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The Texas Senate Finance Committee will meet on 9/2/2026 at 10:00 AM Central Time, location: E1.
Type: Texas Senate committee hearing Committee: Texas Senate — Finance Date: 9/2/2026 Time: 10:00 AM CT Location: E1.036 (Finance Room) Public participation: the committee will hear public testimony at this hearing (see the official notice for registration details). Official hearing notice: https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/schedules/html/C5402026090210001.htm From the official notice: COMMITTEE: Finance TIME & DATE: 10:00 AM, Wednesday, September 2, 2026 PLACE: E1.036 (Finance Room) CHAIR: Senator Joan Huffman The Senate Finance Committee will meet Wednesday, September 2, 2026 at 10:00 AM to hear invited and public testimony on the following interim charges: · Further Property Tax Cuts : The Homestead Exemption has proven overwhelmingly popular with voters. It has eliminated school property taxes for the average senior and reduced school taxes in half for those under 65. Study and report on the effect of the continued increasing of the Homestead Exemption. Assess the impact of reducing the senior homestead exemption from 65 to 55 years of age. This change would freeze home values 10 years sooner for over 3 million homeowners, saving 55 plus homeowners thousands of additional dollars. Public testimony is limited to 2 minutes. Witnesses that wish to provide oral testimony need to fill out a paper witness registration card and submit it to the clerk. Witnesses that wish to register a position only, or only submit written testimony, should register electronically on the kiosk located outside of the hearing room. Source: Texas Legislature Online (capitol.texas.gov)
The Texas State Senate is the upper chamber of the Texas Legislature, composed of 31 members representing districts of approximately one million residents each. Senators serve four-year terms and work to pass legislation, confirm gubernatorial appointments, and set state policy.
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