Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for general elementary and secondary public school purposes on the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled to reflect any statutory reduction from the preceding tax year in the maximum compressed rate of the maintenance and operations taxes imposed for those purposes on the homestead.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2021
Committee Review
Jul 2021
Senate Passage
Jul 2021
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jul 8, 2021
Last action Jul 14, 2021
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Jul 14, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Jul 12, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
Jul 12, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
Jul 10, 2021
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
Jul 8, 2021
Committee
Referred to Local Government
upper
Jul 8, 2021
Introduced
Read first time
upper
2 primary · 12 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lois Kolkhorst
RRepublican
P
Paul Bettencourt
RRepublican
Co
Angela Paxton
RRepublican
Co
Bob Hall
RRepublican
Co
Brandon Creighton
RRepublican
Co
Brian Birdwell
RRepublican
Co
DB
Dawn Buckingham
RRepublican
Co
Donna Campbell
RRepublican
Co
JN
Jane Nelson
RRepublican
Co
Joan Huffman
RRepublican
Co
KS
Kel Seliger
RRepublican
Co
KH
Kelly Hancock
RRepublican
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