Bill Commons

TX SJR 59

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.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SJR 59 pass?

No. TX SJR 59 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 (2025-06-02): Filed with the Secretary of State

What is TX SJR 59 about?

TX SJR 59 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.”.

Who sponsors TX SJR 59?

Curry, Harris Davila, Spiller and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX SJR 59, joined by 15 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-02-25
Latest action
2025-06-02 — Filed with the Secretary of State
Bill type
joint resolution
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

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

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-02

    Filed with the Secretary of State

  2. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the House

    passage

  3. 2025-05-30

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  4. 2025-05-29

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  5. 2025-05-28

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  6. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  7. 2025-05-28

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  8. 2025-05-28

    Read

  9. 2025-05-28

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  10. 2025-05-26

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  11. 2025-05-25

    Reason for vote recorded in Journal

  12. 2025-05-25

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  13. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  14. 2025-05-25

    Adopted as amended

  15. 2025-05-25

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  16. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  17. 2025-05-25

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  18. 2025-05-25

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  19. 2025-05-25

    Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar

  20. 2025-05-23

    Considered in Calendars

  21. 2025-05-22

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  22. 2025-05-21

    Committee report distributed

  23. 2025-05-21

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  24. 2025-05-20

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  25. 2025-05-20

    Considered in formal meeting

  26. 2025-05-10

    Referred to Higher Education

    referral-committee

  27. 2025-05-10

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  28. 2025-05-08

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  29. 2025-05-08

    Reported engrossed

  30. 2025-05-08

    Record vote

  31. 2025-05-08

    Passed

    passage

  32. 2025-05-08

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  33. 2025-05-08

    Record vote

  34. 2025-05-08

    Three day rule suspended

  35. 2025-05-08

    Record vote

  36. 2025-05-08

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  37. 2025-05-08

    Record vote

  38. 2025-05-08

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  39. 2025-05-08

    Placed on intent calendar

  40. 2025-05-08

    Co-author authorized

  41. 2025-05-01

    Not again placed on intent calendar

  42. 2025-04-29

    Placed on intent calendar

  43. 2025-04-24

    Committee report printed and distributed

  44. 2025-04-24

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  45. 2025-04-08

    Vote taken in committee

  46. 2025-04-08

    Considered in public hearing

  47. 2025-04-03

    Left pending in committee

  48. 2025-04-03

    Testimony taken in committee

  49. 2025-04-03

    Considered in public hearing

  50. 2025-04-03

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  51. 2025-03-11

    Co-author authorized

  52. 2025-03-06

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  53. 2025-03-06

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  54. 2025-02-25

    Filed

    filing

  55. 2025-02-25

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSJR 59 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-08 · pass · 29-2

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Creighton: no
    • Hughes: no

  • passage

    2025-05-08 · pass · 29-2

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Creighton: no
    • Hughes: no

  • passage

    2025-05-25 · pass · 110-16

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: 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
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: 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, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: 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
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Cain: no
    • Cunningham: no
    • Dorazio: no
    • Dutton: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Luther: no
    • Money: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harrison: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Cortez: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • Y: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Meza: absent
    • Reynold: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Craddick: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Guillen: absent
    • Hernandez: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • King: absent
    • Landgraf: absent
    • Fischer: absent
    • Morgan: absent
    • Muñoz: absent
    • Perez, V.: absent
    • Plesa: absent
    • Rodríguez Ramos: absent
    • Rosenthal: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-28 · pass · 29-2

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Creighton: no
    • Hughes: no

Related bills

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_joint_resolutions/SJR00001_SJR00099/SJR 59.xml

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