Texas Senate, property tax relief

Texas Senate greenlights new property tax cuts despite concerns over mounting costs
Increasing the homestead exemption would cost the state roughly $3 billion over two years and add to a growing tab of property tax cuts.
Texas Senate bills promise property tax relief, El Paso homeowners await impact
The latest round of bills filed in the Texas Senate bills on a historic $18 billion relief effort approved during the legislature's last session.
Texas Senate unanimously approves tax cuts for homeowners
The marquee proposal would increase the amount of a home’s value exemption from school taxes to $140,000 from $100,000. The legislation must win approval from the House next.
Texas is one step closer to historic property tax relief
Priority legislation to address the state's affordability crisis passed the Texas Senate and is now headed for the state house. Senate Bill 4, which carves out a $140,000 homestead exemption, was approved unanimously on Thursday.
Texas eyes homestead exemption raise, property tax cut. How much could homeowners save?
A Texas Senate bill to raise the homestead exemption and provide relief to the state's property taxpayers quickly passed out of committee Tuesday.
Texas is notorious for high property taxes. Here's where rates are highest in the Houston area
Houston-area communities including Pearland, Atascocita and Conroe have some of the highest property tax rates in the nation.
Texas Senate panel approves $140,000 property tax homestead exemption
Proposals to cut property taxes by raising the Texas homestead exemption to $140,000 cleared a key hurdle when a bipartisan committee voted unanimously
'Texas-sized' relief: Senate passes $22.7 billion school property tax cut package
If the Legislature approves SB 4, Texas voters would have to approve the amendment to the state Constitution to make the tax cut permanent.
Texas Senate unanimously OKs another property tax cut for homeowners
TEXAS, USA — Senators want to give Texans another property tax cut. The Texas Senate unanimously voted to approve Senate Bill 4, chamber’s legislation that would increase the homestead exemption on school district taxes from $100,000 to $140,000.
Proof of citizenship, property tax relief bills
The FOX Texas Trio takes a closer look at two bills in the Texas Legislature. SB 309 requires proof of citizenship to register to voter and SB 4 increases the Homestead Exemption for Texas property tax relief.
Sen. Paul Bettencourt on Texas property tax relief bill | Texas This Week
The Texas Senate unanimously approved SB 4 to increase the homestead exemption. Sen. Paul Bettencourt joined Texas This Week to discuss the bill.
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What the Texas Homestead Exemption bill would mean for property taxes and school funding
Nathan Johnson, D-Dallas County. Property taxes are one of the three main sources of funding for Texas public schools. The legislature's plan is to use state sales tax and other revenues to ...
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Texas 89th Legislative Regular Session Features Several Tax Proposals
On January 14, 2025, the 89th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature began. In just under one month, various Texas ...