---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property that is held or used for the production of income."
description: "Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property that is held or used for the production of income."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 9"
citation: "Texas HB 9 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTORS (S0310)", "City Government--Employees/Officers (I0061)", "County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "Property Interests--Personal Property (I0600)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)", "Taxation--Property-Tax Rate (I0794)", "Taxation--School District (I0785)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernal", "Bettencourt", "Bonnen", "Hickland", "Martinez Fischer", "Meyer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 60
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-24"
last_action: "2025-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be165211-9b04-49ee-828a-165ccac7850f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 9.xml"
source_hash: "fd1e915edc1a6e5cb0fdc2b79d21fde4cd0b0f1b6b5c3e717d6cad5624851dd2"
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 9 (89R) — Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property that is held or used for the production of income.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB00009I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00009E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00009H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00009S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00009F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **133–10** (pass) · lower
- passage — **110–15** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 9 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **132–12** (pass) · lower
- passage — **110–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bernal — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Hickland — primary (person)
- Martinez Fischer — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Alders — cosponsor (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Barry — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Curry — cosponsor (person)
- Davis, Aicha — cosponsor (person)
- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
- Dyson — cosponsor (person)
- Fairly — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra — cosponsor (person)
- Gates — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- Geren — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Harris Davila — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- Luther — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- McQueeney — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Money — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Schofield — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Wharton — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-24** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-27** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-03-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-03** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-03-19** Committee report distributed
- **2025-03-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-03-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-02** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-02** Record vote
- **2025-04-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-03** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Record vote
- **2025-04-03** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-04-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-05** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-05** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-13** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-13** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-14** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-15** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-15** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-19** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-19** Record vote
- **2025-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-19** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-20** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-21** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-12** 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/be165211-9b04-49ee-828a-165ccac7850f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).