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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill Relating to the period for which certain land owned by a religious organization for the purpose of expanding a place of religious worship or constructing a new place of religious worship may be exempted from ad valorem taxation. Relating to the period for which certain land owned by a religious organization for the purpose of expanding a place of religious worship or constructing a new place of religious worship may be exempted from ad valorem taxation. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 87 HB 1197 Texas HB 1197 (87)
bill
Religion (I0646)
Taxation--Property-Assessment & Collection (I0798)
Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)
enacted
Bell, Cecil
Campbell
Cook
Metcalf
5 46 0 2021-01-19 2021-06-03 openstates ocd-bill/781492f7-8ae7-4e2f-81be-5da016465513 ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01100_HB01199/HB 1197.xml 993da2c8e33f9ff97e5cc4f2f747ba5865e284f80a43a6d6248723ebdf826a80 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-tx

Texas HB 1197 (87) — Relating to the period for which certain land owned by a religious organization for the purpose of expanding a place of religious worship or constructing a new place of religious worship may be exempted from ad valorem taxation.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

  • Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
  • Campbell — primary (person)
  • Cook — primary (person)
  • Metcalf — primary (person)
  • Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
  • Buckley — cosponsor (person)
  • Cain — cosponsor (person)
  • Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
  • Cason — cosponsor (person)
  • Frank — cosponsor (person)
  • Harris — cosponsor (person)
  • Hefner — cosponsor (person)
  • Jetton — cosponsor (person)
  • Leach — cosponsor (person)
  • Leman — cosponsor (person)
  • Middleton — cosponsor (person)
  • Noble — cosponsor (person)
  • Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
  • Paddie — cosponsor (person)
  • Patterson — cosponsor (person)
  • Rogers — cosponsor (person)
  • Sanford — cosponsor (person)
  • Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
  • Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
  • Slaton — cosponsor (person)
  • Spiller — cosponsor (person)
  • Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
  • Swanson — cosponsor (person)
  • Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
  • Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
  • Toth — cosponsor (person)
  • Vasut — cosponsor (person)
  • Wilson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-19 Filed filing
  • 2021-03-04 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-03-04 Referred to Ways & Means referral-committee
  • 2021-03-22 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-03-22 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2021-03-22 Left pending in committee
  • 2021-03-24 Considered in formal meeting
  • 2021-03-24 Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent referral-committee
  • 2021-03-24 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage
  • 2021-03-30 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  • 2021-03-30 Committee report distributed
  • 2021-03-30 Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
  • 2021-04-06 Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
  • 2021-04-09 Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
  • 2021-04-09 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2021-04-09 Passed to engrossment
  • 2021-04-09 Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-04-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-04-09 Passed passage
  • 2021-04-09 Record vote
  • 2021-04-09 Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-04-09 Reported engrossed
  • 2021-04-12 Received from the House introduction
  • 2021-04-19 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-04-19 Referred to Finance referral-committee
  • 2021-05-10 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2021-05-10 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-05-11 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-05-11 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  • 2021-05-11 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2021-05-14 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2021-05-17 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2021-05-17 Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
  • 2021-05-17 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-05-17 Three day rule suspended
  • 2021-05-17 Record vote
  • 2021-05-17 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-05-17 Passed passage
  • 2021-05-17 Record vote
  • 2021-05-18 Senate passage reported
  • 2021-05-18 Reported enrolled
  • 2021-05-19 Signed in the House
  • 2021-05-20 Signed in the Senate
  • 2021-05-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-06-03 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2021-06-03 Effective on 1/1/22 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/781492f7-8ae7-4e2f-81be-5da016465513. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).