TX HJR 2

died on adjournment

Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the legislature from imposing death taxes applicable to a decedent's property or the transfer of an estate, inheritance, legacy, succession, or gift.

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

Quick answers

Did TX HJR 2 pass?

No. TX HJR 2 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 (2025-05-14): Filed with the Secretary of State

What is TX HJR 2 about?

TX HJR 2 is a joint resolution in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the legislature from imposing death taxes applicable to a decedent's property or the transfer of an estate, inheritance, legacy, succession, or gift.”.

Who sponsors TX HJR 2?

Metcalf, McQueeney, Meyer and 2 others are the primary sponsors of TX HJR 2, joined by 19 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-02-27
Latest action: 2025-05-14 — Filed with the Secretary of State
Bill type: joint resolution
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-26
Filed
filing
2025-02-27
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-02-27
Referred to Ways & Means
referral-committee
2025-03-10
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-10
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-03-10
Left pending in committee
2025-03-17
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-17
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-20
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-03-20
Committee report distributed
2025-03-24
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-03-27
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-02
Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar
2025-04-02
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-04-02
Postponed
2025-04-15
Laid out as postponed business
2025-04-15
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
Reported engrossed
2025-04-29
Received from the House
introduction
2025-05-05
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-05
Referred to Finance
referral-committee
2025-05-07
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-05-07
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-05-07
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-07
Vote taken in committee
2025-05-07
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-07
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-09
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-12
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-05-12
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-12
Record vote
2025-05-12
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
reading-2
2025-05-12
Record vote
2025-05-12
Three day rule suspended
2025-05-12
Record vote
2025-05-12
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-12
Passed
passage
2025-05-12
Record vote
2025-05-12
Senate passage reported
passage
2025-05-13
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-13
Signed in the House
passage
2025-05-14
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-05-14
Filed with the Secretary of State

Versions

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House Committee ReportCompare
EngrossedCompare
Senate Committee ReportCompare
EnrolledCompare
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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-04-28 · pass · 97-9
Member-level votes (154)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Campos: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Martinez: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Anchía: no
- Bhojani: no
- Bucy: no
- Canales: no
- Collier: no
- Manuel: no
- Fischer: no
- Moody: no
- Turner: no
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Allen: not voting
- Bernal: not voting
- Bowers: not voting
- Bryant: not voting
- Flores: not voting
- Gámez: not voting
- Garcia, J.: not voting
- Garcia, L.: not voting
- Garcia Hernandez: not voting
- Gervin-Hawkins: not voting
- González, J.: not voting
- Goodwin: not voting
- Hernandez: not voting
- Hinojosa: not voting
- Howard: not voting
- Johnson: not voting
- Jones, J.: not voting
- Jones, V.: not voting
- Lalani: not voting
- Lopez, R.: not voting
- Meza: not voting
- Morales, C.: not voting
- Morales Shaw: 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
- Talarico: 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
- Y: absent
- Ordaz: absent
- Plesa: absent
- Thompso: absent
passage
2025-04-29 · pass · 112-29
Member-level votes (153)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Martinez: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Vo: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Allen: no
- Anchía: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Campos: no
- Cole: no
- Collier: no
- Flores: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Howard: no
- Jones, V.: no
- Lopez, R.: no
- Manuel: no
- Fischer: no
- Meza: no
- Moody: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Talarico: no
- Turner: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Excused: absent
- Walle: absent
- Bernal: absent
- Bhojani: absent
- Bowers: absent
- Gámez: absent
- Garcia, J.: absent
- Hernandez: absent
- Simmons: absent
passage
2025-05-12 · pass · 27-3
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Menéndez: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Miles: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- West: yes
- Zaffirini: yes
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Johnson: no
- Gutierrez: absent
Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HJR 2 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-05-12 · pass · 27-3
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Menéndez: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Miles: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- West: yes
- Zaffirini: yes
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Johnson: no
- Gutierrez: absent

Related bills

Companion bill: SJR 19

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_joint_resolutions/HJR00001_HJR00099/HJR 2.xml

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