---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the payment of certain ad valorem tax refunds."
description: "Relating to the payment of certain ad valorem tax refunds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1856"
citation: "Texas SB 1856 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "Taxation--Property-Assessment & Collection (I0798)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murphy", "Paxton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f773ca19-e5a4-405d-b658-4be74b468589"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01800_SB01899/SB 1856.xml"
source_hash: "73f11f3323035510fc92dfcc1ce9f197c53aac3453a3961f9ed5c5e52ff875a5"
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 1856 (86) — Relating to the payment of certain ad valorem tax refunds.

## 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/SB01856I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Murphy — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Property Tax `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-09** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-09** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-26** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-26** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-01** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-09** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-13** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-14** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-19** House passage reported
- **2019-05-19** 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 on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f773ca19-e5a4-405d-b658-4be74b468589`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).