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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the property tax appraisal system, including an entitlement to a tax exemption based on the appraised value of certain renewable energy devices."
+description: "Relating to the property tax appraisal system, including an entitlement to a tax exemption based on the appraised value of certain renewable energy devices."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 63"
+citation: "Texas SB 63 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Taxation--Property-Appeal of Tax Decisions (I0796)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Meyer", "Nelson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 57
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-11-09"
+last_action: "2021-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d0ab24c-fe4b-404c-b6e7-af5475bde230"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 63.xml"
+source_hash: "2d99da2d66691fa3c2b4bc18f06a9210c1d4dfdf614c1475879fa09356a24523"
+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 63 (87) — Relating to the property tax appraisal system, including an entitlement to a tax exemption based on the appraised value of certain renewable energy devices.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00063I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00063E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00063H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00063S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00063F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Meyer — primary (person)
+- Nelson — primary (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
+- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-11-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-02-09** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-03** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-07** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-04-07** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-14** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-15** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-21** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
+- **2021-04-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-23** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-04-23** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-23** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-23** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-23** Record vote
+- **2021-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-23** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-23** Record vote
+- **2021-04-23** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-23** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-26** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-10** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-05-10** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-19** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-25** Record vote
+- **2021-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-25** House passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-28** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-28** Read
+- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** Record vote
+- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
+- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-14** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d0ab24c-fe4b-404c-b6e7-af5475bde230`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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