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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain nonprofit corporations, located in a populous county, and used to promote agriculture, support youth, and provide educational support in the community."
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description: "Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain nonprofit corporations, located in a populous county, and used to promote agriculture, support youth, and provide educational support in the community."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "892"
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identifier: "HB 23"
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citation: "Texas HB 23 (892)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Agriculture (I0020)", "Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055)", "Education--General (I0255)", "HARRIS COUNTY (G0330)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Bettencourt", "Harless", "Hull", "Oliverson", "Swanson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-08-15"
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last_action: "2026-04-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f5f49d0-f87f-4c2c-a2f2-0fe8787f7567"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/892/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 23.xml"
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source_hash: "996de51bd3eae8bae38f43c053758a24d35b7ad7ddd1159f36a6bb6d087b3c29"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas HB 23 (892) — Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain nonprofit corporations, located in a populous county, and used to promote agriculture, support youth, and provide educational support in the community.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/HB00023I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/HB00023E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/HB00023H.HTM)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/HB00023F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **113–13** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 23 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **26–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ashby — primary (person)
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- Bettencourt — primary (person)
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- Harless — primary (person)
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- Hull — primary (person)
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- Oliverson — primary (person)
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- Swanson — primary (person)
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- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
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- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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- King — cosponsor (person)
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- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-08-15** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-08-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-08-18** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-22** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-08-22** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2025-08-22** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-08-22** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-08-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-08-24** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-08-25** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-08-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-08-25** Passed to engrossment
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- **2025-08-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-08-25** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-08-25** Record vote
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- **2025-08-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-08-25** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-08-25** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-08-26** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2025-08-26** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2025-08-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-08-26** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-26** Posting rule suspended
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- **2025-08-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-08-26** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-08-26** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-08-26** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-26** Printing rule suspended
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- **2025-08-26** Ordered not printed
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- **2025-08-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-08-26** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-08-26** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-08-26** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-08-26** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-08-26** Record vote
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- **2025-08-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-08-26** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-08-26** Record vote
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- **2025-08-27** Senate passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-08-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-08-28** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-08-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-08-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-09-17** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-09-17** Effective on 1/1/26 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f5f49d0-f87f-4c2c-a2f2-0fe8787f7567`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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