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TX SJR 81

died on adjournment

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the market value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SJR 81 pass?

No. TX SJR 81 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-04-17): Referred to Ways & Means

What is TX SJR 81 about?

TX SJR 81 is a joint resolution in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the market value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income.”.

Who sponsors TX SJR 81?

Bettencourt is the primary sponsor of TX SJR 81, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2025-03-14
Latest action
2025-04-17 — Referred to Ways & Means
Bill type
joint resolution
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bettencourtprimary
  • Creightoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-14

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-03-14

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-03-25

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-03-25

    Referred to Local Government

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-27

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-03-27

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-03-27

    Vote taken in committee

  8. 2025-03-31

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-03-31

    Committee report printed and distributed

  10. 2025-04-07

    Placed on intent calendar

  11. 2025-04-09

    Co-author authorized

  12. 2025-04-09

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  13. 2025-04-09

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  14. 2025-04-09

    Vote recorded in Journal

  15. 2025-04-09

    Three day rule suspended

  16. 2025-04-09

    Record vote

  17. 2025-04-09

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  18. 2025-04-09

    Passed

    passage

  19. 2025-04-09

    Record vote

  20. 2025-04-09

    Reported engrossed

  21. 2025-04-10

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  22. 2025-04-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  23. 2025-04-17

    Referred to Ways & Means

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SJR 81 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-09 · pass · 30-0

    Member-level votes (1)
    • King: absent

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_joint_resolutions/SJR00001_SJR00099/SJR 81.xml

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