--- type: "Bill" title: "Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system, exemptions, limitations on appraisals and taxes, and property tax administration; authorizing the imposition of a fee." description: "Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system, exemptions, limitations on appraisals and taxes, and property tax administration; authorizing the imposition of a fee." jurisdiction: "us/states/tx" legislature: "Texas Legislature" session: "882" identifier: "SB 2" citation: "Texas SB 2 (882)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Aging (I0015)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance (I0250)", "PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (PX4HI)", "Property Interests--Homestead (I0616)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)", "Taxation--Property-Appeal of Tax Decisions (I0796)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "Taxation--Property-Assessment & Collection (I0798)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)", "Taxation--Property-Tax Rate (I0794)", "Taxation--School District (I0785)"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Burrows", "Metcalf", "Meyer", "Raymond", "Thierry"] version_count: 4 action_count: 99 vote_count: 0 first_action: "2023-07-10" last_action: "2023-07-22" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/266d1fed-419e-4e7a-aa8b-45909b4404aa" source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/882/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 2.xml" source_hash: "ffe111970dcbb05097707e0b447070748d58a10b88a921e5ddc23db7eeb7d59c" 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 2 (882) — Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system, exemptions, limitations on appraisals and taxes, and property tax administration; authorizing the imposition of a fee. ## 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/882/billtext/html/SB00002I.HTM) 2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/882/billtext/html/SB00002E.HTM) 3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/882/billtext/html/SB00002H.HTM) 4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/882/billtext/html/SB00002F.HTM) ## Sponsors - Bettencourt — primary (person) - Burrows — primary (person) - Metcalf — primary (person) - Meyer — primary (person) - Raymond — primary (person) - Thierry — primary (person) - Allison — cosponsor (person) - Alvarado — cosponsor (person) - Anderson — cosponsor (person) - Ashby — cosponsor (person) - Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person) - Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person) - Birdwell — cosponsor (person) - Blanco — cosponsor (person) - Bumgarner — cosponsor (person) - Burns — cosponsor (person) - Button — cosponsor (person) - Cain — cosponsor (person) - Campbell — cosponsor (person) - Capriglione — cosponsor (person) - Clardy — cosponsor (person) - Cook — cosponsor (person) - Creighton — cosponsor (person) - Cunningham — cosponsor (person) - Darby — cosponsor (person) - DeAyala — cosponsor (person) - Dean — cosponsor (person) - Dorazio — cosponsor (person) - Eckhardt — cosponsor (person) - Flores — cosponsor (person) - Frazier — cosponsor (person) - Gerdes — cosponsor (person) - Geren — cosponsor (person) - Goldman — cosponsor (person) - Guillen — cosponsor (person) - Gutierrez — cosponsor (person) - Hall — cosponsor (person) - Hancock — cosponsor (person) - Harless — cosponsor (person) - Harris, Caroline — cosponsor (person) - Harris, Cody — cosponsor (person) - Hayes — cosponsor (person) - Herrero — cosponsor (person) - Hinojosa — cosponsor (person) - Holland — cosponsor (person) - Huffman — cosponsor (person) - Hughes — cosponsor (person) - Hull — cosponsor (person) - Isaac — cosponsor (person) - King — cosponsor (person) - King, Tracy O. — cosponsor (person) - Kitzman — cosponsor (person) - Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person) - Kuempel — cosponsor (person) - LaMantia — cosponsor (person) - Lambert — cosponsor (person) - Landgraf — cosponsor (person) - Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person) - Longoria — cosponsor (person) - Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person) - Lozano — cosponsor (person) - Lujan — cosponsor (person) - Menéndez — cosponsor (person) - Middleton — cosponsor (person) - Miles — cosponsor (person) - Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person) - Morrison — cosponsor (person) - Nichols — cosponsor (person) - Noble — cosponsor (person) - Oliverson — cosponsor (person) - Orr — cosponsor (person) - Parker — cosponsor (person) - Patterson — cosponsor (person) - Paul — cosponsor (person) - Paxton — cosponsor (person) - Perry — cosponsor (person) - Price — cosponsor (person) - Raney — cosponsor (person) - Reynolds — cosponsor (person) - Rogers — cosponsor (person) - Schatzline — cosponsor (person) - Schwertner — cosponsor (person) - Shaheen — cosponsor (person) - Shine — cosponsor (person) - Slawson — cosponsor (person) - Smith — cosponsor (person) - Sparks — cosponsor (person) - Spiller — cosponsor (person) - Springer — cosponsor (person) - Stucky — cosponsor (person) - Tepper — cosponsor (person) - Thimesch — cosponsor (person) - Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person) - Toth — cosponsor (person) - Troxclair — cosponsor (person) - VanDeaver — cosponsor (person) - Vasut — cosponsor (person) - West — cosponsor (person) - Whitmire — cosponsor (person) - Wilson — cosponsor (person) - Zaffirini — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-07-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction` - **2023-07-10** Filed `filing` - **2023-07-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1` - **2023-07-11** Referred to Finance `referral-committee` - **2023-07-12** Co-author authorized - **2023-07-12** Posting rule suspended - **2023-07-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . . - **2023-07-12** Considered in public hearing - **2023-07-12** Vote taken in committee - **2023-07-12** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-07-12** Printing rule suspended - **2023-07-12** Ordered not printed - **2023-07-12** Rules suspended - **2023-07-12** Record vote - **2023-07-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2023-07-12** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction` - **2023-07-12** Amended `amendment-passage` - **2023-07-12** Vote recorded in Journal - **2023-07-12** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction` - **2023-07-12** Amended `amendment-passage` - **2023-07-12** Vote recorded in Journal - **2023-07-12** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction` - **2023-07-12** Amended `amendment-passage` - **2023-07-12** Vote recorded in Journal - **2023-07-12** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage` - **2023-07-12** Vote recorded in Journal - **2023-07-12** Three day rule suspended - **2023-07-12** Record vote - **2023-07-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2023-07-12** Passed `passage` - **2023-07-12** Record vote - **2023-07-12** Reported engrossed - **2023-07-12** Received from the Senate `introduction` - **2023-07-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1` - **2023-07-12** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee` - **2023-07-12** Considered in formal meeting - **2023-07-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-07-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing` - **2023-07-12** Committee report distributed - **2023-07-13** Committee report sent to Calendars - **2023-07-13** Laid out in lieu of companion - **2023-07-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2023-07-13** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction` - **2023-07-13** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal` - **2023-07-13** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal` - **2023-07-13** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction` - **2023-07-13** Point of order sustained (amendment) - **2023-07-13** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal` - **2023-07-13** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction` - **2023-07-13** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal` - **2023-07-13** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal` - **2023-07-13** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction` - **2023-07-13** Point of order sustained (amendment) - **2023-07-13** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure` - **2023-07-13** Record vote - **2023-07-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2023-07-13** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure` - **2023-07-13** Record vote - **2023-07-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2023-07-13** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction` - **2023-07-13** Point of order sustained (amendment) - **2023-07-13** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal` - **2023-07-13** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal` - **2023-07-13** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal` - **2023-07-13** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure` - **2023-07-13** Record vote - **2023-07-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2023-07-13** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure` - **2023-07-13** Record vote - **2023-07-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2023-07-13** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure` - **2023-07-13** Record vote - **2023-07-13** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure` - **2023-07-13** Record vote - **2023-07-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2023-07-13** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction` - **2023-07-13** Amendment to amendment offered - **2023-07-13** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal` - **2023-07-13** Amendment to amendment withdrawn `withdrawal` - **2023-07-13** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure` - **2023-07-13** Record vote - **2023-07-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2023-07-13** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure` - **2023-07-13** Record vote - **2023-07-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2023-07-13** Passed to 3rd reading - **2023-07-13** Record vote - **2023-07-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2023-07-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2023-07-13** Passed `passage` - **2023-07-13** Record vote - **2023-07-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2023-07-13** House passage reported `passage` - **2023-07-13** Reported enrolled `enrolled` - **2023-07-13** Signed in the Senate `passage` - **2023-07-13** Signed in the House `passage` - **2023-07-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt` - **2023-07-22** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature` - **2023-07-22** See remarks for effective date ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/266d1fed-419e-4e7a-aa8b-45909b4404aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).