---
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 the resulting loss 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 the resulting loss in local revenue."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "873"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "Texas SB 1 (873)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance (I0250)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM (S0541)", "LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD (V0161)", "LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (S0096)", "Legislature (I0520)", "SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE (S0306)", "Taxation--Property-Assessment & Collection (I0798)", "Taxation--Property-Tax Rate (I0794)", "Taxation--School District (I0785)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Bonnen", "Button", "Metcalf", "Meyer", "Middleton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 95
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-09-20"
last_action: "2021-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e54469fc-b13b-4921-8985-1ead1e1d110f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/873/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 1.xml"
source_hash: "0a673d0cef2aaedbe0baf729b88b6a8a701cb503de4e4b716f88550ad9ebc26f"
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 1 (873) — 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 the resulting loss 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/873/billtext/html/SB00001I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/SB00001E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/SB00001H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/SB00001S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/SB00001F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Button — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Burrows — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Geren — cosponsor (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
- Klick — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Krause — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Raney — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Schofield — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Slaton — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-20** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-09-20** Filed `filing`
- **2021-09-20** Co-author authorized
- **2021-09-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-09-20** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-20** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-09-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-09-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-09-21** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-09-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-09-21** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2021-09-22** Co-author authorized
- **2021-09-22** Printing rule suspended
- **2021-09-22** Ordered not printed
- **2021-09-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-09-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-09-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-09-22** Amendment to amendment offered
- **2021-09-22** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2021-09-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-09-22** Amendment adopted as amended
- **2021-09-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-09-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-09-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-09-22** Record vote
- **2021-09-22** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-09-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-09-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-09-22** Record vote
- **2021-09-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-09-22** Passed `passage`
- **2021-09-22** Record vote
- **2021-09-22** Reported engrossed
- **2021-09-23** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-09-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-09-27** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-09-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-09-30** Left pending in committee
- **2021-10-04** Co-author authorized
- **2021-10-12** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-10-12** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-10-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-10-12** Committee report distributed
- **2021-10-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-10-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-10-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-10-14** Calendars Committee rule adopted
- **2021-10-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-10-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-10-15** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-15** Record vote
- **2021-10-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-10-15** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
- **2021-10-15** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-10-15** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-10-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-10-15** Passed `passage`
- **2021-10-15** Record vote
- **2021-10-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-15** Subject to Art.III Sec.49a Tx. Constitution
- **2021-10-15** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-10-15** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-10-15** Read
- **2021-10-15** Senate refuses to concur
- **2021-10-15** Senate requests conference committee
- **2021-10-15** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-10-15** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-10-15** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-10-15** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-10-15** House grants request for conference committee
- **2021-10-15** House appoints conferees
- **2021-10-15** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2021-10-15** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-10-18** Co-author authorized
- **2021-10-18** Conference committee report filed
- **2021-10-18** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2021-10-18** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2021-10-18** House adopts conference committee report
- **2021-10-18** Record vote
- **2021-10-18** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-10-18** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2021-10-18** Rules suspended
- **2021-10-18** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2021-10-18** Record vote
- **2021-10-18** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-10-18** Co-author authorized
- **2021-10-19** Reported enrolled
- **2021-10-19** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-10-19** Signed in the House
- **2021-10-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-25** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-25** 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/e54469fc-b13b-4921-8985-1ead1e1d110f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).