TX SB 2529
died on adjournmentRelating to the vote required by the governing body of a taxing unit to adopt an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate or authorize the issuance of tax bonds.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper
Quick answers
Did TX SB 2529 pass?
No. TX SB 2529 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 sent to Calendars
What is TX SB 2529 about?
TX SB 2529 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the vote required by the governing body of a taxing unit to adopt an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate or authorize the issuance of tax bonds.”.
Who sponsors TX SB 2529?
Bettencourt, Troxclair are the primary sponsors of TX SB 2529, joined by 4 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-13
- Latest action
- 2025-05-22 — Committee report sent to Calendars
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Bettencourtprimary
- Troxclairprimary
- Hancockcosponsor
- Hinojosa, Adamcosponsor
- Kolkhorstcosponsor
- Middletoncosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-03-13
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
2025-03-13
Filed
filing
2025-04-03
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-03
Referred to Local Government
referral-committee
2025-04-14
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-04-14
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-14
Testimony taken in committee
2025-04-14
Left pending in committee
2025-04-16
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-16
Vote taken in committee
2025-04-22
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-22
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-05
Co-author authorized
2025-05-05
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-06
Co-author authorized
2025-05-06
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-06
Record vote
2025-05-06
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
reading-2
2025-05-06
Record vote
2025-05-06
Three day rule suspended
2025-05-06
Record vote
2025-05-06
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-06
Passed
passage
2025-05-06
Record vote
2025-05-06
Reported engrossed
2025-05-07
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-05-08
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-08
Referred to Ways & Means
referral-committee
2025-05-19
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-19
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-05-19
Left pending in committee
2025-05-20
Considered in formal meeting
2025-05-20
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-22
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-05-22
Committee report distributed
2025-05-22
Committee report sent to Calendars
Versions
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Votes
passage
2025-05-06 · pass · 22-9
Member-level votes (31)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: 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
- West: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Blanco: no
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Gutierrez: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- Zaffirini: no
Related bills
- Companion bill: HB 5303
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