2025 bills / S.B. 197
S.B. 197 Property Tax Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote
- Vetoed by governor (stopped here)
What this bill does
According to the official description, this bill:
- defines terms
- prohibits taxpayers from receiving the homeowner's credit unless the taxpayer received the credit within the previous two years, beginning in 2026
- removes requirements for annual inflation adjustments for the homeowner's credit
- increases the household income limits and maximum credit amounts allowed for a renter's credit
- changes the qualifications, scope, duration, and rates of interest applicable to the discretionary and nondiscretionary property tax deferral programs
- prohibits taxpayers from receiving indigent abatement unless the taxpayer received the abatement within the previous two years, beginning in 2026
- requires a county auditor to include information on the property tax valuation notice regarding the availability of tax deferral programs
- requires a county treasurer to include information on the tax notice regarding the amount of outstanding taxes and interest for taxpayers who receive a deferral
- prohibits taxpayers from receiving more than one of certain forms of property tax relief
- includes a coordination clause to address substantive and technical conflicts if this bill and H.B. 20, Property Tax Code Recodification, both pass and become law
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 4 yes, 2 no, 1 absentSenate Revenue and Taxation Committee: vote to approve it · 2/3/2025 3:18 PMWho voted how
- yes, undefined nouncircled · 2/11/2025 3:11 PM
- 16 yes, 9 no, 4 absentFirst of two Senate votes · 2/11/2025 3:15 PM
- 15 yes, 10 no, 4 absentFinal Senate vote · 2/24/2025 11:30 AM
- 10 yes, 0 no, 1 absentHouse Revenue and Taxation Committee: vote to change the bill · 2/28/2025 9:16 AMWho voted how
- 7 yes, 3 no, 1 absentHouse Revenue and Taxation Committee: vote to approve it · 2/28/2025 9:16 AMWho voted how
- 42 yes, 32 no, 1 absentFinal House vote · 3/7/2025 9:13 PMWho voted how
- 18 yes, 7 no, 4 absentSenate vote to accept the other chamber's changes · 3/7/2025 9:51 PM