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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas House Bill 100 Allocates Federal Border Reimbursements for Homestead Property Tax Rebates and School Tax Relief
Last action · August 20, 2025: Referred to Ways & MeansSponsor: Jay Dean
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What This Bill Proposed
Relating to the use of certain federal funds received by the state to provide property tax refunds to Texas homestead owners.
- Public Law 119-21 refers to federal legislation providing reimbursement to states for border security and immigration-related expenses. context
- Homestead exemptions in Texas reduce the taxable value of a primary residence, lowering property tax liability for homeowners. 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.
homestead property owners
Qualifying homestead households receive a onetime rebate check funded by federal border security reimbursements.
school districts
Federal reimbursement funds received on or after May 1, 2026, are appropriated solely for school district property tax rate compression.
comptroller of public accounts
Required to calculate, process, deduct administrative expenses, and distribute rebate checks to eligible households.
Key Facts
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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 20, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Ways & Means
- Aug 20, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Aug 15, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz50Current news / social attention level
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