Day One: 38 Tax Related Bills

Day #1 of pre-filing resulted in 371 bills filed. For those keeping score, that’s the 3rd highest bill filing volume for the first day of pre-filing. 

Tax bills are high on the popularity list.  It’s a veritable smorgasbord of tax bills: 

• HB 52 and HJR 30 Homestead exemptions
•  HB 79 Exemption from sales and use & franchise tax during a business’ initial operation in Texas 
• HB 82 Let’s amend the sporting goods tax
• HB 83 Addressing taxes for harvesting trees for wood
• HB 84 Tax computation for harvesting trees for wood
• HB 85 SB 140 Taxes on farm and ranch GPS equipment
• HB 103  HB 105 & SB 31 Tax free sales and auctions for firefighters and emergency service groups
• HB 128 Exempting certain mineral intersts from ad valorem taxes
• HB 129 Let’s talk about what Texas does with its motor vehcile taxes
• HB 133 Fixing how Texas taxes open space land categorized as agricultural
• HB 151 Create a tax exchange for miles driven & fuels taxes
• HB 157 Municipal sales Tax Rates
• HB 158 How to use the sports goods tax revenue
• HB 193 SB 105 SB 138  Phase out/ repeal the franchise tax
• HB 202 Limit the use of motor vehicle sales tax and rental vehicle sals tax revenue
• HB 203 Limit the use of revenue from taxes on tires and auto parts
• HB 206 Sales tax holidays for guns and unting supplies
• HJR 27  HJR 28 HJR 29 HJR 36 SJR 12The Constitution and transportation related revenues
• HJR 33 and HJR 39 the Constitution and Sporting Goods Taxes
• SB 52 Reduce the franchise tax rate
• SB 61 Allocation of transportation related revenues
• SB 71 How to tax privately owned park land
• SB 80 Review and report on tax exemptions
• SB 134 Increase the franchise tax revenue exemption to $5M
• SB 156 SJR 14 Limit appraised values on homesteads
• SB 157   Sales tax holiday for textbooks