---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a disaster."
description: "Relating to a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a disaster."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 492"
citation: "Texas HB 492 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "Taxation--Property-Assessment & Collection (I0798)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)", "Taxation--Property-State Administration (I0791)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darby", "Murphy", "Raney", "Shine", "Stephenson", "Taylor"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 70
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-12-07"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3218395-d760-4ad4-97e9-58552d9f160d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 492.xml"
source_hash: "7dca913c76ace7ffcd12c5c2c4a1e77949f6435590af0a3cb9c7d78c3d9594cd"
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 492 (86) — Relating to a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a disaster.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00492I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **146–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darby — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Raney — primary (person)
- Shine — primary (person)
- Stephenson — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Burrows — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Calanni — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
- Geren — cosponsor (person)
- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Krause — cosponsor (person)
- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio III — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Nevárez — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Sheffield — cosponsor (person)
- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)
- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-08** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Property Tax `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-24** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2019-05-24** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-05-24** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-05-24** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-27** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** 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/d3218395-d760-4ad4-97e9-58552d9f160d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).