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2025-2026 89th Legislature

SB4

Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue.

Current disposition
Signed by Governor
Last status date
June 16, 2025
Last status update
Signed by the Governor
Author
Paul Bettencourt
Co-sponsors
Carol AlvaradoBrian BirdwellCesar BlancoDonna CampbellMolly CookCharles CreightonSarah EckhardtPeter FloresRoland GutierrezBrent HagenbuchBob HallKelly HancockAdam HinojosaJuan HinojosaJoan HuffmanBryan HughesPhil KingLois KolkhorstJose MenendezMayes MiddletonRobert NicholsTan ParkerAngela PaxtonCharles PerryCharles SchwertnerKevin SparksRoyce WestJudith ZaffiriniBorris MilesMorgan MeyerTrey Martinez FischerGreg BonnenTodd HunterChris TurnerDaniel AldersAlma AllenRafael AnchiaTrent AshbyJeff BarryCecil BellKeith BellSalman BhojaniRhetta BowersBrad BuckleyJohn BucyBen BumgarnerAngie ButtonBriscoe CainElizabeth CamposGiovanni CapriglioneDavid CookPhilip CortezCharles CunninghamPat CurryDrew DarbyAicha DavisJay DeanMano DeAyalaMark DorazioHarold DuttonPaul DysonCaroline FairlyMaria FloresJames FrankErin GamezCassandra Garcia HernandezJosey GarciaLinda GarciaGary GatesStan GerdesCharlie GerenBarbara Gervin-HawkinsVikki GoodwinRyan GuillenSam HarlessCody HarrisCaroline Harris DavilaCole HefnerHillary HicklandDonna HowardLacey HullCarrie IsaacAnn JohnsonHelen KerwinKen KingStan KitzmanSuleman LalaniStan LambertBrooks LandgrafJeff LeachTerri Leo-WilsonJanie LopezRay LopezAJ LouderbackJ.M. LozanoJohn LujanChristian ManuelArmando MartinezDon McLaughlinJohn McQueeneyWilliam MetcalfTerry MezaEddie MoralesMatt MorganSergio MunozCandy NobleTom OliversonClaudia Ordaz PerezAngelia OrrJared PattersonDennis PaulMary PerezVincent PerezDade PhelanKatrina PiersonMihaela PlesaRichard RaymondRon ReynoldsAlan SchoolcraftMatthew ShaheenJoanne ShofnerShelby SlawsonJohn SmitheeDavid SpillerValoree SwansonTony TinderholtSteve TothEllen TroxclairGary VandeaverCody VasutDenise VillalobosHubert VoCharlene Ward JohnsonTrey WhartonTerry WilsonErin Zwiener

Legislative progress

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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.

Enrolled May 30, 2025 Governor approved June 16, 2025 Became law June 16, 2025
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Recorded floor votes

4 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

May 20, 2025 · House

RV#3054

Passed

142 yea–0 nay · 2 not voting · 6 absent

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May 20, 2025 · House

Amendment tabled RV#3055

Passed

96 yea–35 nay · 2 not voting · 17 absent

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May 20, 2025 · House

Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal RV#3056

Passed

145 yea–0 nay · 1 not voting · 4 absent

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May 21, 2025 · House

Read 3rd time RV#3116

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

143 yea–0 nay · 1 not voting · 6 absent

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Committee referrals

Instrument history

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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

  1. State See remarks for effective date
  2. State Signed by the Governor
  3. State Sent to the Governor
  4. House Signed in the House
  5. Senate Signed in the Senate
  6. Senate Reported enrolled
  7. House Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
  8. Senate Record vote
  9. Senate Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
  10. Senate Read
  11. Senate House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
  12. Senate House passage as amended reported
  13. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal View roll call
  14. House Record vote RV#3116 View roll call
  15. House Passed View roll call
  16. House Read 3rd time
  17. House Additional sponsor(s) authorized
  18. House Rules suspended
  19. House Record vote RV#3056
  20. House Passed to 3rd reading as amended
  21. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  22. House Record vote RV#3055
  23. House Amendment tabled 2-Olcott and Hopper
  24. House Record vote RV#3054
  25. House Amended 1-Meyer
  26. House Read 2nd time
  27. House Placed on Major State Calendar
  28. House Considered in Calendars
  29. House Committee report sent to Calendars
  30. House Committee report distributed
  31. House Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  32. House Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  33. House Considered in formal meeting
  34. House Left pending in committee
  35. House Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  36. House Considered in public hearing
  37. House Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  38. House Referred to Ways & Means
  39. House Read first time
  40. House Received from the Senate
  41. Senate Reported engrossed
  42. Senate Statement(s) submitted
  43. Senate Record vote
  44. Senate Passed
  45. Senate Read 3rd time
  46. Senate Record vote
  47. Senate Three day rule suspended
  48. Senate Vote recorded in Journal
  49. Senate Passed to engrossment as amended
  50. Senate Vote recorded in Journal
  51. Senate Amended
  52. Senate Amendment(s) offered FA2 Bettencourt
  53. Senate Vote recorded in Journal
  54. Senate Amended
  55. Senate Amendment(s) offered FA1 Bettencourt
  56. Senate Read 2nd time
  57. Senate Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  58. Senate Co-author authorized
  59. Senate Placed on intent calendar
  60. Senate Committee report printed and distributed
  61. Senate Reported favorably w/o amendments
  62. Senate Vote taken in committee
  63. Senate Testimony taken in committee
  64. Senate Considered in public hearing
  65. Senate Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  66. Senate Referred to Local Government
  67. Senate Read first time
  68. Senate Filed
  69. Senate Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
1960949
LegiScan session ID
2160
Source file
var/states/texas/source/legiscan/2160-8caaa099665d/bill/SB4.json
Package observed
2026-07-17T02:14:58+00:00