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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the authority of the governing body of a school district to adopt an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the district's voter-approval tax rate."
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description: "Relating to the authority of the governing body of a school district to adopt an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the district's voter-approval tax rate."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "SB 1502"
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citation: "Texas SB 1502 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance (I0250)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Taxation--Property-Assessment & Collection (I0798)", "Taxation--Property-Tax Rate (I0794)", "Taxation--School District (I0785)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Troxclair"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-20"
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last_action: "2025-05-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90f23d66-4171-4ada-a5e9-26bd442bdac6"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1502.xml"
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source_hash: "de90562bccc5299f4634fb761b14ece4e4e4c95e9dd89a8347b70b97eef7da96"
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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 SB 1502 (89R) — Relating to the authority of the governing body of a school district to adopt an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the district's voter-approval tax rate.
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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/89R/billtext/html/SB01502I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01502E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01502H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01502S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01502F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **102–27** (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 SB 1502 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **28–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bettencourt — primary (person)
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- Troxclair — primary (person)
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- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-20** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-02-20** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-06** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-03-17** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-17** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-03-17** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-03-20** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-20** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-03-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-24** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-05-01** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-05-05** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-05-05** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-05-05** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-05** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-05** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-05** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-05-05** Record vote
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- **2025-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-05** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-05** Record vote
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- **2025-05-05** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-05-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-05-06** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-07** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-09** Laid out in lieu of companion
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- **2025-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-09** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2025-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-10** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-10** Record vote
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- **2025-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-12** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-05-12** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-13** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-13** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-24** 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/90f23d66-4171-4ada-a5e9-26bd442bdac6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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