
$55,451
—
#37
Arkansas
$55,219
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#38
Delaware
$55,185
—
#39
Utah
$55,116
—
#40
Michigan
$53,569
—
#41
Georgia
$52,952
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#42
Arizona
$52,890
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#43
Idaho
$52,816
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#44
South Carolina
$52,463
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#45
Kentucky
$52,290
—
#46
Hawaii
$52,272
—
#47
Alabama
$52,216
—
#48
New Mexico
$51,121
—
#49
West Virginia
$50,051
—
#50
Mississippi
$48,465
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Watson Coleman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceA BILLTo amend the Federal Power Act and the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require investor owned electric utilities and gas utilities and transmission providers to, when establishing or calculating a return on equity, establish or calculate the return on equity at the lowest return on equity in an established range of reasonableness, and for other purposes. 1.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Why this record is included
The official record directly addresses electricity generation, renewable power, storage, utilities, interconnection, ERCOT, or grid reliability. It does not establish an effect on Texas's displayed renewable-generation share.
Retained Texas evidence context: In-state electricity generated from renewable sources. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.
Watson Coleman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceA BILLTo amend the Federal Power Act and the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require investor owned electric utilities and gas utilities and transmission providers to, when establishing or calculating a return on equity, establish or calculate the return on equity at the lowest return on equity in an established range of reasonableness, and for other purposes. 1.
Inspect this action on the timeline ↑May 26, 2025 · HB 1109 · House Bill 1109 amends the Tax Code to exempt gasoline and diesel fuel sold to a county in Texas for the county's exclusive use from the applicable motor fuel tax. · Enacted · effective July 1, 2025Texas Legislature · HB 1109
House Bill 1109 amends the Tax Code to exempt gasoline and diesel fuel sold to a county in Texas for the county's exclusive use from the applicable motor fuel tax.
May 26, 2025 · Enacted · effective July 1, 2025
Rep. Gary VanDeaver · Sponsored / Rep. Keith Bell · Joint author / Rep. Trey Wharton · Joint author
FactVote reviewed summary
HB 1109 exempts gasoline and diesel fuel sold for a Texas county's exclusive use from the applicable motor-fuel tax and establishes credit and refund procedures. It took effect July 1, 2025.
Texas Legislature Online records that HB 1109 was filed without the Governor's signature on May 26, 2025, and took effect July 1, 2025.
Why this record is included
The law removes the state gasoline-tax component from fuel sold for a Texas county's exclusive use. The exemption is narrow and does not apply to ordinary retail purchases, so it is linked as a component rather than as an explanation of the statewide average.
Retained Texas evidence context: Regular gasoline price. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.
The enrolled summary exempts gasoline sold to a Texas county for the county's exclusive use from the motor-fuel tax.
Inspect this action on the timeline ↑Feb 10, 2025 · H.R. 26 · Protecting American Energy Production Act · Passed House · referred to SenateU.S. Congress · Texas delegation · H.R. 26
Protecting American Energy Production Act
Feb 10, 2025 · Passed House · referred to Senate
Rep. August Pfluger · Sponsored
FactVote reviewed summary
H.R. 26 would prohibit the President from declaring a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing unless Congress authorizes it and states that states should retain primacy over hydraulic-fracturing regulation on state and private lands.
The House passed H.R. 26 on February 7, 2025; the Senate received it and referred it to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on February 10, 2025.
Why this record is included
The House-passed bill concerns continued hydraulic-fracturing capacity for oil and natural-gas production, an upstream supply component of the petroleum market. It does not set retail gasoline prices or establish an effect on the displayed Texas value.
Retained Texas evidence context: Regular gasoline price. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.
The bill would bar a presidential hydraulic-fracturing moratorium unless Congress authorized it.
Inspect this action on the timeline ↑Jun 10, 2023 · HB 3599 · Relating to an exemption from certain motor fuel taxes for, and registration fees for motor vehicles owned by, certain nonprofit food banks. · Enacted · effective September 1, 2023Texas Legislature · HB 3599
Relating to an exemption from certain motor fuel taxes for, and registration fees for motor vehicles owned by, certain nonprofit food banks.
