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Amendment withdrawn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
Dustin Burrows
RRepublican
P
Jeff Leach
RRepublican
P
PF
Pat Fallon
RRepublican
P
Will Metcalf
RRepublican
Co
AM
Andy Murr
RRepublican
Co
BL
Ben Leman
RRepublican
Co
BZ
Bill Zedler
RRepublican
Co
Bob Hall
RRepublican
Co
Brad Buckley
RRepublican
Co
Brandon Creighton
RRepublican
Co
Brian Birdwell
RRepublican
Co
Brooks Landgraf
RRepublican
Co
Bryan Hughes
RRepublican
Co
Candy Noble
RRepublican
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