Signed by Governor Authored by Caroline Harris Davila (R) View at Source
Caption: Relating to support for new businesses. Initially Referred to House State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican Last Referred to Senate Economic Development Committee, chaired by a Republican
HB 346 proposes various initiatives to support new businesses in Texas. Key provisions include eliminating first-year licensing and registration fees for new businesses, directing the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) and other state agencies to allocate at least 5% of economic development and workforce funding to support new businesses, encouraging the awarding of state contracts to businesses less than five years old, and requiring annual reporting on the allocation of funds and contracts to new businesses, including those owned by underrepresented demographic groups.
Joint authors: Capriglione (R); Cook (R); Simmons (D) Sponsors: King (R) Co-sponsors: Miles (D)
Nov 12, 2024
(H) Harris Davila signed onto the bill as Author (H) Filed
Feb 28, 2025
(H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House State Affairs, chaired by a Republican
Apr 2, 2025
(H) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (H) Considered in public hearing (H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee (H) Left pending in committee
Apr 14, 2025
(H) House State Affairs met. (H) Considered in public hearing (H) Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Apr 23, 2025
(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator (H) Committee report distributed
Apr 25, 2025
(H) Committee report sent to Calendars
Apr 28, 2025
(H) Cook signed onto the bill as Joint Author (H) Capriglione signed onto the bill as Joint Author
May 7, 2025
(H) Considered in Calendars
May 9, 2025
(H) Simmons signed onto the bill as Joint Author (H) Placed on General State Calendar (H) Read 2nd time (H) Passed to engrossment (H) Record vote
RV#1972: Yea 142 (R 83, D 59) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0) View Source
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(H) Reported engrossed
May 12, 2025
(S) Received from the House (S) Read first time (S) Referred to the Senate Economic Development, chaired by a Republican
May 21, 2025
(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (S) Considered in public hearing (S) Testimony taken in committee (S) Vote taken in committee
May 23, 2025
(S) Reported favorably as substituted (S) Recommended for local & uncontested calendar (S) Committee report printed and distributed
May 28, 2025
(S) Co-sponsor authorized (S) Placed on local & uncontested calendar (S) Laid before the Senate (S) Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading (S) Vote recorded in Journal (S) Three day rule suspended (S) Record vote (S) Read 3rd time (S) Passed (S) Record vote
Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.
Cody Vasut: "When Record No. 4073 was taken, I was presiding in the chair and was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)
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(H) Text of Senate Amendment(s) (S) House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported (H) Reported enrolled
May 31, 2025
(H) Signed in the House
Jun 1, 2025
(S) Signed in the Senate (E) Sent to the Governor
(H) King signed onto the bill as Sponsor (H) Miles signed onto the bill as Cosponsor
Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill
For
(Wed 4/2/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Glenn Hamer for Texas Association of Business (Wed 4/2/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Sarah Horn for National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) (Wed 5/21/2025) Registering before S Economic Development as Jim Brennan for Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations (Wed 4/2/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as John Kroll for self (with HMWK, LLC) (Wed 4/2/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Jordan Robinson for Round Rock Chamber (Wed 4/2/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Joshua Sanders for City of Houston (Wed 4/2/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Kevin Reddington for Texans for Lawsuit Reform (TLR) (Wed 5/21/2025) Registering before S Economic Development as Lee Parsley for Texans for Lawsuit Reform (TLR) (Wed 5/21/2025) Registering before S Economic Development as Mitch Fuller for self (with VFW Department of Texas) (Wed 5/21/2025) Registering before S Economic Development as Perla Hopkins for self (Wed 5/21/2025) Registering before S Economic Development as Sarah Horn for National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) (Wed 4/2/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Steven Deline for self (Wed 4/2/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Thomas Parkinson for self (Wed 5/21/2025) Registering before S Economic Development as Thomas Parkinson for self (Wed 4/2/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as T. Patterson for City of Fort Worth (Wed 5/21/2025) Registering before S Economic Development as T. Patterson for City of Fort Worth
