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SB1920 • 2025

Relating to the requirement that a person submit an application for an exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain property used for human burial.

Relating to the requirement that a person submit an application for an exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain property used for human burial.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
West
Last action
2025-04-28
Official status
04/28/2025 H Referred to Ways & Means: Apr 28 2025 4:21PM
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to the requirement that a person submit an application for an exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain property used for human burial.

Relating to the requirement that a person submit an application for an exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain property used for human burial.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the requirement that a person submit an application for an exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain property used for human burial.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  2. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Ways & Means

  3. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  4. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  5. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid before the Senate

  6. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

  7. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  8. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  9. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  10. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  11. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  12. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  13. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  14. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  15. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  16. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  17. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  18. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  19. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  20. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  21. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  22. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  23. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  24. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Local Government

  25. 2025-03-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  26. 2025-03-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the requirement that a person submit an application for an exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain property used for human burial.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) SB 1920 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

By: West

S.B. No. 1920

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the requirement that a person submit an application for

an exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain property used for

human burial.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 11.43, Tax Code, is amended by adding

Subsections (t) and (u) to read as follows:

(t)

Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (c), the chief

appraiser of an appraisal district in which property described by

Section 11.17 is located shall grant the exemption authorized by

that section for the property if:

(1) a person does not apply for the exemption;

(2)

the chief appraiser knows or should know based on a

reasonable inspection of the property that the property is a

property described by that section; and

(3) the owner of the property is not identifiable.

(u)

A chief appraiser may request the assistance of a state

agency, municipality, county, county historical commission, or

other governmental or nonprofit entity to help determine whether a

property is a property described by Section 11.17 for the purpose of

Subsection (t)(2).

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to an ad valorem tax year that begins on or after the effective date

of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026.