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Texas Legislature 2023

Abbott backs Phelan’s property tax cut plan, spurring ire from Patrick

The House passed a bill without Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s preferred increase to homestead exemptions — then abruptly adjourned for the special session. That basically tells the Senate to take the House bill Gov. Greg Abbott backs or leave it.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick recaps the 88th Legislative Session with Sherry Sylvester, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, at TPPF Headquarters in downtown Austin, on May 30, 2023.


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Politics State government Dade Phelan Dan Patrick Property taxes Texas House of Representatives Texas Legislature Texas Senate