---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to installment payments of ad valorem taxes on property in a disaster area or emergency area."
description: "Relating to installment payments of ad valorem taxes on property in a disaster area or emergency area."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 742"
citation: "Texas SB 742 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Taxation--Property-Assessment & Collection (I0798)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Birdwell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ceb8f1bf-03a4-436c-a9bf-77ae5ed4a42f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 742.xml"
source_hash: "42ad5b6ec04d43edf2e263a13d0eaa4cfa46b8b105f4b8cbe7c946b90a6249da"
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 742 (87) — Relating to installment payments of ad valorem taxes on property in a disaster area or emergency area.

## 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/SB00742I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00742E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00742H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00742S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00742F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **143–3** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-23** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-29** Meeting cancelled
- **2021-03-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-30** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-30** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-03-30** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-07** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-07** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-08** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-08** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-08** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-08** Record vote
- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Record vote
- **2021-04-08** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-09** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-13** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-26** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-05** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-12** 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** 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 immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ceb8f1bf-03a4-436c-a9bf-77ae5ed4a42f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).