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TX HJR 40

died on adjournment

Proposing a constitutional amendment to remove the requirement that a home equity loan be closed only at the office of the lender, an attorney at law, or a title company.

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

Quick answers

Did TX HJR 40 pass?

No. TX HJR 40 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 (2025-05-07): Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

What is TX HJR 40 about?

TX HJR 40 is a joint resolution in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Proposing a constitutional amendment to remove the requirement that a home equity loan be closed only at the office of the lender, an attorney at law, or a title company.”.

Who sponsors TX HJR 40?

Swanson, Lambert, Plesa and 1 others are the primary sponsors of TX HJR 40, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2025-03-03
Latest action
2025-05-07 — Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Bill type
joint resolution
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Swansonprimary
  • Lambertprimary
  • Plesaprimary
  • Hayesprimary
  • Isaaccosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-11-12

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-03

    Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-05-05

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-05-05

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  6. 2025-05-05

    Left pending in committee

  7. 2025-05-07

    Considered in formal meeting

  8. 2025-05-07

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

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Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

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Attribution

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