---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of intangible personal property."
description: "Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of intangible personal property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 22"
citation: "Texas HB 22 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property Interests--Personal Property (I0600)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Capriglione", "Hinojosa, Adam", "Martinez Fischer", "Meyer", "Noble", "Turner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-25"
last_action: "2025-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/928b4f0d-4071-4089-9d4d-d3d5028c0aa9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 22.xml"
source_hash: "bca619dbded6e12c6122ea48597fc72457680d5556abd8d56ce125963c027182"
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 22 (89R) — Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of intangible personal property.

## 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/HB00022I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00022E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00022H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00022S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00022F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **133–11** (pass) · lower
- passage — **133–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — primary (person)
- Martinez Fischer — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25** 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`
- **2025-03-20** 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** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **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`
- **2025-04-28** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-28** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-29** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-30** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-30** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-09** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-09** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-09** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-09** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-09** Record vote
- **2025-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Record vote
- **2025-05-09** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-12** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-12** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-24** Effective on 1/1/26 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/928b4f0d-4071-4089-9d4d-d3d5028c0aa9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).