TEXIT Referendum
Texas Lawmakers Can File Bills for the 2027 Session Starting Monday
Prefiling for the 90th Legislature opens Monday, November 9. Bills get numbers now but wait for a new speaker and committees after the session convenes January 12.
TEXIT
How a vote on Texas independence would work and the campaigns working to put one on the ballot. The section also answers the questions and myths people raise most. The full FAQ and the movement's founding documents live at thetnm.org.
Essential reading
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- TEXIT Explained
What Happens to Texas Trade After Independence
Texas exported $448.2 billion in goods in 2025. The Texas Nationalist Movement holds that independence keeps that trade and gives Texas the power to negotiate its own agreements.
- TEXIT Explained
What Happens to Citizenship and Passports If Texas Becomes Independent
Texans who hold U.S. citizenship would keep it unless they chose to give it up, and under the Texas Nationalist Movement's position, legal residents of Texas would become Texas citizens automatically.
- TEXIT Explained
What Happens to Social Security If Texas Becomes Independent
Nearly five million Texans draw Social Security. The Texas Nationalist Movement's position is that every Texan who paid in and draws benefits keeps them, and Washington already pays its citizens abroad.
- TEXIT Explained
Can Texas Afford to Be Independent?
Texas is the world's eighth-largest economy by output.
- TEXIT Explained
How Much of the Federal Debt Would an Independent Texas Owe?
Washington owed $40.30 trillion on October 9, 2026.
- TEXIT Explained
What Currency Would an Independent Texas Use?
An independent Texas could keep the U.S. dollar from its first day without anyone's permission.
- TEXIT Explained
Would Other Governments Recognize an Independent Texas?
The United States recognized the Republic of Texas in 1837.
- TEXIT Explained
How Texas Could Hold a Politically Binding Vote on Independence
Only the Texas Legislature can order a statewide vote on independence.
- TEXIT Explained
What the Supreme Court Actually Decided About Texas in 1869
Texas v. White was a lawsuit over bonds.
- TEXIT Explained
What Texas Kept When It Joined the Union in 1845
Texas joined the union in 1845 as an independent republic. It kept its public lands and its debts and won a clause allowing four more states.
- Myth vs. Fact
The Right to Decide Was Never Washington’s to Give
The claim that Texas could leave only by constitutional amendment or war assumes Texans need permission to decide. The Texas Constitution places that right with the people.
- Myth vs. Fact
Texas Already Has a Military. The Claim That It Would Be Defenseless Leaves It Out.
The claim that an independent Texas would be defenseless ignores the Texas Military Department, a $47.4 billion defense economy already on Texas soil, and a Mexican military budget of $13.6 billion.
