Bill Commons

TX HJR 34

died on adjournment

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the amount of the market value of real property located in a county that borders the United Mexican States that arises from the installation or construction on the property of border security infrastructure and related improvements.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX HJR 34 pass?

No. TX HJR 34 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 (2025-05-23): Filed with the Secretary of State

What is TX HJR 34 about?

TX HJR 34 is a joint resolution in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the amount of the market value of real property located in a county that borders the United Mexican States that arises from the installation or construction on the property of border security infrastructure and related improvements.”.

Who sponsors TX HJR 34?

Guillen, Middleton are the primary sponsors of TX HJR 34, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2025-03-03
Latest action
2025-05-23 — Filed with the Secretary of State
Bill type
joint resolution
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Guillenprimary
  • Middletonprimary
  • Kolkhorstcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-23

    Filed with the Secretary of State

  2. 2025-05-23

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  3. 2025-05-23

    Signed in the House

    passage

  4. 2025-05-22

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  5. 2025-05-21

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  6. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  7. 2025-05-21

    Adopted

    passage

  8. 2025-05-21

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  9. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  10. 2025-05-21

    Rules suspended

  11. 2025-05-21

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  12. 2025-05-21

    Placed on intent calendar

  13. 2025-05-21

    Co-sponsor authorized

  14. 2025-05-20

    Committee report printed and distributed

  15. 2025-05-20

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. 2025-05-19

    Vote taken in committee

  17. 2025-05-19

    Considered in public hearing

  18. 2025-05-19

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  19. 2025-05-07

    Referred to Local Government

    referral-committee

  20. 2025-05-07

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  21. 2025-05-06

    Received from the House

    introduction

  22. 2025-05-05

    Reported engrossed

  23. 2025-05-05

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  24. 2025-05-05

    Record vote

  25. 2025-05-05

    Adopted

    passage

  26. 2025-05-05

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  27. 2025-05-05

    Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar

  28. 2025-05-02

    Considered in Calendars

  29. 2025-04-17

    Considered in Calendars

  30. 2025-03-28

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  31. 2025-03-27

    Committee report distributed

  32. 2025-03-27

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  33. 2025-03-24

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  34. 2025-03-24

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  35. 2025-03-24

    Considered in public hearing

  36. 2025-03-10

    Left pending in committee

  37. 2025-03-10

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  38. 2025-03-10

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  39. 2025-03-10

    Considered in public hearing

  40. 2025-03-03

    Referred to Ways & Means

    referral-committee

  41. 2025-03-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  42. 2024-11-12

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-05 · pass · 116-20

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: 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
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: 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
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Anchía: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Cain: no
    • Canales: no
    • Cole: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Dutton: no
    • Gervin-Hawkins: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Meza: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales Shaw: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C): not voting
    • Shaheen: not voting
    • Simmon: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Bell: absent
    • K: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Virdel: absent
    • Isaac: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Lalani: absent
    • Lopez, R.: absent
    • Fischer: absent
    • Rosenthal: absent
    • Turner: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-21 · pass · 23-8

    Member-level votes (31)
    • 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
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Miles: no
    • West: no

Related bills

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_joint_resolutions/HJR00001_HJR00099/HJR 34.xml

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