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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

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

  1. 2025-02-18

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-20

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-20

    Referred to Ways & Means

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-04-07

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-04-07

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  6. 2025-04-07

    Left pending in committee

  7. 2025-05-01

    Considered in formal meeting

  8. 2025-05-01

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-05-06

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  10. 2025-05-06

    Committee report distributed

  11. 2025-05-07

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  12. 2025-05-07

    Considered in Calendars

  13. 2025-05-09

    Placed on General State Calendar

  14. 2025-05-12

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  15. 2025-05-12

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  16. 2025-05-12

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  17. 2025-05-12

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  18. 2025-05-12

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  19. 2025-05-12

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  20. 2025-05-12

    Record vote

  21. 2025-05-13

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  22. 2025-05-13

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  23. 2025-05-13

    Passed as amended

    amendment-passage,passage

  24. 2025-05-13

    Record vote

  25. 2025-05-13

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  26. 2025-05-13

    Reported engrossed

  27. 2025-05-14

    Received from the House

    introduction

  28. 2025-05-14

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  29. 2025-05-14

    Referred to Economic Development

    referral-committee

  30. 2025-05-20

    Co-sponsor authorized

  31. 2025-05-21

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  32. 2025-05-21

    Considered in public hearing

  33. 2025-05-21

    Testimony taken in committee

  34. 2025-05-21

    Vote taken in committee

  35. 2025-05-23

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  36. 2025-05-23

    Committee report printed and distributed

  37. 2025-05-25

    Co-sponsor authorized

  38. 2025-05-25

    Placed on intent calendar

  39. 2025-05-25

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  40. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  41. 2025-05-25

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  42. 2025-05-25

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  43. 2025-05-25

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  44. 2025-05-25

    Vote recorded in Journal

  45. 2025-05-25

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  46. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  47. 2025-05-25

    Three day rule suspended

  48. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  49. 2025-05-25

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  50. 2025-05-25

    Passed

    passage

  51. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  52. 2025-05-26

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  53. 2025-05-27

    Senate Amendments distributed

  54. 2025-05-27

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  55. 2025-05-28

    House refuses to concur in Senate amendments

  56. 2025-05-28

    House requests conference committee

  57. 2025-05-28

    House appoints conferees

  58. 2025-05-28

    House refuses to concur-reported

  59. 2025-05-28

    House requests conference committee-reported

  60. 2025-05-28

    House appoints conferees-reported

  61. 2025-05-29

    Senate grants request for conference comm.

  62. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees

  63. 2025-05-29

    Senate grants request for conf comm-reported

  64. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

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

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Official source

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

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