---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the property tax appraisal system, including an entitlement to a tax exemption based on the appraised value of certain renewable energy devices."
description: "Relating to the property tax appraisal system, including an entitlement to a tax exemption based on the appraised value of certain renewable energy devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 63"
citation: "Texas SB 63 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Taxation--Property-Appeal of Tax Decisions (I0796)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Meyer", "Nelson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-11-09"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d0ab24c-fe4b-404c-b6e7-af5475bde230"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 63.xml"
source_hash: "2d99da2d66691fa3c2b4bc18f06a9210c1d4dfdf614c1475879fa09356a24523"
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 63 (87) — Relating to the property tax appraisal system, including an entitlement to a tax exemption based on the appraised value of certain renewable energy devices.

## 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/SB00063I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00063E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00063H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00063S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00063F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Meyer — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
- Huffman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-09** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-07** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-07** Left pending in committee
- **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
- **2021-04-15** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-21** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2021-04-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-23** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-23** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-23** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-23** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-23** Record vote
- **2021-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-23** Record vote
- **2021-04-23** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-23** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-26** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-10** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-10** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-19** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-28** Co-author authorized
- **2021-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-28** Read
- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** 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/7d0ab24c-fe4b-404c-b6e7-af5475bde230`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).