Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to limit the total amount of ad valorem taxes that a school district may impose on the residence homestead of an individual and the surviving spouse of the individual if the individual qualifies the property as the individual's residence homestead for 15 consecutive tax years and the school taxes on the property increase by at least 120 percent during that period.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 25, 2019
Last action May 1, 2019
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
3
May 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
May 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Feb 25, 2019
Committee
Referred to Ways & Means
lower
Feb 25, 2019
Introduced
Read first time
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Diego Bernal
DDemocratic
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