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TX HJR 5

died on adjournment

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of funds to support the capital needs of educational programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System and removing that system and its campuses from the annual appropriation of certain constitutionally dedicated funding for public institutions of higher education.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX HJR 5 pass?

No. TX HJR 5 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 (2025-05-08): Left pending in committee

What is TX HJR 5 about?

TX HJR 5 is a joint resolution in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of funds to support the capital needs of educational programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System and removing that system and its campuses from the annual appropriation of certain constitutionally dedicated funding for public institutions of higher education.”.

Who sponsors TX HJR 5?

Lambert, Wilson, Curry and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HJR 5, joined by 13 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-02-25
Latest action
2025-05-08 — Left pending in committee
Bill type
joint resolution
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Lambertprimary
  • Wilsonprimary
  • Curryprimary
  • Harris Davilaprimary
  • Spillerprimary
  • Birdwellprimary
  • Davis, Aichacosponsor
  • Deancosponsor
  • Guillencosponsor
  • Lalanicosponsor
  • Lopez, Raycosponsor
  • Lozanocosponsor
  • Lujancosponsor
  • Martinezcosponsor
  • Morales, Eddiecosponsor
  • Pattersoncosponsor
  • Plesacosponsor
  • Slawsoncosponsor
  • Bumgarnercosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-08

    Left pending in committee

  2. 2025-05-08

    Testimony taken in committee

  3. 2025-05-08

    Considered in public hearing

  4. 2025-05-08

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  5. 2025-04-30

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-04-30

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  7. 2025-04-29

    Received from the House

    introduction

  8. 2025-04-29

    Reported engrossed

  9. 2025-04-29

    Reason for vote recorded in Journal

  10. 2025-04-29

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  11. 2025-04-29

    Record vote

  12. 2025-04-29

    Adopted

    passage

  13. 2025-04-29

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  14. 2025-04-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  15. 2025-04-28

    Record vote

  16. 2025-04-28

    Passed to engrossment

  17. 2025-04-28

    Laid out as postponed business

  18. 2025-04-22

    Postponed

  19. 2025-04-22

    Laid out as postponed business

  20. 2025-04-14

    Postponed

  21. 2025-04-14

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  22. 2025-04-14

    Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar

  23. 2025-04-09

    Considered in Calendars

  24. 2025-04-02

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  25. 2025-04-01

    Committee report distributed

  26. 2025-04-01

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  27. 2025-03-27

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  28. 2025-03-27

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  29. 2025-03-27

    Considered in formal meeting

  30. 2025-03-25

    Left pending in committee

  31. 2025-03-25

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  32. 2025-03-25

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  33. 2025-03-25

    Considered in public hearing

  34. 2025-02-25

    Referred to Higher Education

    referral-committee

  35. 2025-02-25

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  36. 2025-02-20

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-28 · pass · 75-22

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Allen: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Cain: no
    • Canales: no
    • Dorazio: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Holt: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Little: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Luther: no
    • McLaughlin: no
    • Money: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Anchía: not voting
    • Bernal: not voting
    • Bhojani: not voting
    • Bryant: not voting
    • Bucy: not voting
    • Collier: not voting
    • Flores: not voting
    • Gámez: not voting
    • Garcia, L.: not voting
    • Garcia Hernandez: not voting
    • Gervin-Hawkins: not voting
    • Goodwin: not voting
    • Hernandez: not voting
    • Hinojosa: not voting
    • Howard: not voting
    • Johnson: not voting
    • Jones, J.: not voting
    • Lalani: not voting
    • Lopez, R.: not voting
    • Fischer: not voting
    • Meza: not voting
    • Morales, C.: not voting
    • Muñoz: not voting
    • Perez, M.: not voting
    • Perez, V.: not voting
    • Reynolds: not voting
    • Rodríguez Ramos: not voting
    • Romero: not voting
    • Rose: not voting
    • Rosenthal: not voting
    • Simmons: not voting
    • Talarico: not voting
    • Turner: not voting
    • Vo: not voting
    • Walle: not voting
    • Ward Johnson: not voting
    • Wu: not voting
    • Zwiener: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • A: absent
    • Oliverso: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • González: absent
    • M: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Campos: absent
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • Garcia, J.: absent
    • González, J.: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Manuel: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Ordaz: absent
    • Phelan: absent
    • Thompson: absent
  • passage

    2025-04-29 · pass · 129-15

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dutton: 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
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: 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, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Cain: no
    • Canales: no
    • Dorazio: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Little: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Luther: no
    • Money: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker(C): not voting
    • Harriso: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Walle: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • Y: absent
    • Thompson: absent
    • Virdel: absent

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