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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the period for which a property owner may receive a residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for property that is rendered uninhabitable or unusable as a result of a disaster."
+description: "Relating to the period for which a property owner may receive a residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for property that is rendered uninhabitable or unusable as a result of a disaster."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 443"
+citation: "Texas SB 443 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Property Interests--Homestead (I0616)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "Murphy"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-24"
+last_action: "2019-06-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30cafb59-46a6-4a31-bed0-e6778266718c"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 443.xml"
+source_hash: "c0822ea8392c1a4d7985b35b6e2883ef2094fe7488a019d99589318b8a35ccef"
+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 SB 443 (86) — Relating to the period for which a property owner may receive a residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for property that is rendered uninhabitable or unusable as a result of 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/SB00443I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hancock — primary (person)
+- Murphy — primary (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-24** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2019-01-24** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-01-30** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-02-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-14** Referred to Property Tax `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-01** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-04-01** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-04-03** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-04** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-04-10** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-04-11** Record vote
+- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-11** Record vote
+- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-16** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-05-01** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-07** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-14** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-17** Record vote
+- **2019-05-17** House passage reported
+- **2019-05-17** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-04** Effective immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30cafb59-46a6-4a31-bed0-e6778266718c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+