TX HJR 5

died on adjournment

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of funds to support the capital needs of educational programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System and removing that system and its campuses from the annual appropriation of certain constitutionally dedicated funding for public institutions of higher education.

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

Quick answers

Did TX HJR 5 pass?

No. TX HJR 5 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 (2025-05-08): Left pending in committee

What is TX HJR 5 about?

TX HJR 5 is a joint resolution in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of funds to support the capital needs of educational programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System and removing that system and its campuses from the annual appropriation of certain constitutionally dedicated funding for public institutions of higher education.”.

Who sponsors TX HJR 5?

Lambert, Wilson, Curry and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HJR 5, joined by 13 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-02-25
Latest action: 2025-05-08 — Left pending in committee
Bill type: joint resolution
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-20
Filed
filing
2025-02-25
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-02-25
Referred to Higher Education
referral-committee
2025-03-25
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-25
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-03-25
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-03-25
Left pending in committee
2025-03-27
Considered in formal meeting
2025-03-27
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-03-27
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-01
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-01
Committee report distributed
2025-04-02
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-09
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-14
Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar
2025-04-14
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-04-14
Postponed
2025-04-22
Laid out as postponed business
2025-04-22
Postponed
2025-04-28
Laid out as postponed business
2025-04-28
Passed to engrossment
2025-04-28
Record vote
2025-04-28
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-29
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-04-29
Adopted
passage
2025-04-29
Record vote
2025-04-29
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-29
Reason for vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-29
Reported engrossed
2025-04-29
Received from the House
introduction
2025-04-30
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-30
Referred to Education K-16
referral-committee
2025-05-08
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-05-08
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-08
Testimony taken in committee
2025-05-08
Left pending in committee

Versions

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House Committee ReportCompare
EngrossedCompare
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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-04-28 · pass · 75-22
Member-level votes (154)
- Allen: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Martinez: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Noble: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Alders: no
- Cain: no
- Canales: no
- Dorazio: no
- Harrison: no
- Holt: no
- Hopper: no
- Leo Wilson: no
- Little: no
- Lowe: no
- Luther: no
- McLaughlin: no
- Money: no
- Olcott: no
- Pierson: no
- Richardson: no
- Schatzline: no
- Shofner: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Toth: no
- Vasut: no
- Virdell: no
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Anchía: not voting
- Bernal: not voting
- Bhojani: not voting
- Bryant: not voting
- Bucy: not voting
- Collier: not voting
- Flores: not voting
- Gámez: not voting
- Garcia, L.: not voting
- Garcia Hernandez: not voting
- Gervin-Hawkins: not voting
- Goodwin: not voting
- Hernandez: not voting
- Hinojosa: not voting
- Howard: not voting
- Johnson: not voting
- Jones, J.: not voting
- Lalani: not voting
- Lopez, R.: not voting
- Fischer: not voting
- Meza: not voting
- Morales, C.: not voting
- Muñoz: not voting
- Perez, M.: not voting
- Perez, V.: not voting
- Reynolds: not voting
- Rodríguez Ramos: not voting
- Romero: not voting
- Rose: not voting
- Rosenthal: not voting
- Simmons: not voting
- Talarico: not voting
- Turner: not voting
- Vo: not voting
- Walle: not voting
- Ward Johnson: not voting
- Wu: not voting
- Zwiener: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Davis: absent
- A: absent
- Oliverso: absent
- Excused: absent
- González: absent
- M: absent
- Bowers: absent
- Campos: absent
- Davis, Y.: absent
- Garcia, J.: absent
- González, J.: absent
- Guerra: absent
- Manuel: absent
- Morales Shaw: absent
- Ordaz: absent
- Phelan: absent
- Thompson: absent
passage
2025-04-29 · pass · 129-15
Member-level votes (154)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Campos: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Holt: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: 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, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Reynolds: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Vo: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Cain: no
- Canales: no
- Dorazio: no
- González, J.: no
- Hopper: no
- Leo Wilson: no
- Little: no
- Lowe: no
- Luther: no
- Money: no
- Olcott: no
- Pierson: no
- Swanson: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Toth: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker(C): not voting
- Harriso: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Excused: absent
- Walle: absent
- Davis: absent
- Y: absent
- Thompson: absent
- Virdel: absent

Related bills

Companion bill: SJR 59

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_joint_resolutions/HJR00001_HJR00099/HJR 5.xml

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