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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 eligibility of land to continue to be appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land following a transfer to a surviving spouse. Relating to the eligibility of land to continue to be appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land following a transfer to a surviving spouse. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 88 HB 2354 Texas HB 2354 (88)
bill
Agriculture (I0020)
OPEN-SPACE LAND (S0378)
Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)
Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)
enacted
Hefner
Springer
5 63 3 2023-02-15 2023-06-10 openstates ocd-bill/26f6cf52-49d6-4efc-b400-70a17ebe28ad ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02300_HB02399/HB 2354.xml 4f715f9f7e1ff09ca2d9c05fe9de98c25d082561b9016d22ab2fbc3d5552c5ae 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-tx

Texas HB 2354 (88) — Relating to the eligibility of land to continue to be appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land following a transfer to a surviving spouse.

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

Votes

  • passage — 1362 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 1362 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 2354 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — 310 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Hefner — primary (person)
  • Springer — primary (person)
  • West — cosponsor (person)
  • Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-02-15 Filed filing
  • 2023-03-09 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-03-09 Referred to Ways & Means referral-committee
  • 2023-03-20 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-03-20 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2023-03-20 Left pending in committee
  • 2023-03-27 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-03-27 Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent referral-committee
  • 2023-03-27 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-31 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
  • 2023-04-03 Committee report distributed
  • 2023-04-03 Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
  • 2023-04-11 Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
  • 2023-04-14 Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
  • 2023-04-14 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2023-04-14 Passed to engrossment
  • 2023-04-14 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-04-14 Passed passage
  • 2023-04-14 Record vote
  • 2023-04-14 Reported engrossed
  • 2023-04-17 Received from the House introduction
  • 2023-04-19 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-04-19 Referred to Local Government referral-committee
  • 2023-05-08 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2023-05-08 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-05-08 Left pending in committee
  • 2023-05-09 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-05-09 Vote taken in committee
  • 2023-05-10 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-10 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  • 2023-05-10 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2023-05-12 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2023-05-15 Co-sponsor authorized
  • 2023-05-15 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2023-05-15 Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading reading-2
  • 2023-05-15 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-05-15 Three day rule suspended
  • 2023-05-15 Record vote
  • 2023-05-15 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-05-15 Passed passage
  • 2023-05-15 Record vote
  • 2023-05-15 Senate passage as amended reported amendment-passage
  • 2023-05-15 Senate Amendments distributed
  • 2023-05-15 Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
  • 2023-05-17 House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
  • 2023-05-17 House requests conference committee
  • 2023-05-17 House appoints conferees
  • 2023-05-17 House refuses to concur-reported
  • 2023-05-17 House requests conference committee-reported
  • 2023-05-17 House appoints conferees-reported
  • 2023-05-19 House discharges conferees
  • 2023-05-19 House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
  • 2023-05-19 Record vote
  • 2023-05-19 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-05-19 Text of Senate Amendment(s)
  • 2023-05-19 House discharges conferees-reported
  • 2023-05-19 House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
  • 2023-05-20 Reported enrolled enrolled
  • 2023-05-22 Signed in the House passage
  • 2023-05-23 Signed in the Senate passage
  • 2023-05-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-06-10 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-06-10 Effective on 1/1/24 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26f6cf52-49d6-4efc-b400-70a17ebe28ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).