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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a disaster."
+description: "Relating to a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a disaster."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 492"
+citation: "Texas HB 492 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "Taxation--Property-Assessment & Collection (I0798)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)", "Taxation--Property-State Administration (I0791)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Darby", "Murphy", "Raney", "Shine", "Stephenson", "Taylor"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 70
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-12-07"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3218395-d760-4ad4-97e9-58552d9f160d"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 492.xml"
+source_hash: "7dca913c76ace7ffcd12c5c2c4a1e77949f6435590af0a3cb9c7d78c3d9594cd"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 492 (86) — Relating to a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a disaster.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00492I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **146–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **137–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Darby — primary (person)
+- Murphy — primary (person)
+- Raney — primary (person)
+- Shine — primary (person)
+- Stephenson — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Burrows — cosponsor (person)
+- Button — cosponsor (person)
+- Calanni — cosponsor (person)
+- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
+- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
+- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
+- Geren — cosponsor (person)
+- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
+- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
+- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
+- Krause — cosponsor (person)
+- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
+- Leach — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucio III — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Nevárez — cosponsor (person)
+- Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
+- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
+- Sheffield — cosponsor (person)
+- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
+- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
+- Wray — cosponsor (person)
+- Wu — cosponsor (person)
+- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-12-07** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-20** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-08** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-16** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2019-04-16** Record vote
+- **2019-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-17** Record vote
+- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-24** Referred to Property Tax `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
+- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee
+- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees
+- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur-reported
+- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee-reported
+- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2019-05-24** Senate grants request for conference comm.
+- **2019-05-24** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2019-05-24** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2019-05-24** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed
+- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
+- **2019-05-26** Record vote
+- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
+- **2019-05-26** Record vote
+- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2019-05-27** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-14** See remarks for effective date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3218395-d760-4ad4-97e9-58552d9f160d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+