---
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).