SJR81

3rd Reading
Authored by Paul Bettencourt (R)
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Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the market value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income.
Initially Referred to Senate Local Government Committee, chaired by a Republican

Lt. Gov. Patrick Priority: Business Tax Relief
Gov. Abbott Priority: Property Tax Relief


Co-authors: Creighton (R)

Mar 14, 2025


(S) Bettencourt signed onto the bill as Author
(S) Received by the Secretary of the Senate
(S) Filed
 

Mar 25, 2025


(S) Read first time
(S) Referred to the Senate Local Government, chaired by a Republican
 

Mar 27, 2025


(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
(S) Considered in public hearing
(S) Vote taken in committee
 

Mar 31, 2025


(S) Reported favorably w/o amendments
(S) Committee report printed and distributed
 

Apr 7, 2025


(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Apr 9, 2025


(S) Creighton signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Co-author authorized
(S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business
(S) Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

20250409_SJR81_E: Yea 30 (R 19, D 11) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)

Yea - A. Hinojosa; Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Cook; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hagenbuch; Hall; Hancock; Huffman; Hughes; J. Hinojosa; Johnson; Kolkhorst; Menendez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Zaffirini

Absent - King

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(S) Vote recorded in Journal
(S) Three day rule suspended
(S) Record vote
(S) Read 3rd time
(S) Passed

20250409_SJR81_3R: Yea 30 (R 19, D 11) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)

Yea - A. Hinojosa; Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Cook; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hagenbuch; Hall; Hancock; Huffman; Hughes; J. Hinojosa; Johnson; Kolkhorst; Menendez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Zaffirini

Absent - King

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(S) Record vote
(S) Reported engrossed

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Thu 3/27/2025) Registering before S Local Government as Selina Moran for self
 

For

(Thu 3/27/2025) Registering before S Local Government as Drew Fuller for Texas Farm Bureau
(Thu 3/27/2025) Registering before S Local Government as Jeff Burdett for National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
(Thu 3/27/2025) Registering before S Local Government as Robert Wood for Texas Chemistry Council
(Thu 3/27/2025) Registering before S Local Government as Shana Joyce for Koch



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