--- type: "Bill" title: "Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue." description: "Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue." jurisdiction: "us/states/tx" legislature: "Texas Legislature" session: "89R" identifier: "SB 4" citation: "Texas SB 4 (89R)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance (I0250)", "Property Interests--Homestead (I0616)", "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: ["Alvarado", "Bettencourt", "Birdwell", "Blanco", "Bonnen", "Campbell", "Cook", "Creighton", "Eckhardt", "Flores", "Gutierrez", "Hagenbuch", "Hall", "Hancock", "Hinojosa, Adam", "Hinojosa, Juan \"Chuy\"", "Huffman", "Hughes", "Hunter", "King", "Kolkhorst", "Martinez Fischer", "Menéndez", "Meyer", "Middleton", "Nichols", "Parker", "Paxton", "Perry", "Schwertner", "Sparks", "Turner", "West", "Zaffirini"] version_count: 5 action_count: 68 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2025-02-06" last_action: "2025-06-16" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea526a47-eefe-44ae-8470-2c4ac347aa9c" source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 4.xml" source_hash: "61410b5206f9eeedb193dd16e7ae0d829bab1c5948156484770216f5e3872fa7" 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 4 (89R) — Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue. ## 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/SB00004I.HTM) 2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00004E.HTM) 3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00004H.HTM) 4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00004S.HTM) 5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00004F.HTM) ## Votes - Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 4 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–0** (pass) · upper - passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower - passage to engrossment — **0–0** (pass) · upper - adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1 — **0–0** (pass) · upper - passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper - adoption of Floor Amendment No. 2 — **0–0** (pass) · upper - passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Alvarado — primary (person) - Bettencourt — primary (person) - Birdwell — primary (person) - Blanco — primary (person) - Bonnen — primary (person) - Campbell — primary (person) - Cook — primary (person) - Creighton — primary (person) - Eckhardt — primary (person) - Flores — primary (person) - Gutierrez — primary (person) - Hagenbuch — primary (person) - Hall — primary (person) - Hancock — primary (person) - Hinojosa, Adam — primary (person) - Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — primary (person) - Huffman — primary (person) - Hughes — primary (person) - Hunter — primary (person) - King — primary (person) - Kolkhorst — primary (person) - Martinez Fischer — primary (person) - Menéndez — primary (person) - Meyer — primary (person) - Middleton — primary (person) - Nichols — primary (person) - Parker — primary (person) - Paxton — primary (person) - Perry — primary (person) - Schwertner — primary (person) - Sparks — primary (person) - Turner — primary (person) - West — primary (person) - Zaffirini — primary (person) - Alders — cosponsor (person) - Allen — cosponsor (person) - Anchía — cosponsor (person) - Ashby — cosponsor (person) - Barry — cosponsor (person) - Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person) - Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person) - Bhojani — cosponsor (person) - Bowers — cosponsor (person) - Buckley — cosponsor (person) - Bucy — cosponsor (person) - Bumgarner — cosponsor (person) - Button — cosponsor (person) - Cain — cosponsor (person) - Campos — cosponsor (person) - Capriglione — cosponsor (person) - Cook — cosponsor (person) - Cortez — cosponsor (person) - Cunningham — cosponsor (person) - Curry — cosponsor (person) - Darby — cosponsor (person) - Davis, Aicha — cosponsor (person) - DeAyala — cosponsor (person) - Dean — cosponsor (person) - Dorazio — cosponsor (person) - Dutton — cosponsor (person) - Dyson — cosponsor (person) - Fairly — cosponsor (person) - Flores — cosponsor (person) - Frank — cosponsor (person) - Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra — cosponsor (person) - Garcia, Josey — cosponsor (person) - Garcia, Linda — cosponsor (person) - Gates — cosponsor (person) - Gerdes — cosponsor (person) - Geren — cosponsor (person) - Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person) - Goodwin — cosponsor (person) - Guillen — cosponsor (person) - Gámez — cosponsor (person) - Harless — cosponsor (person) - Harris — cosponsor (person) - Harris Davila — cosponsor (person) - Hefner — cosponsor (person) - Hickland — cosponsor (person) - Howard — cosponsor (person) - Hull — cosponsor (person) - Isaac — cosponsor (person) - Johnson — cosponsor (person) - Kerwin — cosponsor (person) - King — cosponsor (person) - Kitzman — cosponsor (person) - Lalani — cosponsor (person) - Lambert — cosponsor (person) - Landgraf — cosponsor (person) - Leach — cosponsor (person) - Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person) - Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person) - Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person) - Louderback — cosponsor (person) - Lozano — cosponsor (person) - Lujan — cosponsor (person) - Manuel — cosponsor (person) - Martinez — cosponsor (person) - McLaughlin — cosponsor (person) - McQueeney — cosponsor (person) - Metcalf — cosponsor (person) - Meza — cosponsor (person) - Miles — cosponsor (person) - Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person) - Morgan — cosponsor (person) - Muñoz — cosponsor (person) - Noble — cosponsor (person) - Oliverson — cosponsor (person) - Ordaz — cosponsor (person) - Orr — cosponsor (person) - Patterson — cosponsor (person) - Paul — cosponsor (person) - Perez, Mary Ann — cosponsor (person) - Perez, Vincent — cosponsor (person) - Phelan — cosponsor (person) - Pierson — cosponsor (person) - Plesa — cosponsor (person) - Raymond — cosponsor (person) - Reynolds — cosponsor (person) - Schoolcraft — cosponsor (person) - Shaheen — cosponsor (person) - Shofner — cosponsor (person) - Slawson — cosponsor (person) - Smithee — cosponsor (person) - Spiller — cosponsor (person) - Swanson — cosponsor (person) - Tinderholt — cosponsor (person) - Toth — cosponsor (person) - Troxclair — cosponsor (person) - VanDeaver — cosponsor (person) - Vasut — cosponsor (person) - Villalobos — cosponsor (person) - Vo — cosponsor (person) - Ward Johnson — cosponsor (person) - Wharton — cosponsor (person) - Wilson — cosponsor (person) - Zwiener — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction` - **2025-02-06** Filed `filing` - **2025-02-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1` - **2025-02-07** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee` - **2025-02-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . . - **2025-02-11** Considered in public hearing - **2025-02-11** Testimony taken in committee - **2025-02-11** Vote taken in committee - **2025-02-11** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-02-11** Committee report printed and distributed - **2025-02-12** Placed on intent calendar - **2025-02-13** Co-author authorized - **2025-02-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business - **2025-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-02-13** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction` - **2025-02-13** Amended `amendment-passage` - **2025-02-13** Vote recorded in Journal - **2025-02-13** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction` - **2025-02-13** Amended `amendment-passage` - **2025-02-13** Vote recorded in Journal - **2025-02-13** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage` - **2025-02-13** Vote recorded in Journal - **2025-02-13** Three day rule suspended - **2025-02-13** Record vote - **2025-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-02-13** Passed `passage` - **2025-02-13** Record vote - **2025-02-13** Statement(s) submitted - **2025-02-13** Reported engrossed - **2025-02-18** Received from the Senate `introduction` - **2025-03-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1` - **2025-03-25** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee` - **2025-05-05** Considered in public hearing - **2025-05-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee - **2025-05-05** Left pending in committee - **2025-05-05** Considered in formal meeting - **2025-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing` - **2025-05-09** Committee report distributed - **2025-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars - **2025-05-16** Considered in Calendars - **2025-05-20** Placed on Major State Calendar - **2025-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage` - **2025-05-20** Record vote - **2025-05-20** Amendment tabled `deferral` - **2025-05-20** Record vote - **2025-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2025-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage` - **2025-05-20** Record vote - **2025-05-20** Rules suspended - **2025-05-20** Additional sponsor(s) authorized - **2025-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-05-21** Passed `passage` - **2025-05-21** Record vote - **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2025-05-21** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage` - **2025-05-29** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate - **2025-05-29** Read - **2025-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s) - **2025-05-29** Record vote - **2025-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported - **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled` - **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage` - **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage` - **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-06-16** 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/ea526a47-eefe-44ae-8470-2c4ac347aa9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).