Property Tax Relief — and What Comes Next

This week, Governor Greg Abbott will be in Hillsboro for an event with me, and before he gets onto the stage, I want to talk with you about something that hits close to home for every family I represent: property taxes.

This isn’t abstract policy. This is your money. It’s the check you write every year just to stay in the home you already paid for. It’s the anxiety seniors feel, wondering if rising taxes will force them out of the house where they raised their kids. It’s the frustration of young families who feel like they’re renting their home from the government instead of truly owning it.

When I ran for the Texas House, I made a promise: I would not accept property taxes as “the way things are.” I went to work immediately to turn that promise into action. Over my time as your state representative, I helped more than triple the homestead exemption for school property taxes on homeowners.

During the last legislative session, we passed a property tax relief plan bigger than many other states’ entire budgets, raising the exemption from $100,000 to $140,000 for Texas homeowners.

Even more, we raised the exemption so significantly for seniors and Texans with disabilities — all the way up to $200,000 — that it completely eliminated the school property tax burden for many of them. For thousands of Texans, that wasn’t just relief. That was freedom.

You, the constituents of House District 13, locked those savings in by showing up and voting for Proposition 11 and Proposition 13 last November. Thank you for showing up and making a difference!

Still, I know what many of you are thinking: relief is good, but it’s not enough.

You’re right. It’s just the first step.

Texans are tired of renting their homes from the government. We are tired of being told that eliminating property taxes is impossible while politicians make speeches and never deliver results. Talk is cheap. Action is hard.

That’s why, last session, I didn’t just vote for tax relief — I co-authored legislation to create a responsible, conservative plan to eliminate property taxes in Texas altogether. A real plan that protects homeowners while ensuring essential services are funded. Next session, we need to finish the job.

Governor Abbott has made property tax elimination a top priority, and he has laid out a clear path forward. I am committed to working shoulder to shoulder with him and my colleagues in the Texas Legislature to get this done. Relief was the first step. Elimination is the goal.

This is one of the most important conversations we can have, and it’s why I hope you’ll join us in Hillsboro this Friday to hear directly from Governor Abbott about where we’re headed and how we get there together.