Dan Patrick says Senate won’t budge on property tax relief — but there’s no House to negotiate with

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick recaps the 2023 regular legislative session at Texas Public Policy Foundation in downtown Austin last week. (Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune)

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick defiantly refused to exclude a homestead exemption from the Senate’s property tax cut plan Tuesday — even though the House adjourned a week ago after rejecting the provision. The protracted impasse on property tax relief means the odds grow dimmer every day that the Senate will send legislation to the governor’s desk by the end of the special session later this month.