Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of and use of money in the Grow Texas fund and allocating certain general revenues to that fund, the economic stabilization fund, and the state highway fund.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 28, 2023
Last action May 4, 2023
Floor votes · House May 1, 2023
How they voted
118–14
Passed · 12 other
Total votes 144
May 1, 2023
D
Democratic60
71% Yea
R
Republican84
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
6
Committee
7
Amendments
1
May 4, 2023
Committee
Referred to Finance
upper
May 4, 2023
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 2, 2023
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 1, 2023
Lower · Passed
Adopted
lower
May 1, 2023
Introduced
Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar
lower
Apr 25, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Apr 17, 2023
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 17, 2023
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Feb 28, 2023
Committee
Referred to Appropriations
lower
Feb 28, 2023
Introduced
Read first time
lower
5 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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