---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the payment of certain ad valorem tax refunds."
description: "Relating to the payment of certain ad valorem tax refunds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 850"
citation: "Texas SB 850 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTORS (S0310)", "Taxation--Property-Appeal of Tax Decisions (I0796)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "Taxation--Property-Assessment & Collection (I0798)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)", "Taxation--Property-Tax Rate (I0794)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Middleton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/431fe312-282e-4785-903f-acb10d45c83a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 850.xml"
source_hash: "54b38c81f1f47859accf931be47cb45d69b093d391f15b398dcd87a08027ca3f"
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 850 (89R) — Relating to the payment of certain ad valorem tax refunds.

## 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/SB00850I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00850E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00850H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00850S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00850F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **140–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-17** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-10** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-13** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-12** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-20** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-21** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-30** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-30** Read
- **2025-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-31** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **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`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/431fe312-282e-4785-903f-acb10d45c83a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).