Urging the U.S. Department of Commerce to maintain the Tomato Suspension Agreement.
This concurrent resolution (HCR 108) urges the U.S. Department of Commerce to maintain the Tomato Suspension Agreement, which prevents a 17.09% tariff on Mexican tomatoes entering the U.S. It directly affects Texas tomato importers, growers, and businesses in the Rio Grande Valley - particularly those in Pharr and Laredo - where Mexican tomatoes contribute over $1.5 billion annually and support 32,000 jobs. The resolution cites that terminating the agreement would cause an estimated $4.5 billion in economic losses for Texas and threaten the closure of many produce warehouses. It does not change laws but formally requests the U.S. Department of Commerce to preserve the existing trade arrangement.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced May 12, 2025
Signed Jun 22, 2025
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Jun 22, 2025
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative draft to an official enrolled version, adding certification of passage dates and signatures. A minor typo in the first clause was corrected to remove an extraneous letter. No substantive policy changes, funding amounts, or eligibility criteria were altered.
TECHNICAL
Corrected a typo in the first clause where 'Abillion' was changed to 'billion'.
Added official enrolled headers, signatures, and certification of adoption dates to finalize the bill.
Removed draft markers, page numbers, and the unrelated sentence about TLO accessibility standards.
Floor votes · House May 10, 2025
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
44
Key actions
15
Committee
12
Jun 22, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
May 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed in the Senate
upper
May 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed in the House
lower
May 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate passage reported
lower
May 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Adopted
upper
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
May 13, 2025
Committee
Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
upper
May 13, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 12, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Adopted
lower
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Committee
Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Recalled from subcommittee
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in subcommittee
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
lower
Mar 19, 2025
Committee
Referred to s/c on International Relations by Speaker
lower
5 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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