Enact the Tithing Protection Act [SB-261]
[Religion ]
[Taxes ]
To amend section 5747.01 of the Revised Code to allow a personal income tax deduction for certain donations to churches and to name this act the Tithing Protection Act.
SB-261: Enact the Tithing Protection Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Michele Reynolds
Introduced on 09/16/2025
Enact the Tithing Protection Act [HB-444]
[Religion ]
[Taxes ]
To amend section 5747.01 of the Revised Code to allow a personal income tax deduction for certain donations to churches and to name this act the Tithing Protection Act.
HB-444: Enact the Tithing Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Riordan T. McClain
Introduced on 09/15/2025
You Earned It, You Keep It Act [S.2716]
[Social Security ]
[Retirement ]
[Taxes ]
[Senior Citizens ]
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion in gross income of social security benefits, and for other purposes.
S.2716: You Earned It, You Keep It Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Ruben Gallego
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 09/04/2025
Federal Receivership Fairness Act [HB-5146]
[Taxes ]
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for certain rules regarding determination of tax in the case of a receivership.
HB-5146: Federal Receivership Fairness Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Don S. Beyer
Introduced In House on 09/04/2025
Enact the Promised Land Act [SB-250]
[Housing ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Taxes ]
[Community Development ]
To amend sections 5725.38, 5725.98, 5726.61, 5726.98, 5729.21, 5729.98, 5747.86, and 5747.98 and to enact section 122.841 of the Revised Code to authorize a nonrefundable, transferable tax credit for charitable organizations that construct owner-occupied housing and to name this act the Promised Land Act.
SB-250: Enact the Promised Land Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Michele Reynolds
Introduced on 09/03/2025
HB-312: Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to impose a supplemental local sales and use tax to provide additional revenue for property tax relief and general governmental purposes if the tax is approved by the voters; authorizing the imposition of a tax.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffrey Barry
Filed on 09/02/2025
You have voted HB-312: Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to impose a supplemental local sales and use tax to provide additional revenue for property tax relief and general governmental purposes if the tax is approved by the voters; authorizing the imposition of a tax..
HB-309: Relating to the creation of the Texas Hemp Council; regulation of products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and hemp beverages and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and permits; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing civil penalties; imposing taxes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Briscoe Cain
Filed on 08/28/2025
You have voted HB-309: Relating to the creation of the Texas Hemp Council; regulation of products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and hemp beverages and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and permits; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing civil penalties; imposing taxes..
SB-58: Relating to the treatment of a replacement structure for a structure that was rendered uninhabitable or unusable by a casualty, a natural disaster, or wind or water damage as a new improvement for ad valorem tax purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Borris L. Miles
Received By The Secretary Of The Senate on 08/28/2025
You have voted SB-58: Relating to the treatment of a replacement structure for a structure that was rendered uninhabitable or unusable by a casualty, a natural disaster, or wind or water damage as a new improvement for ad valorem tax purposes..
HB-301: Relating to the vote required in an election to approve an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds a taxing unit's voter-approval tax rate; making conforming changes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Valoree Swanson
Filed on 08/26/2025
You have voted HB-301: Relating to the vote required in an election to approve an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds a taxing unit's voter-approval tax rate; making conforming changes..
HJR-39: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide that the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes for the first tax year that the owner of the property qualifies the property for a residence homestead exemption is the market value of the property and that, if the owner purchased the property, the purchase price of the property is considered to be the market value of the property for that tax year and to limit increases in the appraised value of the homestead for subsequent tax years based on the market value of all new improvements to the property.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shelley Luther
Filed on 08/25/2025
You have voted HJR-39: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide that the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes for the first tax year that the owner of the property qualifies the property for a residence homestead exemption is the market value of the property and that, if the owner purchased the property, the purchase price of the property is considered to be the market value of the property for that tax year and to limit increases in the appraised value of the homestead for subsequent tax years based on the market value of all new improvements to the property..
Enact Taxpayers Freedom Trilogy-Act II: Arresting Inside Millage [HB-421]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
To enact sections 5705.262 and 5705.263 of the Revised Code to allow electors to reduce unvoted property taxes by initiative and to name this act the Taxpayers Freedom Trilogy - Act Two: Arresting Inside Millage.
Enact Taxpayers Freedom Trilogy-Act I:Discontinuing the Continuum [HB-420]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
To amend sections 505.37, 505.48, 505.481, 3311.21, 3311.50, 3318.05, 3318.052, 3318.08, 3318.18, 3318.44, 3354.12, 3358.11, 5705.03, 5705.19, 5705.191, 5705.192, 5705.198, 5705.199, 5705.21, 5705.212, 5705.213, 5705.215, 5705.217, 5705.218, 5705.219, 5705.2111, 5705.2114, 5705.222, 5705.23, 5705.233, 5705.25, 5705.251, 5748.02, 5748.03, 5748.04, and 5748.09; to enact section 5705.171; and to repeal section 5705.261 of the Revised Code to disallow and, by 2030, eliminate property taxes levied for a continuing period of time and to name this act
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HB-420: Enact Taxpayers Freedom Trilogy-Act I:Discontinuing the Continuum
Sponsored by: Rep. Gary N. Click
Referred To Committee: Ways And Means on 09/15/2025
Enact Taxpayers Freedom Trilogy-Act III: Triumph of the Taxpayer [HB-422]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
To amend sections 345.02, 511.07, 757.02, and 3318.06 and to enact section 5705.171 of the Revised Code to increase the approval threshold required for passage of certain property taxes and to name this act the Taxpayers Freedom Trilogy - Act Three: The Triumph of the Taxpayer.
HB-422: Enact Taxpayers Freedom Trilogy-Act III: Triumph of the Taxpayer
Sponsored by: Rep. Gary N. Click
Referred To Committee: Ways And Means on 09/15/2025
HJR-38: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the amount of the market value of residential real property that arises from the installation in the property of certain energy efficiency-related improvements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Gervin-Hawkins
Filed on 08/25/2025
You have voted HJR-38: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the amount of the market value of residential real property that arises from the installation in the property of certain energy efficiency-related improvements..
HB-294: Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the amount of the appraised value of certain residential real property that arises from the installation in the property of certain energy efficiency-related improvements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Gervin-Hawkins
Filed on 08/25/2025
You have voted HB-294: Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the amount of the appraised value of certain residential real property that arises from the installation in the property of certain energy efficiency-related improvements..