Bill Commons

TX HB 23

enacted

Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain nonprofit corporations, located in a populous county, and used to promote agriculture, support youth, and provide educational support in the community.

Texas · 892 · lower

Introduced
2025-08-18
Status date
Latest action
2026-04-15 — Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Ashbyprimary
  • Hullprimary
  • Swansonprimary
  • Oliversonprimary
  • Harlessprimary
  • Bettencourtprimary
  • Bell, Cecilcosponsor
  • Campbellcosponsor
  • Paulcosponsor
  • Lopez, Janiecosponsor
  • Kingcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-08-15

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-08-18

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-08-18

    Referred to Ways & Means

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-08-22

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-08-22

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  6. 2025-08-22

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  7. 2025-08-22

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  8. 2025-08-22

    Committee report distributed

  9. 2025-08-24

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  10. 2025-08-24

    Considered in Calendars

  11. 2025-08-25

    Placed on General State Calendar

  12. 2025-08-25

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  13. 2026-04-15

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-08-25

    Passed to engrossment

  15. 2025-08-25

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  16. 2025-08-25

    Passed

    passage

  17. 2025-08-25

    Record vote

  18. 2025-08-25

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  19. 2025-08-25

    Reason for vote recorded in Journal

  20. 2025-08-25

    Reported engrossed

  21. 2025-08-26

    Co-sponsor authorized

  22. 2025-08-26

    Received from the House

    introduction

  23. 2025-08-26

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  24. 2025-08-26

    Referred to Local Government

    referral-committee

  25. 2025-08-26

    Posting rule suspended

  26. 2025-08-26

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  27. 2025-08-26

    Considered in public hearing

  28. 2025-08-26

    Vote taken in committee

  29. 2025-08-26

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  30. 2025-08-26

    Printing rule suspended

  31. 2025-08-26

    Ordered not printed

  32. 2025-08-26

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  33. 2025-08-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  34. 2025-08-26

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  35. 2025-08-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  36. 2025-08-26

    Three day rule suspended

  37. 2025-08-26

    Record vote

  38. 2025-08-26

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  39. 2025-08-26

    Passed

    passage

  40. 2025-08-26

    Record vote

  41. 2025-08-27

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  42. 2025-08-27

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  43. 2025-08-28

    Signed in the House

    passage

  44. 2025-08-28

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  45. 2025-08-28

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  46. 2025-09-17

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  47. 2025-09-17

    Effective on 1/1/26

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-08-25 · pass · 113-13

    Member-level votes (151)
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Dorazio: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Luther: no
    • McLaughlin: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Canales: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Flores: absent
    • Geren: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Lambert: absent
    • Lozano: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Phelan: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Toth: absent
    • Wu: absent
    • Alders: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Cain: absent
    • Cook: absent
    • Garcia, J.: absent
    • Lalani: absent
    • Leach: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Morales, C.: absent
    • Noble: absent
    • Rodríguez Ramos: absent
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 23 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-08-26 · pass · 26-1

    Member-level votes (4)
    • Schwertner: no
    • Eckhardt: absent
    • Miles: absent
    • West: absent

Related bills

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