Jun 10, 2023 · Enacted · effective September 1, 2023
HB 3599 exempts specified gasoline and diesel fuel used by qualifying nonprofit food-bank delivery vehicles from state motor-fuel taxes and also exempts qualifying vehicles from registration fees.
Texas Legislature Online records that HB 3599 was signed on June 10, 2023, and took effect September 1, 2023.
Why this record is included
The law removes the state gasoline-tax component for specified nonprofit food-bank vehicles and storage. It is a narrow purchaser exemption, not a change to the statewide retail price paid by most drivers.
Retained Texas evidence context: Regular gasoline price. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.
The enrolled law exempts qualifying gasoline sold to nonprofit food banks for food-delivery vehicles from the gasoline tax.
Inspect this action on the timeline ↑Mar 1, 2021 · Other executive action · AG Paxton Sues Griddy, LLC Energy Company: Customers Hit with Exorbitant Energy Bills · Official action recordedTexas agencies · Other executive action
AG Paxton Sues Griddy, LLC Energy Company: Customers Hit with Exorbitant Energy Bills
Mar 1, 2021 · Official action recorded
KEN PAXTON · Issued
FactVote reviewed summary
Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Griddy, LLC for violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act through false, misleading, and deceptive advertising and marketing practices.
Published by the official office
Why this record is included
The official record directly addresses electricity generation, renewable power, storage, utilities, interconnection, ERCOT, or grid reliability. It does not establish an effect on Texas's displayed renewable-generation share.
Retained Texas evidence context: In-state electricity generated from renewable sources. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.
Compounding this disaster, Griddy passed skyrocketing energy costs to customers with little to no warning, resulting in consumers paying hundreds or even thousands of dollars each day for electricity. “Griddy misled Texans and signed them up for services which, in a time of crisis, resulted in individual Texans each losing thousands of dollars.
Inspect this action on the timeline ↑Feb 25, 2021 · HB 255 · Relating to adjusting the minimum wage annually based on the consumer price index. · H Referred to International Relations & Economic Development: Feb 25 2021 2:07PMTexas Legislature · HB 255
Relating to adjusting the minimum wage annually based on the consumer price index.
Feb 25, 2021 · H Referred to International Relations & Economic Development: Feb 25 2021 2:07PM
Rep. Thresa "Terry" Meza · Sponsored
FactVote reviewed summary
The bill addresses wages, income support, employment services, apprenticeships, or workforce development.
The latest official Texas Legislature report records this action on February 25, 2021: H Referred to International Relations & Economic Development: Feb 25 2021 2:07PM.
Why this record is included
The official record directly addresses wages, income support, employment services, apprenticeships, or workforce development. It does not establish an effect on Texas's median household income.
Retained Texas evidence context: Median household income. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.
Relating to adjusting the minimum wage annually based on the consumer price index.
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61 statements from 37 candidates
2026 Texas Commissioner of Agriculture — General Election
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The TX Ag Commissioner can stop, or at the very least buy time for locals and other officials to find different ways to stop, these irresponsible AI data centers from causing mass water/power inflation or harming . On Day 1 of the job, Clayton will issue "Ag Impact Studies" to force data centers to …
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Source topic or question: Stop AI Data Centers
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The TX Ag Commissioner can stop, or at the very least buy time for locals and other officials to find different ways to stop, these irresponsible AI data centers from causing mass water/power inflation or harming . On Day 1 of the job, Clayton will issue "Ag Impact Studies" to force data centers to be honest with their resource consumption. This will also slow them down considerably. Clayton will also help locals set up "Ag Development Districts" so that locals can fight back.
Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026
Data centers, including those for AI, are coming to mess with Texas. With them will come higher water and power bills, dry water wells, and no real jobs. These data centers are of, by, and for Wall Street. They will harm both Main Street families and County Road farms. We need an Agriculture Commiss…
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Source topic or question: Stop AI Data Centers
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Data centers, including those for AI, are coming to mess with Texas. With them will come higher water and power bills, dry water wells, and no real jobs. These data centers are of, by, and for Wall Street. They will harm both Main Street families and County Road farms. We need an Agriculture Commissioner who will fight to stop all irresponsible AI data centers from causing mass utility inflation and who will put Texans first, not Wall Street or Big Tech.
Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026
Data centers are causing massive inflation for computers, phones and tablets which working families, small businesses, and family farmers need to provide for themselves.
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Source topic or question: Stop AI Data Centers
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Data centers are causing massive inflation for computers, phones and tablets which working families, small businesses, and family farmers need to provide for themselves.
Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026
We need an Ag Commissioner who fights to lower food prices, remove harmful chemicals, and put real, healthy food back on our tables, not just on the menus of billionaires. Clayton Tucker is the only candidate in this race who is not bought by Big Chem or Big Food, unlike his opponent who owns hundre…
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Source topic or question: If you eat, this job matters to you.
Candidate campaign source
We need an Ag Commissioner who fights to lower food prices, remove harmful chemicals, and put real, healthy food back on our tables, not just on the menus of billionaires. Clayton Tucker is the only candidate in this race who is not bought by Big Chem or Big Food, unlike his opponent who owns hundreds of thousands in stocks of the monopolies who are corrupting our food system
Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026
It’s no secret: government is the number one barrier to job creation and income growth. Huffines will fight to eliminate job-killing regulations that hold Texas businesses back and drive up the cost of living. By getting government out of the way, Huffines will unleash Texas entrepreneurs, grow payc…
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Source topic or question: Defend the American Dream
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It’s no secret: government is the number one barrier to job creation and income growth. Huffines will fight to eliminate job-killing regulations that hold Texas businesses back and drive up the cost of living. By getting government out of the way, Huffines will unleash Texas entrepreneurs, grow paychecks, and make it easier for every Texan to work, build, and prosper.
Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026
As Governor, Gina will ban predatory surveillance pricing and fight to ensure that grocery prices reflect actual market costs, not price gouging designed to squeeze more money from working Texans. She’ll ensure that major corporations can’t swap shelf prices because they know when you’ll pay more.
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Source topic or question: Lower Your Grocery Bill+
Candidate campaign source
As Governor, Gina will ban predatory surveillance pricing and fight to ensure that grocery prices reflect actual market costs, not price gouging designed to squeeze more money from working Texans. She’ll ensure that major corporations can’t swap shelf prices because they know when you’ll pay more.
Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026
Property taxes hit every Texan — regardless of party — and they're one of the defining issues of this election. Texas' budget has grown faster than population and inflation combined — expanding like the most progressive states in the country.
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Source topic or question: Water & Rural Texas
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Property taxes hit every Texan — regardless of party — and they're one of the defining issues of this election. Texas' budget has grown faster than population and inflation combined — expanding like the most progressive states in the country.
Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026
I suspect he really does not intend to stop wasteful local spending because he can’t. Instead, a Governor could reduce state spending. When Ann Richards left office the state budget was $35B per year. Under Republicans it has grown to $169B per year (almost 5 time more). If you factor population and…
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Source topic or question: Abbott’s Tax Plan
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I suspect he really does not intend to stop wasteful local spending because he can’t. Instead, a Governor could reduce state spending. When Ann Richards left office the state budget was $35B per year. Under Republicans it has grown to $169B per year (almost 5 time more). If you factor population and inflation, it is not as bad. The per capita state budget adjusted for inflation rose from $4,135 after Ann Richards to $5,329 today.
Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 17, 2026
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Texas incumbents
What incumbents are proposing
Explore reviewed bills sponsored by current Texas legislators and Texas’s congressional delegation, plus retained proposals from Texas’s governor and agencies. Each record keeps its latest recorded status and official evidence.
4 matching sponsorships or proposals · 4 Texas incumbents. These filters apply only to this section.
Rep. August Pfluger
U.S. representative for Texas, District 11 · R–TX
1 proposalView proposals from Rep. August PflugerU.S. Congress · Texas delegation · H.R. 26
Protecting American Energy Production Act
Feb 10, 2025 · Passed House · referred to Senate
Rep. August Pfluger · Sponsored
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H.R. 26 would prohibit the President from declaring a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing unless Congress authorizes it and states that states should retain primacy over hydraulic-fracturing regulation on state and private lands.
