2025 bills / S.B. 95
S.B. 95 Truth in Taxation Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill changes the state's property tax notice rules so that a public hearing on raising a property tax rate above the certified rate must be held with a quorum of the taxing entity's governing body present, using the same definition of "meeting" as the Open and Public Meetings Act. It also makes some technical wording changes.
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Official description
- defines "meeting" to align with the definition in the Open and Public Meetings Act to clarify that a public hearing on increasing the property tax rate above the certified tax rate requires the presence of a quorum of the taxing entity
- makes technical changes
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Every vote
- 6 yes, 0 no, 1 absentSenate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee: vote to approve it · 1/24/2025 3:26 PMWho voted how
- 26 yes, 0 no, 3 absentFirst of two Senate votes · 2/3/2025 11:50 AMWho voted how
- 29 yes, 0 noFinal Senate vote · 2/4/2025 11:37 AMWho voted how
- 10 yes, 0 no, 1 absentHouse Revenue and Taxation Committee: vote to approve it · 2/7/2025 4:55 PMWho voted how
- 69 yes, 0 no, 6 absentFinal House vote · 2/19/2025 11:13 AM