---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the effect of a disaster and associated costs on the calculation of certain tax rates and the procedure for adoption of a tax rate by a taxing unit."
description: "Relating to the effect of a disaster and associated costs on the calculation of certain tax rates and the procedure for adoption of a tax rate by a taxing unit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 30"
citation: "Texas HB 30 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Taxation--Property-Assessment & Collection (I0798)", "Taxation--Property-Tax Rate (I0794)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Meyer", "Noble", "Oliverson", "Tepper", "Troxclair"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-14"
last_action: "2025-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cebd519-ba8a-4658-a3ad-6bfff0a03933"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 30.xml"
source_hash: "779238f65cc8e9da7eaa28b750ea721b67078e8e0ee1489566bd98b3e3a3b8bf"
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 30 (89R) — Relating to the effect of a disaster and associated costs on the calculation of certain tax rates and the procedure for adoption of a tax rate by a taxing unit.

## 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/HB00030I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00030E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00030H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00030S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00030F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- passage — **83–55** (pass) · lower
- passage — **95–51** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Tepper — primary (person)
- Troxclair — primary (person)
- Alders — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
- Harris Davila — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-14** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-21** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-21** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-21** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-24** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-07** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Postponed
- **2025-05-07** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-07** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2025-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Record vote
- **2025-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-12** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-12** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-12** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-15** Record vote
- **2025-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-15** Record vote
- **2025-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-15** Record vote
- **2025-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Record vote
- **2025-05-15** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-16** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-28** 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/3cebd519-ba8a-4658-a3ad-6bfff0a03933`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).