---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates."
description: "Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1023"
citation: "Texas SB 1023 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "REINVESTMENT ZONES (S0342)", "Taxation--Property-Assessment & Collection (I0798)", "Taxation--Property-Tax Rate (I0794)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Troxclair"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85b5da5b-bb18-433b-a054-6da024a3fb21"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01000_SB01099/SB 1023.xml"
source_hash: "67a8d4d7a1983bd3526d43ab601b0e3e340a7ff4e8fa77971c27d6cd4703b97a"
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 1023 (89R) — Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates.

## 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/SB01023I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01023E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01023H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01023S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01023F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **103–27** (pass) · lower
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Troxclair — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-30** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-24** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-10** Testimony taken in committee
- **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 w/o amendments `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`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-29** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-09** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-09** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-10** Record vote
- **2025-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-10** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2025-05-10** Record vote
- **2025-05-12** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-14** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-14** Read
- **2025-05-14** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-14** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-15** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-27** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-27** 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/85b5da5b-bb18-433b-a054-6da024a3fb21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).