Signed by Governor Authored by Paul Bettencourt (R) View at Source
Caption: Relating to a franchise tax credit for, and the application of sales and use taxes to, certain research and development expenses. Initially Referred to Senate Finance Committee, chaired by a Republican Last Referred to House Ways & Means Committee, chaired by a Republican This bill would cost taxpayers $2,016,000,000.00 over five years, according to the Legislative Budget Bureau. Primary authors: Bettencourt (R); Huffman (R) Sponsors: Geren (R)
(S) Geren signed onto the bill as Sponsor
Mar 11, 2025
(S) Bettencourt signed onto the bill as Author (S) Huffman signed onto the bill as Primary Author (S) Received by the Secretary of the Senate (S) Filed
Mar 25, 2025
(S) Read first time (S) Referred to the Senate Finance, chaired by a Republican
Apr 9, 2025
(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (S) Considered in public hearing (S) Testimony taken in committee (S) Vote taken in committee (S) Reported favorably w/o amendments (S) Committee report printed and distributed
Apr 24, 2025
(S) Placed on intent calendar
Apr 28, 2025
(S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business (S) Read 2nd time (S) Amendment(s) offered
20250428_SB2206_FA1: Yea 31 (R 20, D 11) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)
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(S) Amended (S) Vote recorded in Journal (S) Passed to engrossment as amended (S) Vote recorded in Journal (S) Three day rule suspended (S) Record vote
20250428_SB2206_E: Yea 31 (R 20, D 11) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)
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(S) Record vote (S) Reported engrossed
Apr 29, 2025
(H) Received from the Senate
Apr 30, 2025
(H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House Ways & Means, chaired by a Republican
May 12, 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
May 20, 2025
(H) Considered in formal meeting (H) Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
May 21, 2025
(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator (H) Committee report distributed
May 22, 2025
(H) Committee report sent to Calendars (H) Considered in Calendars
May 24, 2025
(H) Placed on General State Calendar
May 27, 2025
(H) Read 2nd time (H) Passed to 3rd reading (H) Record vote
RV#3737: Yea 106 (R 48, D 58) - Nay 36 (R 36, D 0) View Source
Cody Vasut: "When Record No. 3864 was taken, I was presiding in the chair and was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)
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(H) Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal (S) House passage reported (S) Reported enrolled
May 30, 2025
(S) Signed in the Senate
Jun 1, 2025
(H) Signed in the House (E) Sent to the Governor
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(Mon 5/12/2025) Testifying before H Ways & Means as Gabriela Perdichizzi for Texas Association of Business (Wed 4/9/2025) Testifying before S Finance as Glenn Hamer for Texas Association of Business (Wed 4/9/2025) Testifying before S Finance as Jennifer Rabb for Texas Taxpayers and Research Association (TTARA) (Mon 5/12/2025) Testifying before H Ways & Means as Jennifer Rabb for Texas Taxpayers and Research Association (TTARA) (Wed 4/9/2025) Testifying before S Finance as John Roberson for self (Wed 4/9/2025) Testifying before S Finance as Tony Bennett for Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM) (Mon 5/12/2025) Testifying before H Ways & Means as Tony Bennett for Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM) (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Angela Hale for McKinney Chamber of Commerce (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Becky Redman for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Becky Walker for Texas Society of Architects (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Carol McGarah for Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Cathy DeWitt for General Motors (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Chris Noonan for Covestro LLC (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Christopher Lee for North Texas Commission (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Christopher Lee for North Texas Commission (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Dana Chiodo for RTX (Raytheon Technologies) (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Dana Chiodo for RTX (Raytheon Technologies) (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Dana Pate for Samsung Electronics America (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Daniel Hodge for Pape-Dawson Engineers (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Danielle Lobsinger Bush for Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Elizabeth Montgomery for Samsung Semiconductor (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Greg Macksood for Ovintiv (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Jake Posey for Bell-Textron Aviation (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Jay Barksdale for Greater Irving - Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Jay Barksdale for Plano Chamber of Commerce (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as John Kroll for HMWK, LLC (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Julie Moore for Oxy (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Julie Moore for Oxy (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Kaitlyn Murphy for Greater Houston Partnership (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Kaitlyn Murphy for Greater Houston Partnership (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Kari Gibson for ConocoPhillips (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Keith Strama for ExxoMobil (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Keith Strama for self (with ExxonMobil) (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Kelle Kieschnick for Texas Business Leadership Council (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Kevin Fletcher for AT&T (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Laura Matz for Abbott Laboratories, Inc. (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Laura Matz for Abbott Laboratories, Inc. (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Leticia Van de Putte for San Antonio Chamber of Commerce (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Leticia Van de Putte for San Antonio Chamber of Commerce (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Leticia Van de Putte for VelocityTX (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Lynn Kelly for Texas Instruments (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Lynn Kelly for Texas Instruments (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Mark Borskey for Association of Equipment Manufacturers (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Mark Borskey for Association of Equipment Manufacturers (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Mark Borskey for GAF (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Mark Borskey for GAF (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Martha Landwehr for BASF (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Martha Landwehr for BASF Corporation (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Matt Abel for Texas Economic Development Council (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Matt Abel for Texas Economic Development Council (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Matt Creel for Opportunity Austin (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Mia McCord for Texas Chemistry Council (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Paige Johnson for AT&T Texas (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Rebecca Montgomery for Frisco Chamber (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Rebecca Montgomery for Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Rebecca Montgomery for Hurst Euless Bedford Chamber (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Rebecca Montgomery for Mansfield Chamber (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Rebecca Montgomery for Parker County Chamber (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Rebekah Chenelle for Dallas Regional Chamber (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Rebekah Chenelle for Dallas Regional Chamber (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Renzo Soto for TechNet (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Renzo Soto for TechNet (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Robert Nathan for Schneider Electric (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Robert Wood for Texas Chemistry Council (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Robert Wood for Texas Oil and Gas Association (TXOGA) (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Scott Stewart for American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas (ACEC) (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Stacy Schmitt for Opportunity Austin (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Stacy Schmitt for self (with Opportunity Austin) (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Teddy Carter for Devon Energy (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Teddy Carter for Devon energy (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Travis Krogman for Austin Chamber of Commerce (Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before S Finance as Tyler Schroeder for Boeing (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Tyler Schroeder for self (with The Boeing Company) (Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before H Ways & Means as Wroe Jackson for Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM)
