HJR 38 Texas House · 86th Legislature (2019)

Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of an individual income tax.

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
May 2019
House Passage
May 2019
Senate Passage
May 2019
Governor
Introduced Feb 12, 2019 Last action May 24, 2019
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
48
Key actions
11
Committee
11
Amendments
5
May 24, 2019
Introduced
Filed with the Secretary of State
executive
May 20, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
May 20, 2019
Introduced
Amendment fails of adoption
upper
May 20, 2019
Introduced
Amendment(s) offered
upper
May 17, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 17, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
May 17, 2019
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
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
Adopted
lower
May 9, 2019
Amended
Amendment withdrawn
lower
May 9, 2019
Introduced
Amendment(s) offered
lower
May 9, 2019
Introduced
Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar
lower
Apr 22, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 22, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 18, 2019
Lower · Passed
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
lower
Apr 17, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Apr 9, 2019
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 9, 2019
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Feb 12, 2019
Committee
Referred to Ways & Means
lower
Feb 12, 2019
Introduced
Read first time
lower
4 primary · 74 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Dustin Burrows
Dustin Burrows
RRepublican
TX
83
P
Photo of Jeff Leach
Jeff Leach
RRepublican
TX
67
P
PF
Pat Fallon
RRepublican
TX
30
P
Photo of Will Metcalf
Will Metcalf
RRepublican
TX
16
Co
AM
Andy Murr
RRepublican
TX
53
Co
BL
Ben Leman
RRepublican
TX
13
Co
BZ
Bill Zedler
RRepublican
TX
96
Co
Photo of Bob Hall
Bob Hall
RRepublican
TX
2
Co
Photo of Brad Buckley
Brad Buckley
RRepublican
TX
54
Co
Photo of Brandon Creighton
Brandon Creighton
RRepublican
TX
4
Co
Photo of Brian Birdwell
Brian Birdwell
RRepublican
TX
22
Co
Photo of Brooks Landgraf
Brooks Landgraf
RRepublican
TX
81
Co
Photo of Bryan Hughes
Bryan Hughes
RRepublican
TX
1
Co
Photo of Candy Noble
Candy Noble
RRepublican
TX
89