---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain interests in a mineral in place owned by certain charitable organizations."
description: "Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain interests in a mineral in place owned by certain charitable organizations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 456"
citation: "Texas HB 456 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055)", "Mines & Mineral Resources (I0536)", "Oil & Gas (I0545)", "ROYALTIES (S0398)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Cook", "Craddick", "Geren", "King", "Rose"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da3f6239-f077-479b-a9da-5dd1e6d95485"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 456.xml"
source_hash: "ff52a07109cc722991cb45a5f42072362d54c454b528c41ba467a816363b5dbd"
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 456 (88) — Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain interests in a mineral in place owned by certain charitable organizations.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB00456I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00456E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00456H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00456S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00456F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **135–2** (pass) · upper
- passage — **135–2** (pass) · lower
- passage — **142–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burrows — primary (person)
- Cook — primary (person)
- Craddick — primary (person)
- Geren — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-06** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Committee report distributed
- **2023-03-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-03-29** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-04** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-04** Record vote
- **2023-04-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Record vote
- **2023-04-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-05** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-05** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-12** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-12** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-16** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-21** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-21** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-25** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2023-05-25** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-25** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2023-05-25** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-12** Effective on 1/1/24 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da3f6239-f077-479b-a9da-5dd1e6d95485`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).