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H0205Introduced in the House

Elimination of Non-School Property Tax for Homesteads for Persons Age 65 or Older

Failed

Introduced by Juan Porras, District 119

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official description

Proposes amendment to State Constitution to exempt homestead property from all levies other than school district levies for persons who have attained age 65, prohibit counties and municipalities from reducing total funding for law enforcement, and provide an effective date.

Where it stands

Died in Ways & Means Committee

March 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: House State Affairs Committee · December 2, 2025

18

Yes

7

No

2

Absent or Not Voting

27 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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Bill history

  1. Filed

  2. Referred to Select Committee on Property Taxes

  3. Referred to State Affairs Committee

  4. Referred to Ways & Means Committee

  5. Now in Select Committee on Property Taxes

  6. Added to Select Committee on Property Taxes agenda

  7. Favorable by Select Committee on Property Taxes

  8. Reported out of Select Committee on Property Taxes

  9. Now in State Affairs Committee

  10. Added to State Affairs Committee agenda

  11. Favorable by State Affairs Committee

  12. Reported out of State Affairs Committee

  13. Now in Ways & Means Committee

  14. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  15. Died in Ways & Means Committee

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