Bill Commons

TX HJR 47

died on adjournment

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the Texas severance tax revenue and oil and natural gas (Texas STRONG) defense fund, dedicating the money in that fund to benefit areas of the state significantly affected by oil and gas production, and providing for the transfer of certain general revenues to that fund, the economic stabilization fund, and certain other funds and accounts.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

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Quick answers

Did TX HJR 47 pass?

No. TX HJR 47 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-05-19): Referred to Finance

What is TX HJR 47 about?

TX HJR 47 is a joint resolution in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the Texas severance tax revenue and oil and natural gas (Texas STRONG) defense fund, dedicating the money in that fund to benefit areas of the state significantly affected by oil and gas production, and providing for the transfer of certain general revenues to that fund, the economic stabilization fund, and certain other funds and accounts.”.

Who sponsors TX HJR 47?

Landgraf is the primary sponsor of TX HJR 47.

Introduced
2025-03-03
Latest action
2025-05-19 — Referred to Finance
Bill type
joint resolution
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Landgrafprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-19

    Referred to Finance

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-19

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-05-13

    Received from the House

    introduction

  4. 2025-05-12

    Reported engrossed

  5. 2025-05-12

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  6. 2025-05-12

    Record vote

  7. 2025-05-12

    Adopted

    passage

  8. 2025-05-12

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  9. 2025-05-12

    Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar

  10. 2025-05-10

    Considered in Calendars

  11. 2025-05-09

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  12. 2025-05-08

    Committee report distributed

  13. 2025-05-08

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  14. 2025-05-06

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  15. 2025-05-06

    Considered in formal meeting

  16. 2025-04-29

    Left pending in committee

  17. 2025-04-29

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  18. 2025-04-29

    Considered in public hearing

  19. 2025-03-03

    Referred to Appropriations

    referral-committee

  20. 2025-03-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  21. 2024-11-12

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-12 · pass · 104-27

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Cain: no
    • Dorazio: no
    • Frank: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Holt: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Little: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Luther: no
    • Money: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Paul: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Spiller: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker(C): not voting
    • W: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Flores: absent
    • Schofield: absent
    • Simmon: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Hernandez: absent
    • Hunter: absent
    • Ros: absent
    • Bryant: absent
    • Campos: absent
    • Cortez: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • González, J.: absent
    • González, M.: absent
    • Isaac: absent
    • King: absent
    • Leach: absent
    • Morales, E: absent

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