SJR 1, 84th R.S.
Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes and providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount, authorizing the legislature to prohibit a political subdivision that has adopted an optional residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation from reducing the amount of or repealing the exemption, and prohibiting the enactment of a law that imposes a transfer tax on a transaction that conveys fee simple title to real property.
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| Chamber | Action | Comments | ↓ Date ↑ |
| S | Received by the Secretary of the Senate | 02/24/2015 | |
| S | Filed | 02/24/2015 | |
| S | Read first time | 02/24/2015 | |
| S | Referred to Finance | 02/24/2015 | |
| S | Scheduled for public hearing on . . . | 03/02/2015 | |
| S | Considered in public hearing | 03/02/2015 | |
| S | Testimony taken in committee | 03/02/2015 | |
| S | Left pending in committee | 03/02/2015 | |
| S | Scheduled for public hearing on . . . | 03/04/2015 | |
| S | Considered in public hearing | 03/04/2015 | |
| S | Testimony taken in committee | 03/04/2015 | |
| S | Left pending in committee | 03/04/2015 | |
| S | Considered in public hearing | 03/17/2015 | |
| S | Testimony taken in committee | 03/17/2015 | |
| S | Reported favorably as substituted | 03/23/2015 | |
| S | Committee report printed and distributed | 03/23/2015 | |
| S | Placed on intent calendar | 03/24/2015 | |
| S | Rules suspended-Regular order of business | 03/25/2015 | |
| S | Record vote | 03/25/2015 | |
| S | Read 2nd time | 03/25/2015 | |
| S | Amendment(s) offered | FA1 Hancock | 03/25/2015 |
| S | Amended | 03/25/2015 | |
| S | Vote recorded in Journal | 03/25/2015 | |
| S | Amendment(s) offered | FA2 Ellis | 03/25/2015 |
| S | Amendment tabled | 03/25/2015 | |
| S | Record vote | 03/25/2015 | |
| S | Passed to engrossment as amended | 03/25/2015 | |
| S | Vote recorded in Journal | 03/25/2015 | |
| S | Three day rule suspended | 03/25/2015 | |
| S | Record vote | 03/25/2015 | |
| S | Read 3rd time | 03/25/2015 | |
| S | Passed | 03/25/2015 | |
| S | Record vote | 03/25/2015 | |
| S | Reported engrossed | 03/25/2015 | |
| H | Received from the Senate | 03/26/2015 | |
| H | Read first time | 05/05/2015 | |
| H | Referred to Ways & Means | 05/05/2015 | |
| H | Scheduled for public hearing on . . . | 05/12/2015 | |
| H | Considered in public hearing | 05/12/2015 | |
| H | Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee | 05/12/2015 | |
| H | Left pending in committee | 05/12/2015 | |
| H | Considered in formal meeting | 05/21/2015 | |
| H | Committee substitute considered in committee | 05/21/2015 | |
| H | Reported favorably as substituted | 05/21/2015 | |
| H | Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator | 05/21/2015 | |
| H | Committee report distributed | 05/22/2015 | |
| H | Committee report sent to Calendars | 05/22/2015 | |
| H | Considered in Calendars | 05/22/2015 | |
| H | Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar | 05/24/2015 | |
| H | Calendars Committee rule adopted | 05/22/2015 | |
| H | Record vote | RV#1326 | 05/22/2015 |
| H | Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal | 05/22/2015 | |
| H | Read 2nd time | 05/24/2015 | |
| H | Amendment(s) offered | 1-D. Bonnen | 05/24/2015 |
| H | Amendment amended | 2-Y. Davis and Rose | 05/24/2015 |
| H | Amendment amended | 3-Y. Davis and Rose | 05/24/2015 |
| H | Amendment adopted as amended | 1-D. Bonnen | 05/24/2015 |
| H | Amendment withdrawn | 4-Keough, Fletcher, Bohac, Faircloth, Metcalf, and Bell | 05/24/2015 |
| H | Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal | 05/24/2015 | |
| H | Vote reconsidered | 05/24/2015 | |
| H | Vote reconsidered | 05/24/2015 | |
| H | Amendment withdrawn | 2-Y. Davis, et al. | 05/24/2015 |
| H | Vote reconsidered | 05/24/2015 | |
| H | Amendment withdrawn | 3-Y. Davis, et al. | 05/24/2015 |
| H | Amended | 1-D. Bonnen | 05/24/2015 |
| H | Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal | 05/24/2015 | |
| H | Adopted as amended | 05/24/2015 | |
| H | Record vote | RV#1424 | 05/24/2015 |
| H | Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal | 05/25/2015 | |
| S | House passage as amended reported | 05/25/2015 | |
| S | House amendment(s) laid before the Senate | 05/29/2015 | |
| S | Read | 05/29/2015 | |
| S | Senate concurs in House amendment(s) | 05/29/2015 | |
| S | Record vote | 05/29/2015 | |
| H | Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported | 05/29/2015 | |
| S | Reported enrolled | 05/29/2015 | |
| S | Signed in the Senate | 05/31/2015 | |
| H | Signed in the House | 05/31/2015 | |
| E | Filed with the Secretary of State | 06/01/2015 |
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