TX HJR 72

died on adjournment

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the market value of a property that is the primary residence of an adult who has an intellectual or developmental disability and who must be related to the owner or trustee of the property within a certain degree by consanguinity.

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

Quick answers

Did TX HJR 72 pass?

No. TX HJR 72 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 (2025-04-29): Referred to Local Government

What is TX HJR 72 about?

TX HJR 72 is a joint resolution in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the market value of a property that is the primary residence of an adult who has an intellectual or developmental disability and who must be related to the owner or trustee of the property within a certain degree by consanguinity.”.

Who sponsors TX HJR 72?

Noble, Bernal, Meyer and 2 others are the primary sponsors of TX HJR 72, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-03-06
Latest action: 2025-04-29 — Referred to Local Government
Bill type: joint resolution
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2024-11-12
Filed
filing
2025-03-06
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-06
Referred to Ways & Means
referral-committee
2025-03-31
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-31
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-03-31
Left pending in committee
2025-04-03
Considered in formal meeting
2025-04-03
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-08
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-08
Committee report distributed
2025-04-08
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-17
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-23
Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar
2025-04-23
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-04-23
Passed to engrossment
2025-04-23
Record vote
2025-04-23
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-24
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-04-24
Postponed
2025-04-28
Laid out as postponed business
2025-04-28
Adopted
passage
2025-04-28
Record vote
2025-04-28
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-28
Reported engrossed
2025-04-28
Received from the House
introduction
2025-04-29
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-29
Referred to Local Government
referral-committee

Versions

IntroducedCompare
House Committee ReportCompare
EngrossedCompare
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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-04-23 · pass · 90-2
Member-level votes (151)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cook: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: 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
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Canales: no
- Morales: no
- E: no
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Allen: not voting
- Anchía: not voting
- Bhojani: not voting
- Bowers: not voting
- Bryant: not voting
- Bucy: not voting
- Campos: not voting
- Cole: not voting
- Collier: not voting
- Davis, A.: not voting
- Davis, Y.: not voting
- Dutton: not voting
- Flores: not voting
- Gámez: not voting
- Garcia, J.: not voting
- Garcia, L.: not voting
- Garcia Hernandez: not voting
- Gervin-Hawkins: not voting
- González, J.: not voting
- González, M.: not voting
- Goodwin: not voting
- Hernandez: not voting
- Hinojosa: not voting
- Howard: not voting
- Johnson: not voting
- Jones, J.: not voting
- Jones, V.: not voting
- Lalani: not voting
- Lopez, R.: not voting
- Martinez: not voting
- Fischer: not voting
- Meza: not voting
- Morales, C.: not voting
- Morales Shaw: 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
- Thompson: not voting
- Turner: not voting
- Vo: not voting
- Walle: not voting
- Ward Johnson: not voting
- Wu: not voting
- Zwiener: not voting
- Bernal: absent
- Cortez: absent
- Guerra: absent
- Manuel: absent
- Muñoz: absent
- Ordaz: absent
- Plesa: absent
passage
2025-04-28 · pass · 141-2
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
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, Y.: 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
- 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
- Hopper: 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
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Reynolds: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Cain: no
- Harriso: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Davis: absent
- A: absent
- Oliverso: absent
- Dutton: absent
- González: absent
- J: absent
- Romero: absent
- Virdel: absent

Related bills

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_joint_resolutions/HJR00001_HJR00099/HJR 72.xml

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