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HB2354   Signed by the Governor
Referred to House Ways & Means Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate Local Government Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of land to continue to be appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land following a transfer to a surviving spouse.
Republican Bill, authored by Hefner
Co-authors:
Sponsors: Springer
Co-sponsors: West; Zaffirini

View at Texas Legislature Online

Wed 2/15/2023


(H) Filed
(H) Cole Hefner signed onto the bill as Author
 

Thu 3/9/2023


(H) Referred to the House Ways & Means Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Mon 3/20/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Ways & Means Committee met and decided to leave this bill pending without objection.
 

Mon 3/27/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Ways & Means Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Meyer; Thierry; Button; Craddick; Gervin-Hawkins; Hefner; Muñoz, Jr.; Noble; Raymond; Shine; Turner)
 

Fri 4/14/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 199 (Considered on second reading on the previous legislative day on the local, consent, and resolutions calendar were laid before the house, read third time, and passed.)

RV#199: Yeas 143 (R 82, D 61) - Nays 0 (R 0, D 0)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gates; Gerdes; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Murr; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Slaton; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

 

Wed 4/19/2023


(S) Referred to the Senate Local Government Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Mon 5/8/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Tue 5/9/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Fri 5/12/2023


(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Mon 5/15/2023


(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 31 (R 19, D 12) - Nays 0 (R 0, D 0)

Yea - Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hall; Hancock; Hinojosa; Huffman; Hughes; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; LaMantia; Menéndez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; Springer; West; Whitmire; Zaffirini

 

Fri 5/19/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1869 (The motion to discharge the conferees and concur in the senate amendments to HB 2354 prevailed)

RV#1869: Yeas 136 (R 82, D 54) - Nays 2 (R 0, D 2)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Garcia; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Murr; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Zwiener

Nay - Collier; Sherman

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.

Bhojani: "When Record No. 1869 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Collier: "When Record No. 1869 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Manuel: "When Record No. 1869 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Sherman: "When Record No. 1869 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Mon 5/22/2023


(H) Signed in the House
 

Tue 5/23/2023


(S) Signed in the Senate


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

For

(Mon 3/20/2023) Testifying before House Ways & Means as South, Brent for Texas Association of Appraisal Districts
(Mon 3/20/2023) Registering before House Ways & Means as Blakemore, Charlotte for Popp Hutcheson PLLC
(Mon 5/8/2023) Registering before Senate Local Government as Blakemore, Charlotte for Popp Hutcheson PLLC
(Mon 3/20/2023) Registering before House Ways & Means as Head, Ray for Texas Association of Property Tax Professionals
(Mon 3/20/2023) Registering before House Ways & Means as Parenteau, Julia for Texas Realtors
(Mon 5/8/2023) Registering before Senate Local Government as Popp, Jim for self (with Popp Hutcheson PLLC)
(Mon 3/20/2023) Registering before House Ways & Means as Roland, Kim for self
(Mon 5/8/2023) Registering before Senate Local Government as White, William for Texas Association of Appraisal Districts
 

On

(Mon 5/8/2023) Registering before Senate Local Government as Hall Lecuona, Shawn for LORD
(Mon 3/20/2023) Registering before House Ways & Means as Parker, Rick for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts



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