---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the farm and ranch survey conducted by the comptroller for purposes of estimating the productivity value of qualified open-space land as part of the study of school district taxable values."
description: "Relating to the farm and ranch survey conducted by the comptroller for purposes of estimating the productivity value of qualified open-space land as part of the study of school district taxable values."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1245"
citation: "Texas SB 1245 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (I0020)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "OPEN-SPACE LAND (S0378)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "Taxation--Property-Assessment & Collection (I0798)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)", "Taxation--Property-State Administration (I0791)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murr", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24e6ab8a-72cb-4b65-b84a-bb18f356b3b0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1245.xml"
source_hash: "8749623df0b106ab0318e0589be210fb633634cda5c82f6f84bac337222a1c83"
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 1245 (87) — Relating to the farm and ranch survey conducted by the comptroller for purposes of estimating the productivity value of qualified open-space land as part of the study of school district taxable values.

## 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/SB01245I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01245E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01245H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01245S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01245F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Murr — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-20** Record vote
- **2021-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-20** Record vote
- **2021-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-10** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-20** House passage reported
- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-22** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-07** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24e6ab8a-72cb-4b65-b84a-bb18f356b3b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).