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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas legislature creates commission to study replacing property tax revenue
Last action · August 18, 2025: Referred to Ways & MeansSponsor: Brent Money
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas establishes a nine-member commission to study alternative taxation methods that could replace lost revenue for if are abolished, with a report due by December 1, 2026.
Local governments and school districts depend on property taxes for operating revenue, so identifying replacement taxes directly affects public funding streams and local budgets across the state.
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.
Political subdivisions
Local governing bodies could experience changes to their revenue sources if ad valorem taxes are studied for abolition and replaced.
Taxpayers
Residents and property owners may see future changes in how local government services are funded depending on the study's recommendations.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Aug 18, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Ways & Means
- Aug 18, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Aug 15, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 55)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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