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TX HB 2974

died on adjournment

Relating to municipal and county hotel occupancy taxes and the authority of certain municipalities to receive certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project and to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to the project; authorizing the imposition of taxes.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 2974 pass?

No. TX HB 2974 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 (2025-05-29): Senate appoints conferees-reported

What is TX HB 2974 about?

TX HB 2974 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to municipal and county hotel occupancy taxes and the authority of certain municipalities to receive certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project and to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to the project; authorizing the imposition of taxes.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 2974?

Craddick, King are the primary sponsors of TX HB 2974, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-20
Latest action
2025-05-29 — Senate appoints conferees-reported
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Craddickprimary
  • Kingprimary
  • Eckhardtcosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  2. 2025-05-29

    Senate grants request for conf comm-reported

  3. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees

  4. 2025-05-29

    Senate grants request for conference comm.

  5. 2025-05-28

    House appoints conferees-reported

  6. 2025-05-28

    House requests conference committee-reported

  7. 2025-05-28

    House refuses to concur-reported

  8. 2025-05-28

    House appoints conferees

  9. 2025-05-28

    House requests conference committee

  10. 2025-05-28

    House refuses to concur in Senate amendments

  11. 2025-05-27

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  12. 2025-05-27

    Senate Amendments distributed

  13. 2025-05-26

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  14. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  15. 2025-05-25

    Passed

    passage

  16. 2025-05-25

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  17. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  18. 2025-05-25

    Three day rule suspended

  19. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  20. 2025-05-25

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  21. 2025-05-25

    Vote recorded in Journal

  22. 2025-05-25

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  23. 2025-05-25

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  24. 2025-05-25

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  25. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  26. 2025-05-25

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  27. 2025-05-25

    Placed on intent calendar

  28. 2025-05-25

    Co-sponsor authorized

  29. 2025-05-23

    Committee report printed and distributed

  30. 2025-05-23

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  31. 2025-05-21

    Vote taken in committee

  32. 2025-05-21

    Testimony taken in committee

  33. 2025-05-21

    Considered in public hearing

  34. 2025-05-21

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  35. 2025-05-20

    Co-sponsor authorized

  36. 2025-05-14

    Referred to Economic Development

    referral-committee

  37. 2025-05-14

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  38. 2025-05-14

    Received from the House

    introduction

  39. 2025-05-13

    Reported engrossed

  40. 2025-05-13

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  41. 2025-05-13

    Record vote

  42. 2025-05-13

    Passed as amended

    amendment-passage,passage

  43. 2025-05-13

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  44. 2025-05-13

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  45. 2025-05-12

    Record vote

  46. 2025-05-12

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  47. 2025-05-12

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  48. 2025-05-12

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  49. 2025-05-12

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  50. 2025-05-12

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  51. 2025-05-12

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  52. 2025-05-09

    Placed on General State Calendar

  53. 2025-05-07

    Considered in Calendars

  54. 2025-05-07

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  55. 2025-05-06

    Committee report distributed

  56. 2025-05-06

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  57. 2025-05-01

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  58. 2025-05-01

    Considered in formal meeting

  59. 2025-04-07

    Left pending in committee

  60. 2025-04-07

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  61. 2025-04-07

    Considered in public hearing

  62. 2025-03-20

    Referred to Ways & Means

    referral-committee

  63. 2025-03-20

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  64. 2025-02-18

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-12 · pass · 108-31

    Member-level votes (152)
    • 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
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: 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
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: 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, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Cain: no
    • Cook: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Holt: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Little: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Luther: no
    • Money: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shaheen: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Spiller: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Wilson: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harless: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Flores: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • King: absent
    • Schofield: absent
    • Simmon: absent
    • Fairly: absent
    • Hull: absent
    • Virdel: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-13 · pass · 102-31

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

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 2974 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-25 · pass · 25-6

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Creighton: no
    • Hall: no
    • Hancock: no
    • Huffman: no
    • Hughes: no
    • Middleton: no

  • passage

    2025-05-25 · pass · 25-6

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Creighton: no
    • Hall: no
    • Hancock: no
    • Huffman: no
    • Hughes: no
    • Middleton: no

Related bills

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02900_HB02999/HB 2974.xml

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