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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas bill replaces school property taxes with a 6.72% state value-added tax and directs comptroller to study local property tax replacement
Last action · July 17, 2025: FiledSponsor: Jay Dean
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas school districts are prohibited from levying property taxes starting January 1, 2030, contingent on voter approval of a constitutional amendment. To replace the lost revenue, a new 6.72% state is established to fund public education operations.
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.
school districts
School districts are prohibited from levying maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes beginning with the 2030 tax year.
consumers
comptroller of public accounts
The comptroller is tasked with adopting rules to administer the tax and delivering a study on local property tax replacement by December 1, 2026.
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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 17, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Transition from Property Tax to Value-Added Tax
The bill establishes a dual framework: an immediate statutory transition for school district M&O taxes tied to a constitutional amendment in 2030, and a mandated study by the comptroller to extend the same replacement model to all local government property taxes.
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capitol.texas.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 90)
- Controversy85Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment15Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz75Current news / social attention level
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