March 21, 2017      3:38 PM

SB 2 passes the Senate after attempt to amend by Sen. Seliger

Sen. Charles Perry said he feels he is letting down his rural district but voted for Patrick's property tax bill anyway

Bathrooms and school vouchers aside, the Texas Senate on Tuesday passed a bill centered on the defining issue in Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s rise to power: Property tax “reform.”

When the dust had cleared after the debate on Senate Bill 2 – the measure by Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, limiting local governments’ ability to control local property taxes – Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, was the lone Republican to join with the Democrats in voting “no.”

The final vote was 18 to 12 with one absent.  

By James Russell

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