The House, moving about as quickly, planned to take up its own version a little more than an hour later. That bill would simply lower rates across the board, essentially spreading out the savings to all property owners at the same rate. This was the strategy that Abbott sought when he called lawmakers back for the special session.
Meanwhile, both chambers signaled their plans to move quickly on legislation. Lawmakers filed separate tax bills in both the House and Senate on Tuesday. The House promptly passed their version, House Bill 1, out of the Ways and Means Committee and signaled plans to approve it on the full House floor. And the Senate moved on a competing version.
Patrick’s Twitter posts offered rare insight into typically secretive negotiations involving legislative leaders and the governor. The lieutenant governor said the House needed to speed up action on legislation, particularly earlier in the session, and change rules that currently allow Democrats to undermine key conservative proposals with delaying tactics and, a parliamentary challenge that aims to stall or kill legislation on a technicality.
For much of the regular session, the Senate had sought to boost the state’s homestead exemption on school property taxes from $40,000 to $70,000, with another bump for seniors. That would have meant homeowners would have had to pay taxes only on the value above $70,000. That savings would have been available only to homeowners, not commercial or rental properties.
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