republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/87/sb-725.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the qualification of land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural land and the liability for the additional tax imposed on such land if the use of the land changes as a result of a condemnation."
description: "Relating to the qualification of land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural land and the liability for the additional tax imposed on such land if the use of the land changes as a result of a condemnation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 725"
citation: "Texas SB 725 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (I0020)", "CONDEMNATION (S0063)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "Taxation--Property-Assessment & Collection (I0798)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Birdwell", "Buckingham", "Campbell", "Hall", "Hinojosa", "Huffman", "Kolkhorst", "Leman", "Miles", "Nichols", "Paxton", "Perry", "Schwertner", "Seliger", "Springer", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-22"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5bc5856-5ed9-4e8c-b28d-4b103a4a89d1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 725.xml"
source_hash: "9227d8f714227b55ff8b0df29a3c6d6d2f0dc5a846bfa01e1c25ff654db50684"
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 725 (87) — Relating to the qualification of land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural land and the liability for the additional tax imposed on such land if the use of the land changes as a result of a condemnation.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/SB00725I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00725E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00725H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00725S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00725F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Leman — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Seliger — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-22** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-29** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-13** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-14** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-14** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-14** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-14** Record vote
- **2021-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Record vote
- **2021-04-14** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-15** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-28** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-30** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-03** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-03** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-04** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Record vote
- **2021-05-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-05** House passage reported
- **2021-05-05** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-06** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-06** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5bc5856-5ed9-4e8c-b28d-4b103a4a89d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).