All Roll Calls
Yes: 178 • No: 96
Sponsored By: Paul Bettencourt (Republican), Briscoe Cain, Charles Cunningham, Lacey Hull, Tom Oliverson, Steve Toth
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If the Comptroller finds the county moved law‑enforcement money without voter approval, the county cannot set a property tax rate above its no‑new‑revenue rate. This block lasts until the county restores the money and positions (with funding adjusted for inflation) or voters approve the changes. For that tax year, the law also treats the difference between the county’s actual tax rate and its voter‑approval tax rate as zero in state tax calculations. This limits rate increases for homeowners while the issue is fixed or approved.
If you live in the county and think it moved law‑enforcement money without voter approval, you can file a complaint with the Governor’s Criminal Justice Division. If asked, the Texas Comptroller must decide whether the county acted without voter approval. The Comptroller must send a written decision to state leaders and the county’s governing body.
In a county with more than 3.3 million people, the county cannot move money appropriated to the sheriff’s or constable’s office into the general fund or another account. The county also cannot stop those offices from using available appropriated money for any lawful purpose when the auditor or treasurer says the money is available. Money from certain contracts must be credited to the sheriff’s or constable’s office, not the general fund. The county cannot cut the office’s regular budget by the amount of those contract receipts.
In a county with more than 3.3 million people, the county must hold an election before it moves certain law‑enforcement money. This applies when a new or changed budget takes unspent funds from a law‑enforcement agency, moves money for a specific law‑enforcement position to another agency, or makes other covered cuts. The county cannot put these changes in place unless voters approve them. The county can set the election 30 days after it is ordered, and normal uniform election date rules do not apply to this vote.
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Paul Bettencourt
Republican • Senate
Briscoe Cain
House
Charles Cunningham
House
Lacey Hull
House
Tom Oliverson
House
Steve Toth
House
Sam Harless
House
Cody Harris
House
Joan Huffman
Republican • Senate
Terri Leo Wilson
House
Will Metcalf
House
Mayes Middleton
Republican • Senate
Dennis Paul
House
All Roll Calls
Yes: 178 • No: 96
Senate vote • 8/27/2025
Record vote
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 8/27/2025
Record vote
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 8/27/2025
Record vote
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 8/27/2025
Record vote
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 8/27/2025
Record vote
Yes: 89 • No: 48
House vote • 8/27/2025
Record vote
Yes: 89 • No: 48
Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (December 4, 2025)
Signed by the Governor
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Three day rule suspended
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Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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Rules suspended-Regular order of business
Co-sponsor authorized
Ordered not printed
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Reported favorably w/o amendments
Vote taken in committee
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Referred to Finance
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House Committee Report
Introduced
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