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TX HB 5596

died on adjournment

Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain municipalities that receive municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue and other money from a local park board of trustees.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 5596 pass?

No. TX HB 5596 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 (2025-05-22): Committee report printed and distributed

What is TX HB 5596 about?

TX HB 5596 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain municipalities that receive municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue and other money from a local park board of trustees.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 5596?

Leo Wilson, Middleton are the primary sponsors of TX HB 5596.

Introduced
2025-04-07
Latest action
2025-05-22 — Committee report printed and distributed
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Leo Wilsonprimary
  • Middletonprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-22

    Committee report printed and distributed

  2. 2025-05-22

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  3. 2025-05-21

    Vote taken in committee

  4. 2025-05-21

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-05-21

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-05-21

    Posting rule suspended

  7. 2025-05-21

    Referred to Economic Development

    referral-committee

  8. 2025-05-21

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  9. 2025-05-19

    Received from the House

    introduction

  10. 2025-05-16

    Reported engrossed

  11. 2025-05-16

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  12. 2025-05-16

    Record vote

  13. 2025-05-16

    Passed

    passage

  14. 2025-05-16

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  15. 2025-05-15

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  16. 2025-05-15

    Record vote

  17. 2025-05-15

    Passed to engrossment

  18. 2025-05-15

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  19. 2025-05-12

    Placed on General State Calendar

  20. 2025-05-10

    Considered in Calendars

  21. 2025-04-30

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  22. 2025-04-29

    Committee report distributed

  23. 2025-04-29

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  24. 2025-04-24

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  25. 2025-04-24

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  26. 2025-04-24

    Considered in formal meeting

  27. 2025-04-14

    Left pending in committee

  28. 2025-04-14

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  29. 2025-04-14

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  30. 2025-04-14

    Considered in public hearing

  31. 2025-04-07

    Referred to Ways & Means

    referral-committee

  32. 2025-04-07

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  33. 2025-03-14

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-15 · pass · 80-39

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Ashby: no
    • Barry: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Collier: no
    • Cunningham: no
    • Darby: no
    • Dean: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • Gates: no
    • Gerdes: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Harless: no
    • Hefner: no
    • Hull: no
    • Isaac: no
    • LaHood: no
    • Lalani: no
    • Little: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Lozano: no
    • Luther: no
    • Martinez: no
    • McQueeney: no
    • Metcalf: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Perez, M.: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Shaheen: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Villalobos: no
    • Wharton: no
    • Wu: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Schofiel: absent
    • Allen: absent
    • Flores: absent
    • Garcia Hernandez: absent
    • Harrison: absent
    • Hickland: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • King: absent
    • Lambert: absent
    • Leach: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Lopez, R.: absent
    • Lujan: absent
    • Manuel: absent
    • Fischer: absent
    • Morales, C.: absent
    • Perez, V.: absent
    • Phelan: absent
    • Pierson: absent
    • Richardson: absent
    • Simmons: absent
    • Virdell: absent
    • Wilson: absent
    • Zwiener: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-16 · pass · 73-48

    Member-level votes (151)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Ashby: no
    • Barry: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Buckley: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Cain: no
    • Campos: no
    • Collier: no
    • Cook: no
    • Craddick: no
    • Curry: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Dyson: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • Gates: no
    • Gerdes: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Harless: no
    • Harris: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hefner: no
    • Hull: no
    • Jones, V.: no
    • LaHood: no
    • Lambert: no
    • Leach: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Luther: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Metcalf: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Muñoz: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Orr: no
    • Perez, M.: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Shaheen: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Wharton: no
    • Wu: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Anchía: absent
    • Capriglione: absent
    • Dean: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Gámez: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Lalani: absent
    • Landgraf: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Plesa: absent
    • Schofield: absent
    • Swanson: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Walle: absent
    • Darby: absent
    • Geren: absent
    • Hernandez: absent
    • King: absent
    • McQueeney: absent
    • Phelan: absent
    • Turner: absent
    • Bonnen: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Fairly: absent
    • Martinez: absent
    • Shofne: absent
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Raymond: yes

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05500_HB05599/HB 5596.xml

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