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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property that is held or used for the production of income."
+description: "Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property that is held or used for the production of income."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "HB 9"
+citation: "Texas HB 9 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTORS (S0310)", "City Government--Employees/Officers (I0061)", "County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "Property Interests--Personal Property (I0600)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)", "Taxation--Property-Tax Rate (I0794)", "Taxation--School District (I0785)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bernal", "Bettencourt", "Bonnen", "Hickland", "Martinez Fischer", "Meyer"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 60
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2025-02-24"
+last_action: "2025-06-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be165211-9b04-49ee-828a-165ccac7850f"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 9.xml"
+source_hash: "fd1e915edc1a6e5cb0fdc2b79d21fde4cd0b0f1b6b5c3e717d6cad5624851dd2"
+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 9 (89R) — Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property that is held or used for the production of income.
+
+## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB00009I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00009E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00009H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00009S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00009F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **133–10** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **110–15** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 9 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **132–12** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **110–15** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bernal — primary (person)
+- Bettencourt — primary (person)
+- Bonnen — primary (person)
+- Hickland — primary (person)
+- Martinez Fischer — primary (person)
+- Meyer — primary (person)
+- Alders — cosponsor (person)
+- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Barry — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
+- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
+- Button — cosponsor (person)
+- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
+- Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
+- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
+- Curry — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis, Aicha — cosponsor (person)
+- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
+- Dyson — cosponsor (person)
+- Fairly — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank — cosponsor (person)
+- Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra — cosponsor (person)
+- Gates — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
+- Geren — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
+- Harless — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris Davila — cosponsor (person)
+- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
+- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
+- Hull — cosponsor (person)
+- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
+- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
+- King — cosponsor (person)
+- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
+- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
+- Leach — cosponsor (person)
+- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person)
+- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
+- Luther — cosponsor (person)
+- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
+- McQueeney — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Money — cosponsor (person)
+- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
+- Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
+- Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
+- Orr — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
+- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
+- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
+- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
+- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
+- Schofield — cosponsor (person)
+- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
+- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
+- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
+- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
+- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
+- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
+- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
+- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
+- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+- Wharton — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-24** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-02-27** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27** Posting rule suspended
+- **2025-03-03** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-03-03** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-03-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-03-19** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-03-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-03-27** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-04-02** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-04-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-02** Passed to engrossment
+- **2025-04-02** Record vote
+- **2025-04-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-03** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-03** Record vote
+- **2025-04-03** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-04-03** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2025-04-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-03** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-05-05** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-05** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-05-05** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-05-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-08** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-05-13** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2025-05-13** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2025-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2025-05-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-14** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-14** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-05-14** Record vote
+- **2025-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-14** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-14** Record vote
+- **2025-05-14** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-15** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2025-05-15** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2025-05-19** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2025-05-19** Record vote
+- **2025-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-19** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2025-05-20** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2025-05-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-21** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-12** 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/be165211-9b04-49ee-828a-165ccac7850f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+