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SB2137 • 2025

Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.

Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.

Housing Taxes
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Menéndez
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-06-20

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.

Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.

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. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed without the Governor's signature

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  4. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  5. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  6. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  7. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    House passage reported

  8. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  9. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  10. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#3456

  11. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  12. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  13. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to 3rd reading

  14. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#3397

  15. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  16. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  17. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  18. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  19. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  20. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  21. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  22. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs

  23. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  24. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  25. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  26. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  27. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  28. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

  29. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  30. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  31. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  32. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  33. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  34. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  35. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  36. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  37. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  38. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  39. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  40. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  41. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  42. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  43. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  44. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  45. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  46. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  47. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  48. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Local Government

  49. 2025-03-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  50. 2025-03-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SB 2137 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

S.B. No. 2137

AN ACT

relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.

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

SECTION 1. Section 2306.67022, Government Code, is amended

by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:

(d) The department may not:

(1)

require as part of the threshold criteria under a

qualified allocation plan that a public school campus with an

attendance zone that contains the proposed development site satisfy

certain criteria relating to educational quality, as specified by

the department in that plan; or

(2)

adopt a qualified allocation plan that uses a

scoring system that awards points to an application based on

criteria relating to the educational quality of a public school

campus with an attendance zone that contains the proposed

development site.

(e)

This subsection and Subsection (d) expire September 1,

2027.

SECTION 2. (a) The Texas Department of Housing and

Community Affairs shall conduct a study of the effects that the

implementation of Section 2306.67022(d), Government Code, as added

by this Act, has on the allocation of low income housing tax credits

in this state.

(b) Not later than November 1, 2027, the Texas Department of

Housing and Community Affairs shall submit to each standing

committee of the legislature with jurisdiction over affordable

housing a report regarding the study required by Subsection (a) of

this section.

SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to an application for low income housing tax credits that is

submitted to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

during an application cycle that is based on the 2026 or 2027

qualified allocation plan adopted by the governing board of the

department.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2137 passed the Senate on

May 12, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 24, Nays 6.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2137 passed the House on

May 24, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 91, Nays 44, two

present not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

______________________________

Date

______________________________

Governor