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History for 87(2) SJR 2 by Bettencourt

Last Action:
08/30/2021 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Council Document:
87S2 104 SMH-D
Caption Version:
Enrolled
Caption Text:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for general elementary and secondary public school purposes on the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled to reflect any statutory reduction from the preceding tax year in the maximum compressed rate of the maintenance and operations taxes imposed for those purposes on the homestead.
Author:
Bettencourt | Kolkhorst
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Buckingham | Campbell | Creighton | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | Hall | Hancock | Hinojosa | Huffman | Hughes | Lucio | Menéndez | Nelson | Nichols | Paxton | Perry | Powell | Schwertner | Seliger | Springer | Taylor | West | Whitmire | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Meyer | Metcalf | Burrows | Noble | Sanford
Cosponsor:
Anchía | Anderson | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | Biedermann | Bonnen | Buckley | Burns | Button | Cook | Darby | Dean | Fierro | Geren | Harless | Harris | Hefner | Huberty | Hunter | Kuempel | Leach | Morrison | Murphy | Oliverson | Paddie | Patterson | Paul | Price | Shine | Slaton | Spiller | Stephenson | Swanson | Thompson, Ed | Tinderholt | VanDeaver | Vasut | White | Wilson
Subjects:
Aging (I0015)
Disabilities, Persons with (I0380)
Property Interests--Homestead (I0616)
Resolutions--Constitutional Amendments (I0661)
Taxation--Property-Assessment & Collection (I0798)
Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)
Taxation--Property-Tax Rate (I0794)
Taxation--School District (I0785)
Companion:
HJR 2 by Meyer, Identical
HJR 26 by Howard, Identical
Enabling Information:
Enabling legislation is SB 12.
Senate Committee:
Local Government
Senate Committee Status:
Out of committee
Senate Committee Vote:
Ayes=8   Nays=0   Present Not Voting=0   Absent=1
House Committee:
Ways & Means
House Committee Status:
Out of committee
House Committee Vote:
Ayes=6   Nays=0   Present Not Voting=0   Absent=5
Actions are in ascending date order.
Viewing Votes: Most Recent House Vote | Most Recent Senate Vote
Description Comment DateSort ascending       Time       Journal Page
S   Received by the Secretary of the Senate      08/06/2021    
S   Filed      08/06/2021    
S   Co-author authorized      08/07/2021     19
S   Read first time      08/07/2021     6
S   Referred to Local Government      08/07/2021     6
S   Rules suspended      08/07/2021     7
S   Record vote      08/07/2021     7
S   Posting rule suspended      08/07/2021     18
S   Scheduled for public hearing on . . .      08/07/2021    
S   Considered in public hearing      08/07/2021    
S   Reported favorably w/o amendments      08/07/2021     19
S   Committee report printed and distributed      08/07/2021   04:55 PM 
S   Co-author authorized      08/09/2021     29
S   Laid before the Senate      08/09/2021     27
S   Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment      08/09/2021     27
S   Vote recorded in Journal      08/09/2021     27
S   Three day rule suspended      08/09/2021     27
S   Record vote      08/09/2021     27
S   Read 3rd time      08/09/2021     27
S   Passed      08/09/2021     27
S   Record vote      08/09/2021     27
S   Reported engrossed      08/09/2021     30
S   Vote reconsidered      08/10/2021     32
S   Amendment(s) offered   FA1 Bettencourt   08/10/2021     33
S   Amended      08/10/2021     33
S   Vote recorded in Journal      08/10/2021     33
S   Passed as amended      08/10/2021     33
S   Record vote      08/10/2021     33
S   Reported engrossed      08/10/2021     36
H   Received from the Senate      08/19/2021     43
H   Read first time      08/19/2021     41
H   Referred to Ways & Means      08/19/2021   06:18 PM  41
H   Scheduled for public hearing on . . .      08/23/2021    
H   Considered in public hearing      08/23/2021    
H   Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee      08/23/2021    
H   Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)      08/23/2021    
H   Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator      08/23/2021     184
H   Committee report distributed      08/24/2021   08:19 AM 
H   Committee report sent to Calendars      08/24/2021    
H   Considered in Calendars      08/25/2021    
H   Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar      08/26/2021    
H   Read 2nd time      08/26/2021     66
H   Postponed   8/26/21 3:00 PM   08/26/2021     66
H   Record vote   RV#9   08/26/2021     66
H   Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal      08/26/2021     66
H   Laid out as postponed business      08/26/2021     174
H   Adopted      08/26/2021     175
H   Record vote   RV#58   08/26/2021     175
H   Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal      08/26/2021     175
S   House passage reported      08/27/2021     96
S   Reported enrolled      08/27/2021     140
S   Signed in the Senate      08/29/2021     145
H   Signed in the House      08/30/2021     313
E   Filed with the Secretary of State      08/30/2021     185
S   Co-author authorized      08/31/2021     224