TX HJR 161
died on adjournmentProposing a constitutional amendment adding individuals who are not United States citizens to the classes of persons not allowed to vote in this state.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower
Quick answers
Did TX HJR 161 pass?
No. TX HJR 161 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 (2025-05-09): Laid on the table subject to call
What is TX HJR 161 about?
TX HJR 161 is a joint resolution in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Proposing a constitutional amendment adding individuals who are not United States citizens to the classes of persons not allowed to vote in this state.”.
Who sponsors TX HJR 161?
Noble, Cortez, Shaheen and 2 others are the primary sponsors of TX HJR 161, joined by 35 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-26
- Latest action
- 2025-05-09 — Laid on the table subject to call
- Bill type
- joint resolution
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Nobleprimary
- Cortezprimary
- Shaheenprimary
- Hunterprimary
- Muñozprimary
- Alderscosponsor
- Buckleycosponsor
- Bumgarnercosponsor
- Craddickcosponsor
- Currycosponsor
- DeAyalacosponsor
- Dysoncosponsor
- Harris Davilacosponsor
- Hayescosponsor
- Hicklandcosponsor
- Hoppercosponsor
- Hullcosponsor
- Kerwincosponsor
- LaHoodcosponsor
- Leo Wilsoncosponsor
- Lowecosponsor
- Lozanocosponsor
- Lujancosponsor
- Martinezcosponsor
- McQueeneycosponsor
- Metcalfcosponsor
- Moneycosponsor
- Morgancosponsor
- Oliversoncosponsor
- Pattersoncosponsor
- Piersoncosponsor
- Schoolcraftcosponsor
- Shofnercosponsor
- Spillercosponsor
- Teppercosponsor
- Troxclaircosponsor
- Vasutcosponsor
- Villaloboscosponsor
- Virdellcosponsor
- Wilsoncosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-03-03
Filed
filing
2025-03-26
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-26
Referred to Elections
referral-committee
2025-04-24
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-24
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-04-24
Left pending in committee
2025-04-28
Considered in formal meeting
2025-04-28
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-02
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-05-05
Committee report distributed
2025-05-05
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-06
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-08
Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar
2025-05-09
Companion considered in lieu of
2025-05-09
Laid on the table subject to call
deferral
Versions
Documents
- application/pdf
- text/html
- application/pdf
- text/html
- text/html(no extracted text yet)
- text/html
- text/html
Votes
Not provided by source.
Related bills
- Companion bill: SJR 37
Official source
Attribution
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