Texas HB88: Relating to the effect of a disaster on the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for a taxing unit that is located in a large federally declared disaster area.

What the bill says

An act relating to the effect of a disaster on the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for a taxing unit that is located in a large federally declared disaster area.

From the introduced text, August 15, 2025:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the effect of a disaster on the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for a taxing unit that is located in a large federally declared disaster area. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 26.042(a-1), Tax Code, as added by H.B. 30, Acts of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, and effective January 1, 2026, is amended by adding Subdivision (4) to read as follows: [ADDED: (4) "Large disaster area taxing unit" means:] [ADDED: (A)][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: a county the majority of the territory of ] [ADDED: which is located in an area of this state that consists of at least ] [ADDED: three counties and that has been declared a disaster area under the ] [ADDED: Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 ] [ or] [ADDED: (B)][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: a taxing unit other than a county the ] [ADDED: majority of the territory of which is located in a county described ] [ADDED: by Paragraph (A).] SECTION 2. Section 26.042(a-2), Tax Code, as added by H.B. 30, Acts of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, and effective January 1, 2026, is amended to read as follows: (a-2) The voter-approval tax rate the governing body of the taxing unit may …

Sponsors

• Trey Martinez Fischer (D, HD-116) · primary sponsor

Latest actions

1. August 15, 2025: Filed

Common questions

What is HB88?

HB88 is a bill in the Texas Legislature (89th Legislature 2nd Special Session): Relating to the effect of a disaster on the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for a taxing unit that is located in a large federally declared disaster area.

What does HB88 do?

In its own words: An act relating to the effect of a disaster on the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for a taxing unit that is located in a large federally declared disaster area.

What is the status of HB88?

Introduced as of August 15, 2025. Latest action: Filed (August 15, 2025).

Who sponsored HB88?

Trey Martinez Fischer (D, HD-116).

Where is the official record for HB88?

On the Texas Legislature website: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB00088