Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation tangible personal property consisting of animal feed held by the owner of the property for sale at retail.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 28, 2023
Last action May 2, 2023
Floor votes · House Apr 25, 2023
How they voted
137–1
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 140
Apr 25, 2023
D
Democratic60
96% Yea
R
Republican80
98% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
6
Committee
7
Amendments
1
May 2, 2023
Committee
Referred to Local Government
upper
May 2, 2023
Introduced
Read first time
upper
Apr 26, 2023
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
Apr 25, 2023
Lower · Passed
Adopted
lower
Apr 25, 2023
Introduced
Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar
lower
Apr 13, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 12, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 4, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Mar 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Mar 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Feb 28, 2023
Committee
Referred to Ways & Means
lower
Feb 28, 2023
Introduced
Read first time
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Richard Raymond
DDemocratic
P
Ryan Guillen
RRepublican
P
TC
Travis Clardy
RRepublican
P
Trent Ashby
RRepublican
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