Relating to franchise tax, oil production tax, and gas production tax incentives for certain desalination facility operations.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2019
Committee Review
May 2019
House Passage
May 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 11, 2019
Last action May 17, 2019
Floor votes · House May 3, 2019
How they voted
107–25
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 136
May 3, 2019
D
Democratic58
68% Yea
R
Republican78
85% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
12
Committee
12
Amendments
1
May 17, 2019
Upper · Passed
Left pending in committee
upper
May 13, 2019
Upper · Passed
Left pending in committee
upper
May 13, 2019
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
May 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to Finance
upper
May 7, 2019
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 6, 2019
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 3, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 3, 2019
Introduced
Amendment fails of adoption
lower
May 2, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
Apr 17, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 16, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 16, 2019
Lower · Passed
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
lower
Apr 10, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
lower
Apr 10, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute considered in committee
lower
Apr 3, 2019
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 3, 2019
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 11, 2019
Committee
Referred to Ways & Means
lower
Mar 11, 2019
Introduced
Read first time
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ryan Guillen
RRepublican
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