HB 297 Texas House · 86th Legislature (2019)

Relating to the public school finance system, the elimination of school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes, and the creation of a joint interim committee on the elimination of those taxes.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2019

Committee Review

May 2019

House Passage

May 2019

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 19, 2019 Last action May 13, 2019

Floor votes · House May 9, 2019

How they voted

74–36

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 113

May 9, 2019

D Democratic47

9 Yea 36 Nay 2

76% Nay

R Republican66

65 Yea 1

98% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

May 13, 2019

Committee

Referred to Finance

upper

May 13, 2019

Introduced

Read first time

upper

May 10, 2019

Introduced

Received from the House

upper

May 9, 2019

Lower · Passed

Passed as amended

lower

May 9, 2019

Lower · Passed

Amended

lower

May 8, 2019

Lower · Passed

Passed to engrossment as amended

lower

May 8, 2019

Lower · Passed

Amended

lower

May 8, 2019

Introduced

Amendment fails of adoption

lower

May 6, 2019

Lower · Passed

Committee report sent to Calendars

lower

May 3, 2019

Lower · Passed

Committee report distributed

lower

May 3, 2019

Lower · Passed

Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

lower

Apr 29, 2019

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably as substituted

lower

Apr 29, 2019

Lower · Passed

Committee substitute considered in committee

lower

Apr 24, 2019

Lower · Passed

Left pending in committee

lower

Apr 24, 2019

Lower · Passed

Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

lower

Feb 19, 2019

Committee

Referred to Ways & Means

lower

Feb 19, 2019

Introduced

Read first time

lower

5 primary · 21 co-sponsors