Joint-authored the law raising the school district homestead exemption from $100,000 to $140,000, and its companion constitutional amendment, which Texas voters approved as Proposition 13 in November 2025, building on the 2023 reforms.
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Property Tax Relief
Real relief for homeowners priced out by rising property taxes.
In the Hill Country communities of Senate District 25, the average home is valued well above the state average. For families in New Braunfels, Boerne, Dripping Springs, Lakeway, and dozens of towns in between, skyrocketing property taxes were not just a policy problem. They were a kitchen-table crisis, threatening to price long-time residents out of the communities they built and loved. Dr. Donna Campbell made it her mission to deliver real, measurable relief.
In 2023, she co-authored SB 2, which raised the school district homestead exemption from $40,000 to $100,000 once Texas voters overwhelmingly approved the companion constitutional amendment, Proposition 4. Voters raised the exemption again to $140,000 in November 2025. Four years earlier, she co-authored the Texas Property Tax Reform and Transparency Act of 2019, which generally requires cities and counties to hold an automatic election before raising operations tax revenue from existing property by more than 3.5 percent a year — putting a check on the runaway spending that had been driving tax bills through the roof.
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Co-authored the law raising the school district homestead exemption from $40,000 to $100,000, which took effect after Texas voters approved the companion constitutional amendment, Proposition 4, with 83% of the vote in November 2023. The exemption rose again to $140,000 under Proposition 13 in November 2025.
Authored the law letting oil and gas producers that file severance tax reports claim refunds of overpaid sales taxes directly from the Comptroller, cutting red tape for the energy sector that drives the Texas economy.
Co-authored the law that generally requires cities and counties to hold an automatic election before raising operations tax revenue from existing property by more than 3.5 percent a year, down from the old 8 percent rollback rate, giving taxpayers a meaningful check on local budgets.
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Joint-authored the law raising the school district homestead exemption from $15,000 to $25,000, with state aid to hold school districts harmless for the lost revenue, and its companion constitutional amendment, which voters approved as Proposition 1 in November 2015.
Joint-authored legislation creating criminal offenses for real property theft and fraud, protecting homeowners from title theft schemes that strip families of their homes through forged deeds.
Joint-authored legislation streamlining eviction procedures for squatters occupying residential property, giving homeowners a faster legal path to reclaim their property from unlawful occupants.
Authored the law making the home addresses, phone numbers and family information of legislators and statewide elected officials confidential under the Public Information Act and in appraisal records, to protect them and their families from threats.
"There is no right more fundamental to a free society than the right to private property. You should have the freedom to decide where you want to live — without a distant city hall deciding for you."
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Veterans & Military
Dr. Donna Campbell chaired the Senate's veterans committee for four consecutive sessions and represents tens of thousands of veterans in TX SD-25. See her record on military mental health, tax relief, and JBSA.
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Dr. Donna Campbell chaired Senate Veteran Affairs & Border Security, co-authored the Sanctuary Cities Ban, and carried Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month into law.
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Dr. Campbell fights for school choice, parental rights, and $10K Education Savings Accounts. Chair of the Senate Committee on Education.
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