Texas · House Bill 985 · 88th Legislature, Regular Session

Relating to reducing school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes through the use of certain surplus state revenue.

HB 985 Sponsored by Briscoe Cain Died in committee

  1. Introduced Dec 13, 2022
  2. In committee Mar 2, 2023
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

Every action

3 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. HouseRead first time
  3. HouseReferred to Appropriations

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 8 cosponsors: 8 Republicans.

All 8 cosponsors

From Texas's official records (ftp.legis.state.tx.us), checked Nov 1, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.