---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the period for which certain land owned by a religious organization for the purpose of expanding a place of religious worship or constructing a new place of religious worship may be exempted from ad valorem taxation."
description: "Relating to the period for which certain land owned by a religious organization for the purpose of expanding a place of religious worship or constructing a new place of religious worship may be exempted from ad valorem taxation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1197"
citation: "Texas HB 1197 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Religion (I0646)", "Taxation--Property-Assessment & Collection (I0798)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Campbell", "Cook", "Metcalf"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/781492f7-8ae7-4e2f-81be-5da016465513"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01100_HB01199/HB 1197.xml"
source_hash: "993da2c8e33f9ff97e5cc4f2f747ba5865e284f80a43a6d6248723ebdf826a80"
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 1197 (87) — Relating to the period for which certain land owned by a religious organization for the purpose of expanding a place of religious worship or constructing a new place of religious worship may be exempted from ad valorem taxation.

## 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/HB01197I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01197E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01197H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01197S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01197F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Cook — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Cason — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Slaton — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-22** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-22** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-03-24** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-30** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-30** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-04-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-17** Record vote
- **2021-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-17** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-18** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-03** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-03** Effective on 1/1/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/781492f7-8ae7-4e2f-81be-5da016465513`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).