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

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

  1. 2025-02-25

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-02-25

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-03-06

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-03-06

    Referred to Education K-16

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-11

    Co-author authorized

  6. 2025-04-03

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  7. 2025-04-03

    Considered in public hearing

  8. 2025-04-03

    Testimony taken in committee

  9. 2025-04-03

    Left pending in committee

  10. 2025-04-08

    Considered in public hearing

  11. 2025-04-08

    Vote taken in committee

  12. 2025-04-24

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2025-04-24

    Committee report printed and distributed

  14. 2025-04-29

    Placed on intent calendar

  15. 2025-05-01

    Not again placed on intent calendar

  16. 2025-05-08

    Co-author authorized

  17. 2025-05-08

    Placed on intent calendar

  18. 2025-05-08

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  19. 2025-05-08

    Record vote

  20. 2025-05-08

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  21. 2025-05-08

    Record vote

  22. 2025-05-08

    Three day rule suspended

  23. 2025-05-08

    Record vote

  24. 2025-05-08

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  25. 2025-05-08

    Passed

    passage

  26. 2025-05-08

    Record vote

  27. 2025-05-08

    Reported engrossed

  28. 2025-05-08

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  29. 2025-05-10

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  30. 2025-05-10

    Referred to Higher Education

    referral-committee

  31. 2025-05-20

    Considered in formal meeting

  32. 2025-05-20

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  33. 2025-05-21

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  34. 2025-05-21

    Committee report distributed

  35. 2025-05-22

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  36. 2025-05-23

    Considered in Calendars

  37. 2025-05-25

    Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar

  38. 2025-05-25

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  39. 2025-05-25

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  40. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  41. 2025-05-25

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  42. 2025-05-25

    Adopted as amended

  43. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  44. 2025-05-25

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  45. 2025-05-25

    Reason for vote recorded in Journal

  46. 2025-05-26

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  47. 2025-05-28

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  48. 2025-05-28

    Read

  49. 2025-05-28

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  50. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  51. 2025-05-28

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  52. 2025-05-29

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  53. 2025-05-30

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  54. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the House

    passage

  55. 2025-06-02

    Filed with the Secretary of State

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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