Texas Senate Joint Resolution 2 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on June 20 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-06-27 - Received from the Senate
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads, to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in certain exemption amounts, and to except certain appropriations to pay for school district ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads, to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in certain exemption amounts, and to except certain appropriations to pay for school district ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations.

Sen. Paul Bettencourt [R]	Sen. Carol Alvarado [D]	Sen. Cesar Blanco [D]	Sen. Juan Hinojosa [D]
Sen. Bryan Hughes [R]	Sen. Phil King [R]	Sen. Morgan LaMantia [D]	Sen. Mayes Middleton [R]
Sen. Angela Paxton [R]	Sen. John Whitmire [D]	Sen. Judith Zaffirini [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-06-27	House	Received from the Senate
2023-06-20	Senate	Vote recorded in Journal
2023-06-20	Senate	Adopted
2023-06-20	Senate	Read 2nd time
2023-06-20	Senate	Rules suspended
2023-06-20	Senate	Ordered not printed
2023-06-20	Senate	Printing rule suspended
2023-06-20	Senate	Reported favorably w/o amendments
2023-06-20	Senate	Vote taken in committee
2023-06-20	Senate	Considered in public hearing
2023-06-20	Senate	Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2023-06-20	Senate	Posting rule suspended
2023-06-20	Senate	Referred to Finance
2023-06-20	Senate	Read first time
2023-06-20	Senate	Co-author authorized
2023-06-20	Senate	Filed
2023-06-20	Senate	Received by the Secretary of the Senate

SJR1 (Same As) 2023-05-30 - Received from the Senate
SJR1 (Same As) 2023-05-30 - Received from the Senate
SB26 (Enabled by) 2023-06-27 - Received from the Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=881&Bill=SJR2
Text	https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/881/billtext/html/SJ00002I.htm
Text	https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/881/billtext/html/SJ00002E.htm
Supplement	https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/881/fiscalnotes/html/SJ00002I.htm
Supplement	https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/881/analysis/html/SJ00002I.htm