Fabio
100 lines
4.2 KiB
Markdown
100 lines
4.2 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "Bill"
|
||
title: "Relating to the eligibility of land used as an ecological laboratory for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land."
|
||
description: "Relating to the eligibility of land used as an ecological laboratory for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land."
|
||
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
|
||
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
|
||
session: "86"
|
||
identifier: "HB 639"
|
||
citation: "Texas HB 639 (86)"
|
||
classification: ["bill"]
|
||
subjects: ["Agriculture (I0020)", "Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)", "OPEN-SPACE LAND (S0378)"]
|
||
status: "enacted"
|
||
primary_sponsors: ["Nichols", "Springer"]
|
||
version_count: 1
|
||
action_count: 44
|
||
vote_count: 1
|
||
first_action: "2019-01-04"
|
||
last_action: "2019-06-02"
|
||
source: "openstates"
|
||
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa76b280-e081-4cb6-87df-3f3b1c83a476"
|
||
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 639.xml"
|
||
source_hash: "df9d5d83c70c4fb6e6e773e1d0c328e3264d3016998fb51ecfc6b4eaf75c2408"
|
||
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 HB 639 (86) — Relating to the eligibility of land used as an ecological laboratory for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land.
|
||
|
||
## Version chain
|
||
|
||
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
|
||
|
||
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00639I.HTM)
|
||
|
||
## Votes
|
||
|
||
- passage — **117–21** (pass) · lower
|
||
|
||
## Sponsors
|
||
|
||
- Nichols — primary (person)
|
||
- Springer — primary (person)
|
||
|
||
## Timeline
|
||
|
||
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
|
||
|
||
- **2019-01-04** Filed `filing`
|
||
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
|
||
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2019-03-06** Considered in public hearing
|
||
- **2019-03-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
|
||
- **2019-03-06** Left pending in committee
|
||
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
|
||
- **2019-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee
|
||
- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
|
||
- **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
|
||
- **2019-04-12** Committee report distributed
|
||
- **2019-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
|
||
- **2019-04-29** Considered in Calendars
|
||
- **2019-05-01** Placed on General State Calendar
|
||
- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
|
||
- **2019-05-02** Passed to engrossment
|
||
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
|
||
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
|
||
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
|
||
- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
|
||
- **2019-05-04** Reported engrossed
|
||
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
|
||
- **2019-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
|
||
- **2019-05-06** Referred to Property Tax `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
|
||
- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
|
||
- **2019-05-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
|
||
- **2019-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
|
||
- **2019-05-15** Placed on intent calendar
|
||
- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
|
||
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
|
||
- **2019-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
|
||
- **2019-05-17** Three day rule suspended
|
||
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
|
||
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
|
||
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
|
||
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
|
||
- **2019-05-17** Senate passage reported
|
||
- **2019-05-17** Reported enrolled
|
||
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the House
|
||
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
|
||
- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
|
||
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
|
||
- **2019-06-02** Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . `became-law`
|
||
|
||
## Source
|
||
|
||
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa76b280-e081-4cb6-87df-3f3b1c83a476`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
|
||
|