HB 1284

bill makes appraisal boards rule on every timely protest

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the duty of an appraisal review board to determine a motion or protest filed by a property owner and the right of the owner to appeal the board's determination.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

A written order for every motion and protest.

The bill requires a county appraisal review board to decide, by written order, every timely motion to correct the appraisal roll and every timely tax protest a property owner files. It touches property owners who challenge their appraisals and the appraisal review boards that hear those challenges. On the ground, boards can no longer declare that an owner forfeited the right to file or be heard, except under two existing forfeiture sections, and owners can appeal the board's order in court under Chapter 42.

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 1301 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 1301 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.PENDING FOREVER. Heard by the House Ways & Means subcommittee on Property Tax Appraisals on Mar 20, 2025 and left pending. Never voted out. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB1284 · 2024-11-13

SOLD BY

Rep. Charlie GerenRHouse 99

ITEM

relating to the duty of an appraisal review board to determine a motion or protest filed by a property owner and the right of the owner to appeal the board's determination.

WHAT IT DOES

A written order for every motion and protest.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · March 18, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

Nov 13, 2024Filed
Mar 10, 2025Read first time
Mar 10, 2025Referred to s/c on Property Tax Appraisals by Speaker
Mar 20, 2025Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
Mar 20, 2025Considered by s/c in public hearing
Mar 20, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
Mar 20, 2025Left pending in subcommittee

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Charlie Geren

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$100KJon & Rebecca Brumley$50,000Michael Gallagher$40,000

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Nov 5, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$100,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$100,000.00

Cash: $100,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $100,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 26, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101004598, 101020024, 101055554, 101067438, 101071413.

Jon & Rebecca Brumley$50,000.00

Michael Gallagher$40,000.00

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$100,000.00

Cash: $100,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $100,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 26, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101004598, 101020024, 101055554, 101067438, 101071413.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · March 18, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.

88R HB 1301

by Rep. Geren, same lead author · Died in committee · same text

Introduced text

Last action, May 9, 2023: Referred to Local Government

Relating to the duty of an appraisal review board to determine a motion or protest filed by a property owner and the right of the owner to appeal the board's determination.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 13, 2024

03/20/2025 H Left pending in subcommittee

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Ways & Means · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Property Interests--Real Property

Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts

Text

The text as introduced · 349 words

By: Geren
H.B. No. 1284

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the duty of an appraisal review board to determine a

motion or protest filed by a property owner and the right of the

owner to appeal the board's determination.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 25.25, Tax Code, is amended by adding

Subsection (m-1) to read as follows:

(m-1) The appraisal review board shall consider and

determine by written order a motion timely filed by a property owner

under this section. The property owner may appeal the order under

Chapter 42. The appraisal review board may not determine that a

property owner has forfeited the right to:

(1) file the motion; or

(2) have the motion considered and determined by the

board, except as provided by Section 25.26.

SECTION 2. Section 41.01, Tax Code, is amended by adding

Subsection (f) to read as follows:

(f) The appraisal review board shall consider and determine

by written order as provided by Section 41.47 a protest timely filed

under this chapter. The property owner may appeal the order under

Chapter 42. The board may not determine that a property owner has

forfeited the right to:

(1) file the protest; or

(2) have the protest considered and determined by the

board, except as provided by Section 41.4115.

SECTION 3. Section 25.25(m-1), Tax Code, as added by this

Act, applies only to a motion to correct an appraisal roll filed

under Section 25.25, Tax Code, on or after the effective date of

this Act.

SECTION 4. Section 41.01(f), Tax Code, as added by this Act,

applies only to a protest under Chapter 41, Tax Code, for which a

notice of protest is filed on or after the effective date of this

Act.

SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.