Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Senate Local Government Committee Bills & Legislation

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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB488

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authority of a taxing unit other than a school district to establish a limitation on the amount of ad valorem taxes that the taxing unit may impose on the residence homesteads of individuals who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.
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Texas Senate Bill SJR26

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize a political subdivision other than a school district to establish a limitation on the amount of ad valorem taxes that the political subdivision may impose on the residence homesteads of persons who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses.
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Texas Senate Bill SB477

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes.
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Texas Senate Bill SB850

Filed
1/17/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the payment of certain ad valorem tax refunds.
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Texas Senate Bill SB830

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the amount of an expenditure made by a municipality for which competitive bidding is required.
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Texas Senate Bill SB634

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authority of the governing body of a taxing unit to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion, expressed as a dollar amount, of the appraised value of an individual's residence homestead.
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Texas Senate Bill SJR30

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governing body of a political subdivision to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion, expressed as a dollar amount, of the market value of an individual's residence homestead.
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Texas Senate Bill SB751

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to applicability of civil service status to emergency medical services personnel in certain municipalities.
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Texas Senate Bill SB749

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the adoption of an ad valorem tax rate by certain special districts and voter approval of a proposed ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate.
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Texas Senate Bill SB409

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to propose for voter approval the issuance of general obligation bonds for a purpose rejected by voters at a bond election held during the preceding five years.
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Texas Senate Bill SB414

Filed
11/21/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/24/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the text of ballot propositions for bond elections.
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Texas Senate Bill SB413

Filed
11/21/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the meetings of the boards of trustees of independent school districts.
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Texas Senate Bill SB578

Filed
12/13/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/24/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to surveillance cameras for certain housing developments that receive an allocation of low income housing tax credits.
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Texas Senate Bill SB583

Filed
12/13/24  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to lists of public real property suitable for use or to be developed for use as affordable housing by certain municipalities and counties.
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Texas Senate Bill SB2408

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the Trinity River Authority of Texas, following recommendations of the Sunset Advisory Commission; specifying grounds for the removal of a member of the board of directors.