HB 195 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the dissemination of certain school district ad valorem tax-related information.

HB 195 requires Texas counties to post specific financial details about school districts on their public websites. It applies to school districts with local revenue above a certain threshold (as defined by Texas education law) that have taken steps to reduce revenue, and to all school districts in the county for which this doesn't apply. The bill mandates counties to display the percentage of a district's maintenance and operations revenue coming from local taxes versus state funds for both the current and prior school years. For qualifying districts, it also requires posting the percentage of taxes used for attendance credits, making school funding sources more transparent to the public.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 27, 2025 Last action Apr 3, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Engrossed · 4 edits · Apr 2, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was amended to change which sections of the Tax Code are modified and to update the information that must be posted online and included on tax bills. The original version amended Section 26.16 and Section 31.01, while the engrossed version amends Section 26.17 and Section 31.01. The engrossed version also reorganized the required disclosures to better distinguish between property in districts that have reduced their revenue versus those that haven't, and added a specific statement about state funds recaptured from local taxes.

Scope change

The bill's scope changed from requiring information for districts with high revenue levels to also requiring information for districts without such restrictions, and clarified the distinction between districts that have taken measures to reduce revenue versus those that haven't.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the Tax Code section being amended from Section 26.16 to Section 26.17, which governs tax bill and separate statement requirements rather than just website posting requirements.

Reorganized the required disclosures to separate information for districts that have taken measures to reduce revenue from information for districts that haven't, making the requirements clearer.

Added a new required statement on tax bills that explains the estimated percentage of local taxes paid to the state versus remaining in the district for maintenance and operations.

ELIGIBILITY

Updated eligibility criteria to clarify that the requirements apply to districts with local revenue levels exceeding entitlement and that have taken measures to reduce revenue, while also applying to other districts under different conditions.

Floor votes · House Apr 1, 2025

How they voted

129–17

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 147

Apr 1, 2025

D Democratic60

58 Yea 1 Nay 1

96% Yea

R Republican87

71 Yea 16 Nay

81% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 3, 2025

Committee

Referred to Local Government

upper

Apr 3, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Introduced

Received from the House

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed to engrossment

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report sent to Calendars

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report distributed

lower

Mar 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably as substituted

lower

Mar 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Left pending in committee

lower

Mar 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to Ways & Means

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

lower

5 primary · 13 co-sponsors