TX HB 1244

enacted

Relating to the eligibility of land to continue to be appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land following a transfer to a person who uses the land in materially the same way as the former owner and to late applications for such appraisal filed by the new owner of the land.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

Quick answers

Did TX HB 1244 pass?

Yes. TX HB 1244 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-24. Latest recorded action (2025-05-24): Effective on 1/1/26

What is TX HB 1244 about?

TX HB 1244 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the eligibility of land to continue to be appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land following a transfer to a person who uses the land in materially the same way as the former owner and to late applications for such appraisal filed by the new owner of the land.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 1244?

Guillen, Bettencourt are the primary sponsors of TX HB 1244, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-03-10
Latest action: 2025-05-24 — Effective on 1/1/26
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2024-11-12
Filed
filing
2025-03-10
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-10
Referred to s/c on Property Tax Appraisals by Speaker
referral-committee
2025-03-20
Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
2025-03-20
Considered by s/c in public hearing
2025-03-20
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
2025-03-20
Left pending in subcommittee
2025-04-03
Considered by s/c in public hearing
2025-04-03
Reported from s/c favorably w/o amendment(s)
2025-04-09
Considered in formal meeting
2025-04-09
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-17
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-21
Committee report distributed
2025-04-22
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-24
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-28
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-04-28
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-04-28
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-04-28
Record vote
2025-04-28
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-28
Passed to engrossment as amended
amendment-passage
2025-04-28
Record vote
2025-04-28
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-29
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-04-29
Passed
passage
2025-04-29
Record vote
2025-04-29
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-29
Reported engrossed
2025-04-29
Received from the House
introduction
2025-04-30
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-30
Referred to Local Government
referral-committee
2025-05-05
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-05-05
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-05
Vote taken in committee
2025-05-06
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-06
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
2025-05-06
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-09
Rules suspended-Intent Calendar
2025-05-09
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-09
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
reading-2
2025-05-09
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-09
Three day rule suspended
2025-05-09
Record vote
2025-05-09
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-09
Passed
passage
2025-05-09
Record vote
2025-05-09
Senate passage reported
passage
2025-05-10
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-12
Signed in the House
passage
2025-05-12
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-05-13
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-05-24
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-05-24
Effective on 1/1/26
became-law

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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-04-28 · pass · 145-0
Member-level votes (153)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Campos: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- González, J.: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: 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
- Jones, V.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Reynolds: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Harris(C): not voting
- Zwiene: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Davis: absent
- A: absent
- Martinez Fischer: absent
passage
2025-04-29 · pass · 145-0
Member-level votes (153)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Campos: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- González, J.: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Reynolds: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Vo: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Present: not voting
- Speaker(C): not voting
- Tot: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Excused: absent
- Walle: absent
- Hefner: absent
- Louderbac: absent
Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 1244 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-05-09 · pass · 31-0

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01200_HB01299/HB 1244.xml

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