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2025-2026 89th Legislature

SJR85

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the market value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled.

Current disposition
Enrolled
Last status date
May 22, 2025
Last status update
Signed in the Senate
Author
Paul Bettencourt
Co-sponsors
Carol AlvaradoBrian BirdwellCesar BlancoDonna CampbellMolly CookCharles CreightonPeter FloresRoland GutierrezBrent HagenbuchBob HallKelly HancockAdam HinojosaJuan HinojosaJoan HuffmanBryan HughesPhil KingLois KolkhorstJose MenendezMayes MiddletonBorris MilesRobert NicholsTan ParkerAngela PaxtonCharles PerryCharles SchwertnerKevin SparksRoyce WestJudith ZaffiriniMorgan MeyerTrey Martinez FischerGreg BonnenTodd HunterDiego BernalDaniel 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 SmitheeValoree SwansonTony TinderholtSteve TothEllen TroxclairGary VandeaverCody VasutDenise VillalobosHubert VoCharlene Ward JohnsonTrey WhartonTerry WilsonErin Zwiener

Legislative progress

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Enrolled May 21, 2025
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Recorded floor votes

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

May 20, 2025 · House

Adopted RV#3093

Passed

145 yea–0 nay · 1 not voting · 4 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 Filed with the Secretary of State
  2. House Signed in the House
  3. Senate Signed in the Senate
  4. Senate Reported enrolled
  5. Senate House passage reported
  6. House Additional sponsor(s) authorized
  7. House Rules suspended
  8. House Record vote RV#3093 View roll call
  9. House Adopted View roll call
  10. House Laid out as postponed business
  11. House Postponed 5/20/25 3:00 PM
  12. House Read 2nd time
  13. House Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar
  14. House Considered in Calendars
  15. House Committee report sent to Calendars
  16. House Committee report distributed
  17. House Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  18. House Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  19. House Considered in formal meeting
  20. House Left pending in committee
  21. House Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  22. House Considered in public hearing
  23. House Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  24. House Referred to Ways & Means
  25. House Read first time
  26. House Received from the Senate
  27. Senate Reported engrossed
  28. Senate Record vote
  29. Senate Passed
  30. Senate Read 3rd time
  31. Senate Record vote
  32. Senate Three day rule suspended
  33. Senate Vote recorded in Journal
  34. Senate Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
  35. Senate Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  36. Senate Rules suspended-Intent Calendar
  37. Senate Placed on intent calendar
  38. Senate Co-author authorized
  39. Senate Committee report printed and distributed
  40. Senate Reported favorably w/o amendments
  41. Senate Vote taken in committee
  42. Senate Testimony taken in committee
  43. Senate Considered in public hearing
  44. Senate Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  45. Senate Referred to Local Government
  46. Senate Read first time
  47. Senate Permission to introduce
  48. Senate Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
2023668
LegiScan session ID
2160
Source file
var/states/texas/source/legiscan/2160-8caaa099665d/bill/SJR85.json
Package observed
2026-07-17T02:14:58+00:00