TX SJR 18
withdrawnProposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of a tax on the realized or unrealized capital gains of an individual, family, estate, or trust.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper
Quick answers
Did TX SJR 18 pass?
No. TX SJR 18 was withdrawn on 2025-05-07 and is no longer under consideration. Latest recorded action (2025-05-07): Filed with the Secretary of State
What is TX SJR 18 about?
TX SJR 18 is a joint resolution in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of a tax on the realized or unrealized capital gains of an individual, family, estate, or trust.”.
Who sponsors TX SJR 18?
Perry, Capriglione, Metcalf are the primary sponsors of TX SJR 18, joined by 6 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- 2024-11-12
- Latest action
- 2025-05-07 — Filed with the Secretary of State
- Bill type
- joint resolution
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Perryprimary
- Capriglioneprimary
- Metcalfprimary
- Creightoncosponsor
- Kolkhorstcosponsor
- Middletoncosponsor
- Schwertnercosponsor
- Bettencourtcosponsor
- Birdwellcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2024-11-12
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
2024-11-12
Filed
filing
2025-02-03
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-02-03
Referred to Finance
referral-committee
2025-03-05
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-03-05
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-05
Vote taken in committee
2025-03-05
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-05
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-03-06
Co-author authorized
2025-03-12
Placed on intent calendar
2025-03-18
Co-author authorized
2025-03-18
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-03-18
Record vote
2025-03-18
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-03-18
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-03-18
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-03-18
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-03-18
Passed to engrossment as amended
amendment-passage
2025-03-18
Record vote
2025-03-18
Three day rule suspended
2025-03-18
Record vote
2025-03-18
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-03-18
Passed
passage
2025-03-18
Record vote
2025-03-18
Reported engrossed
2025-03-19
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-03-25
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-25
Referred to Ways & Means
referral-committee
2025-03-27
Considered in formal meeting
2025-03-27
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-31
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-03-31
Committee report distributed
2025-03-31
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-24
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-28
Laid out in lieu of companion
2025-04-28
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-04-28
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-04-28
Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
withdrawal
2025-04-28
Amendment withdrawn
amendment-withdrawal,withdrawal
2025-04-28
Postponed
2025-04-28
Laid out as postponed business
2025-04-28
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-04-28
Record vote
2025-04-28
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-28
Adopted as amended
2025-04-28
Record vote
2025-04-28
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-28
House passage as amended reported
amendment-passage
2025-05-05
Co-author authorized
2025-05-05
House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
2025-05-05
Read
2025-05-05
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
2025-05-05
Record vote
2025-05-05
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
2025-05-05
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-07
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-05-07
Signed in the House
passage
2025-05-07
Filed with the Secretary of State
Versions
Documents
Votes
adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1
2025-03-18 · pass · 0-0
passage
2025-03-18 · pass · 24-6
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Gutierrez: 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
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
- Blanco: absent
Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SJR 18 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-03-18 · pass · 24-6
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Gutierrez: 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
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
- Blanco: absent
passage
2025-04-28 · pass · 104-26
Member-level votes (152)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, V.: 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
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morgan: 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
- 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
- Anchía: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Campos: no
- Canales: no
- Collier: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Flores: no
- Garcia, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Manuel: no
- Fischer: no
- Meza: no
- Moody: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Muñoz: no
- Reynolds: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Simmons: no
- Thompson: no
- Turner: no
- Walle: no
- Wu: no
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Bhojani: not voting
- Bowers: not voting
- Garcia Hernandez: not voting
- Gervin-Hawkins: not voting
- Hinojosa: not voting
- Howard: not voting
- Martinez: not voting
- Rodríguez Ramos: not voting
- Talarico: not voting
- Zwiener: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Davis: absent
- A: absent
- Bernal: absent
- Dutton: absent
- González, J.: absent
- Jones, J.: absent
- Lalani: absent
- Morales Shaw: absent
- Vo: absent
- Ward Johnson: absent
passage
2025-05-05 · pass · 25-6
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Gutierrez: 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
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
Related bills
- Companion bill: HJR 6
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