Relating to the role of the members of the board of an appraisal district.
HB 4744 requires appraisal district boards to create a written plan every two years for reappraising all property within their district, following state appraisal standards. The board must hold a public hearing on the plan, notify local taxing units (like cities and school districts) at least 10 days in advance, and finalize the plan by September 15 of even-numbered years. Approved plans must then be shared with all participating taxing units and the state comptroller within 60 days. This bill directly affects appraisal districts across Texas, which are responsible for property valuation for tax purposes in areas with multiple local governments.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 3, 2025
Last action May 15, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from a raw draft version to a polished engrossed version, with minor text adjustments and spacing changes. The substantive legislative content regarding appraisal district board requirements remained unchanged.
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Text formatting and spacing were standardized throughout the document, including removal of placeholder text and alignment adjustments.
Header information was updated to reflect the engrossed version status with bill number formatting.
Section numbering and structure were cleaned up for final legislative presentation.
Floor votes · House May 15, 2025
How they voted
96–47
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 145
May 15, 2025
D
Democratic60
93% Yea
R
Republican85
52% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
8
Committee
7
May 15, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
May 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from s/c favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in subcommittee
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to s/c on Property Tax Appraisals by Speaker
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Charlie Geren
RRepublican
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