Relating to the eligibility of land to continue to be appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land if the land is temporarily used for sand mining operations; authorizing a fee.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
May 2021
Vetoed
Jun 2021
Introduced Mar 8, 2021
Vetoed Jun 18, 2021
Floor votes · Senate May 14, 2021 · House May 20, 2021
How they voted
21–5
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 27
May 14, 2021
D
Democratic10
100% Yea
R
Republican17
64% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
49
Key actions
12
Committee
10
Amendments
6
Jun 18, 2021
Vetoed
Vetoed by the Governor
executive
May 20, 2021
Introduced
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
upper
May 20, 2021
Introduced
Text of Senate Amendment(s)
lower
May 20, 2021
Introduced
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
lower
May 20, 2021
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (124-0-5)
house
May 14, 2021
Introduced
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
lower
May 14, 2021
Introduced
Senate Amendments distributed
lower
May 14, 2021
Introduced
Senate passage as amended reported
lower
May 14, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
May 11, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 11, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
upper
May 10, 2021
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
Apr 14, 2021
Committee
Referred to Finance
upper
Apr 14, 2021
Introduced
Read first time
upper
Apr 13, 2021
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
Apr 13, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
Apr 7, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 6, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 6, 2021
Lower · Passed
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
lower
Mar 30, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Mar 23, 2021
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Mar 8, 2021
Committee
Referred to Natural Resources
lower
Mar 8, 2021
Introduced
Read first time
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Judith Zaffirini
DDemocratic
P
LP
Leo Pacheco
DDemocratic
P
Ryan Guillen
RRepublican
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