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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas bill repeals Moving Image Incentive Program and shifts funds to school property tax compression
Last action · July 21, 2025: FiledSponsor: Brian Harrison
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas HB 139 repeals the Moving Image Incentive Program and directs the comptroller to transfer its appropriated funds to the Texas Education Agency for the fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2025. The transferred funds must be used to reduce the under Section 48.255 of the Education Code.
State film and media production grants are eliminated while public school district maintenance and operations tax rates stand to be lowered using the reallocated funds.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Texas Education Agency
The agency receives transferred funds from the repealed program to reduce the state compression percentage.
Comptroller of Public Accounts
The comptroller is charged with transferring the appropriated program money to the Texas Education Agency.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
1 action- Jul 21, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Shift from Economic Development Grants to Property Tax Relief
The measure redirects funds from a targeted industry incentive program into state education funding formulas intended to lower school property taxes.
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Sources
capitol.texas.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
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