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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas House Bill 84 caps annual residence homestead appraisal increases at 2.5 percent and makes non-homestead property appraisal caps permanent
Last action · August 20, 2025: Referred to Ways & MeansSponsor: Carl Tepper
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas House Bill 84 lowers the annual maximum appraisal increase cap for s from 10 percent to 2.5 percent, reduces the cap for certain non-homestead real property from 20 percent to 8 percent, and removes the expiration date for the non-homestead property cap starting on January 1, 2027, contingent on voter approval of a constitutional amendment.
- Texas property taxes are calculated based on the appraised market value of property determined by local appraisal districts, subject to statutory caps on annual increases. context
- Prior legislative sessions implemented temporary circuit breaker limitations on non-homestead properties which were scheduled to expire at the end of 2026. context
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.
Residence homestead owners
Their property appraisal increases for ad valorem tax purposes are capped at a lower maximum rate of 2.5 percent annually.
Owners of real property other than residence homesteads
Their property appraisal increases are capped at 8 percent annually and the limitation is made permanent without a sunset date.
Texas appraisal offices
They must calculate property value increases using the new 2.5 percent and 8 percent caps and update required notices sent to property owners.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Aug 20, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Ways & Means
- Aug 20, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Aug 15, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Permanent Extension of Non-Homestead Caps
The bill removes the temporary sunset provision for non-homestead property appraisal limits enacted in previous legislative sessions.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy60Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz70Current news / social attention level
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