---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a requirement that each appraisal district periodically confirm that recipients of residence homestead exemptions qualify for those exemptions."
description: "Relating to a requirement that each appraisal district periodically confirm that recipients of residence homestead exemptions qualify for those exemptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1801"
citation: "Texas SB 1801 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property Interests--Homestead (I0616)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craddick", "Darby", "Gervin-Hawkins", "Shine", "Springer", "Thierry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd5a852c-4aed-449e-b879-461acc693acd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01800_SB01899/SB 1801.xml"
source_hash: "5a7a8083c1607b162f6eb5102cb0b4f6eee6419de8999d48eaf461c30b1101c9"
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 1801 (88) — Relating to a requirement that each appraisal district periodically confirm that recipients of residence homestead exemptions qualify for those exemptions.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/SB01801I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01801E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01801H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01801S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01801F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **138–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craddick — primary (person)
- Darby — primary (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — primary (person)
- Shine — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Thierry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-28** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-29** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-12** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-12** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-14** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-04** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2023-05-04** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-06** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-10** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-12** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Record vote
- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-15** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-15** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-16** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-27** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2023-05-27** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd5a852c-4aed-449e-b879-461acc693acd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).