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After one regular session and two special sessions, we still have yet to see a major property tax relief bill make its way through the Texas Legislature, and now it's looking like the Senate's flagship property tax bill, SB-10, might not make it through either.
SB-10 was blocked on Tuesday by many of the most conservative Republicans in the Texas House. State Rep. Brian Harrison (R-HD10) explained why, saying, "SB-10 does not eliminate property taxes. SB-10 is not going to give anybody a large property tax cut; SB-10 is not even going to give anybody a small property tax cut."
He explained that all the bill would really do is limit how much certain municipalities can raise property taxes without going to the voters first, but he says non-voter-approved increases would still be allowed under the bill.
Harrison says this bill is far from even meeting the bare minimum of what Texans demand, saying, "The least we could do is stop property tax bills from going up, but that is too much for the corrupt liberal Uni-Party."
He even went as far as to blame Governor Abbott, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, and House Speaker Dustin Burrows for the lack of property tax relief, saying, "Everything in the Texas government happens if three people in the Texas government want it to happen. If the Governor, Lt. Governor, and Speaker of the House want something to happen, it happens, and if they don't want it to happen, it won't happen."