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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the eligibility of the surviving spouse of an elderly person who qualified for a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a taxing unit of a portion of the appraised value of the deceased person's residence homestead to continue to receive an exemption for the same property from the same taxing unit in an amount equal to that of the exemption for which the deceased person qualified without applying for the exemption."
description: "Relating to the eligibility of the surviving spouse of an elderly person who qualified for a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a taxing unit of a portion of the appraised value of the deceased person's residence homestead to continue to receive an exemption for the same property from the same taxing unit in an amount equal to that of the exemption for which the deceased person qualified without applying for the exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1381"
citation: "Texas SB 1381 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aging (I0015)", "Property Interests--Homestead (I0616)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eckhardt", "Hefner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e42775c3-b53d-4104-b0f4-6339ff0e945f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01300_SB01399/SB 1381.xml"
source_hash: "bca90c25cd355faeed4ad2afb2ee8524ba6b40f7bcce05ab9f012c4b9ec6641d"
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 1381 (88) — Relating to the eligibility of the surviving spouse of an elderly person who qualified for a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a taxing unit of a portion of the appraised value of the deceased person's residence homestead to continue to receive an exemption for the same property from the same taxing unit in an amount equal to that of the exemption for which the deceased person qualified without applying for the exemption.
## 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/88R/billtext/html/SB01381I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01381E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01381H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01381S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01381F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **12812** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 1381 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **310** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Eckhardt — primary (person)
- Hefner — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Nichols — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-01** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-08** Co-author authorized
- **2023-03-14** Co-author authorized
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Co-author authorized
- **2023-03-23** Co-author authorized
- **2023-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-27** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-28** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-29** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-03** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-03** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-04** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-04** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-04** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-04** Record vote
- **2023-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-04** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Record vote
- **2023-04-04** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-12** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-04** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-06** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-10** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-12** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Record vote
- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-15** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-15** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-16** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-27** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-27** Effective on 1/1/24 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e42775c3-b53d-4104-b0f4-6339ff0e945f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).