Voted to Let Teachers Serve on an Appraisal Review Boards: House of Bad Cards

SB 974 seeks to amend Section 6.412(c) of the Texas Tax Code to allow public school teachers to serve on appraisal review boards (ARBs).

Under current law, employees of taxing units, including school district employees, are ineligible to serve on these boards due to potential conflicts of interest.

This bill would create an exception for teachers, permitting them to participate in the property tax appeals process, which determines property valuations that directly impact tax burdens.

This is one of a couple of dozen bills that the governor vetoed when it reached his desk. It should never have gotten to him in the first place.

GOP Platform Conflict: Indirect conflict with Plank 68 (abolish property taxes) and Preamble (fair governance).

20250320_SB974_3R: Yea 21 (R 11, D 10) - Nay 8 (R 8, D 0)

Yea - Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Cook; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hagenbuch; Huffman; J. Hinojosa; Johnson; Kolkhorst; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; West; Zaffirini

Nay - A. Hinojosa; Creighton; Hall; Hancock; Hughes; Middleton; Schwertner; Sparks

Absent - King; Menendez

RV#3901: Yea 80 (R 24, D 56) - Nay 56 (R 55, D 1)
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Yea - Allen; Ashby; Barry; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Gonzalez, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Guillen; Harless; Hernandez; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Leach; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McQueeney; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Munoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodriguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Simmons; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Alders; Bell, C.; Bumgarner; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Curry; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Jones, J.; LaHood; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; McLaughlin; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell; Wharton

Absent - Bell, K.; Bonnen; Cunningham; Hefner; Metcalf

Present, Not Voting - Burrows; Landgraf

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.

Janie Lopez: "When Record No. 3901 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Keith Bell: "When Record No. 3901 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Will Metcalf: "When Record No. 3901 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

(Bill summary provided in part by Texas Policy Research)