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SJR87   Passed by the House and Senate
Referred to House Ways & Means Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate Finance Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation equipment or inventory held by a manufacturer of medical or biomedical products to protect the Texas healthcare network and strengthen our medical supply chain.
Republican Bill, authored by Huffman
Co-authors: Alvarado; West; Zaffirini
Sponsors: Bonnen
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Fri 3/10/2023


(S) Filed
(S) Joan Huffman signed onto the bill as Author
 

Mon 3/13/2023


(S) Referred to the Senate Finance Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Mon 4/3/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Wed 4/5/2023


(S) Royce West signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 4/12/2023


(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Thu 4/13/2023


(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 26 (R 14, D 12) - Nays 4 (R 4, D 0)

Yea - Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hancock; Hinojosa; Huffman; Johnson; Kolkhorst; LaMantia; Menéndez; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Whitmire; Zaffirini

Nay - Hall; Hughes; Middleton; Springer

(S) Carol Alvarado signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Judith Zaffirini signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Mon 4/17/2023


(H) Referred to the House Ways & Means Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Mon 5/8/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Ways & Means Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Meyer; Thierry; Button; Craddick; Gervin-Hawkins; Muñoz, Jr.; Noble; Raymond; Shine; Turner) Absents (Hefner)
 

Mon 5/15/2023


(H) Referred to the House Calendars Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Wed 5/17/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1793 (SJR 87 was adopted)

RV#1793: Yeas 125 (R 68, D 57) - Nays 10 (R 10, D 0)
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Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gerdes; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Murr; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shine; Smith; Spiller; Stucky; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Cain; Harrison; Hayes; Isaac; Schaefer; Slawson; Smithee; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.

Bhojani: "When Record No. 1793 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Cain: "When Record No. 1793 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Canales: "When Record No. 1793 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Dean: "When Record No. 1793 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Gates: "When Record No. 1793 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Morales Shaw: "When Record No. 1793 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Schatzline: "When Record No. 1793 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

V. Jones: "When Record No. 1793 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Wilson: "When Record No. 1793 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Thu 5/18/2023


(S) Signed in the Senate
 

Fri 5/19/2023


(H) Signed in the House


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

For

(Mon 4/3/2023) Testifying before Senate Finance as McKeon, William F. for Texas Medical Center
(Mon 4/3/2023) Registering before Senate Finance as Lobsinger Bush, Danielle for Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute
(Mon 4/3/2023) Registering before Senate Finance as Murphy, Kaitlyn for Greater Houston Partnership
(Mon 4/3/2023) Registering before Senate Finance as Woomer, Eric for Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)



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