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CS/SB 1748: Homestead Property Tax Exemptions for Classroom Teachers, Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, Child Welfare Professionals, and Servicemembers

GENERAL BILL by Finance and Tax ; Brodeur

Homestead Property Tax Exemptions for Classroom Teachers, Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, Child Welfare Professionals, and Servicemembers; Specifying the information that must be supplied annually to the property appraiser by classroom teachers, law enforcement officers, firefighters, child welfare professionals, and servicemembers who qualify for a specified exemption; providing conditions under which a classroom teacher, a law enforcement officer, a firefighter, a child welfare professional, or a servicemember may receive an additional homestead property tax exemption; specifying actions a property appraiser may take if a taxpayer improperly claims an exemption; requiring the Legislature to appropriate moneys to offset reductions in ad valorem tax revenues experienced by fiscally constrained counties due to adoption of the constitutional amendment providing the additional homestead property tax exemption, etc.

Effective Date: On the effective date of the amendment to the State Constitution proposed by SJR 1746 or a similar joint resolution having substantially the same specific intent and purpose, if such amendment to the State Constitution is approved at the next general election or at an earlier special election specifically authorized by law for that purpose
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Senate - Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1563 (Ch. 2022-219), CS/CS/HJR 1 (Passed)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Finance and Tax (FT)
  3. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/7/2022 Senate • Filed
1/12/2022 Senate • Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations -SJ 150
1/18/2022 Senate • Introduced -SJ 150
1/20/2022 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/25/22, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
1/25/2022 Senate • Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 217
1/26/2022 Senate • Now in Finance and Tax
2/7/2022 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Finance and Tax, 02/10/22, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building
2/10/2022 Senate • CS by Finance and Tax; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 370
2/11/2022 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Appropriations
2/16/2022 Senate • CS by Finance and Tax read 1st time -SJ 381
3/12/2022 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
3/14/2022 Senate • Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1563 (Ch. 2022-219), CS/CS/HJR 1 (Passed)