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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the text of ballot propositions that increase taxes."
+description: "Relating to the text of ballot propositions that increase taxes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "SB 1025"
+citation: "Texas SB 1025 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections--General (I0310)", "Taxation--Property-Tax Rate (I0794)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Troxclair"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2025-01-30"
+last_action: "2025-05-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5cc8f53-1444-4b5b-ac84-6947a377498a"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01000_SB01099/SB 1025.xml"
+source_hash: "1a8cef932d500607ee250c3dc2d5fee973837e210a42564e5302e8d9a540f9ac"
+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 1025 (89R) — Relating to the text of ballot propositions that increase taxes.
+
+## 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/SB01025I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01025E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01025H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01025S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01025F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **25–5** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **83–44** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **102–45** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **25–4** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **23–6** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bettencourt — primary (person)
+- Troxclair — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-30** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-01-30** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-02-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-02-24** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-03-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-10** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-03-10** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-03-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-13** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-03-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-17** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-03-19** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2025-03-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2025-03-20** Record vote
+- **2025-03-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-20** Record vote
+- **2025-03-20** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-03-20** Record vote
+- **2025-03-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-20** Record vote
+- **2025-03-20** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-03-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-09** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2025-04-24** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2025-04-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-04-29** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-07** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-07** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
+- **2025-05-07** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2025-05-07** Record vote
+- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-08** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-08** Record vote
+- **2025-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-08** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-12** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2025-05-12** Read
+- **2025-05-12** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2025-05-12** Record vote
+- **2025-05-12** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2025-05-12** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-13** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-13** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-24** Effective immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5cc8f53-1444-4b5b-ac84-6947a377498a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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