The House passed H.R. 26 on February 7, 2025; the Senate received it and referred it to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on February 10, 2025.
Why this record is included
The House-passed bill concerns continued hydraulic-fracturing capacity for oil and natural-gas production, an upstream supply component of the petroleum market. It does not set retail gasoline prices or establish an effect on the displayed Texas value.
Retained Texas evidence context: Regular gasoline price. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.
The bill would bar a presidential hydraulic-fracturing moratorium unless Congress authorized it.
1 proposalView proposals from Rep. Gary VanDeaverTexas Legislature · HB 1109
House Bill 1109 amends the Tax Code to exempt gasoline and diesel fuel sold to a county in Texas for the county's exclusive use from the applicable motor fuel tax.
May 26, 2025 · Enacted · effective July 1, 2025
Rep. Gary VanDeaver · Sponsored / Rep. Keith Bell · Joint author / Rep. Trey Wharton · Joint author
FactVote reviewed summary
HB 1109 exempts gasoline and diesel fuel sold for a Texas county's exclusive use from the applicable motor-fuel tax and establishes credit and refund procedures. It took effect July 1, 2025.
Texas Legislature Online records that HB 1109 was filed without the Governor's signature on May 26, 2025, and took effect July 1, 2025.
Why this record is included
The law removes the state gasoline-tax component from fuel sold for a Texas county's exclusive use. The exemption is narrow and does not apply to ordinary retail purchases, so it is linked as a component rather than as an explanation of the statewide average.
Retained Texas evidence context: Regular gasoline price. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.
The enrolled summary exempts gasoline sold to a Texas county for the county's exclusive use from the motor-fuel tax.
1 proposalView proposals from Rep. Greg CasarU.S. Congress · Texas delegation · H.R.8568
Lowering Utility Bills Act
Apr 29, 2026 · Introduced
Rep. Greg Casar · Sponsored
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Watson Coleman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceA BILLTo amend the Federal Power Act and the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require investor owned electric utilities and gas utilities and transmission providers to, when establishing or calculating a return on equity, establish or calculate the return on equity at the lowest return on equity in an established range of reasonableness, and for other purposes. 1.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Why this record is included
The official record directly addresses electricity generation, renewable power, storage, utilities, interconnection, ERCOT, or grid reliability. It does not establish an effect on Texas's displayed renewable-generation share.
Retained Texas evidence context: In-state electricity generated from renewable sources. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.
Watson Coleman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceA BILLTo amend the Federal Power Act and the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require investor owned electric utilities and gas utilities and transmission providers to, when establishing or calculating a return on equity, establish or calculate the return on equity at the lowest return on equity in an established range of reasonableness, and for other purposes. 1.
Relating to adjusting the minimum wage annually based on the consumer price index.
Feb 25, 2021 · H Referred to International Relations & Economic Development: Feb 25 2021 2:07PM
Rep. Thresa "Terry" Meza · Sponsored
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The bill addresses wages, income support, employment services, apprenticeships, or workforce development.
The latest official Texas Legislature report records this action on February 25, 2021: H Referred to International Relations & Economic Development: Feb 25 2021 2:07PM.
Why this record is included
The official record directly addresses wages, income support, employment services, apprenticeships, or workforce development. It does not establish an effect on Texas's median household income.
Retained Texas evidence context: Median household income. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.
Relating to adjusting the minimum wage annually based on the consumer price index.
Only current Texas officeholders retained in the reviewed collection qualify. Bills require a recorded primary sponsorship; cosponsors and signing officials are excluded from sponsorship counts. An official introducer recorded as acting by request is labeled “Introduced by request”; that procedural role does not establish personal policy endorsement. Governor and agency records qualify when recorded as proposed. A separately verified governor transmittal can also establish an original proposal whose latest status reflects its later outcome. Signing an enacted law alone does not establish a proposal. A record appearing under several facts is counted once per officeholder. A bill with multiple primary sponsors appears under each recorded sponsor.
Enacted bills, adopted resolutions and unsuccessful measures remain visible as proposal history. Passing one chamber is not enactment. These counts do not measure effectiveness or prove that an action changed a Texas statistic. Collection reviewed Sep 2, 2026.
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