Bill:  HJR 39 
Legislative Session: 81(R) Council Document: 81R 3954 CBE-D
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Last Action:05/26/2009 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption Version:Enrolled
Caption Text:Post-ratifying Amendment XXIV to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the denial or abridgment of the right to vote for failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
Author:Allen | Turner, Sylvester | Giddings | Bohac | Thompson
Coauthor:Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchía | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bolton | Bonnen | Branch | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Burnam | Button | Callegari | Castro | Chavez | Chisum | Christian | Cohen | Coleman | Cook | Corte, Frank | Crabb | Craddick | Creighton | Crownover | Darby | Davis, John | Davis, Yvonne | Deshotel | Driver | Dukes | Dunnam | Dutton | Edwards | Eiland | Eissler | Elkins | England | Farabee | Farias | Farrar | Fletcher | Flores | Frost | Gallego | Gattis | Geren | Gonzales | Gonzalez Toureilles | Guillen | Gutierrez | Hamilton | Hancock | Hardcastle | Harless | Harper-Brown | Hartnett | Heflin | Hernandez | Herrero | Hilderbran | Hochberg | Hodge | Homer | Hopson | Howard, Charlie | Howard, Donna | Hughes | Isett | Jackson, Jim | Jones | Keffer | Kent | King, Phil | King, Susan | King, Tracy O. | Kleinschmidt | Kolkhorst | Kuempel | Laubenberg | Legler | Leibowitz | Lewis | Lucio III | Madden | Maldonado | Mallory Caraway | Marquez | Martinez Fischer | Martinez, "Mando" | McCall | McClendon | McReynolds | Menendez | Merritt | Miklos | Miller, Doug | Moody | Morrison | Naishtat | Olivo | Orr | Ortiz, Jr. | Otto | Patrick | Paxton | Pena | Phillips | Pickett | Pierson | Pitts | Quintanilla | Raymond | Riddle | Rios Ybarra | Ritter | Rodriguez | Rose | Sheffield | Shelton | Smith, Todd | Smith, Wayne | Smithee | Solomons | Strama | Swinford | Taylor, Larry | Thibaut | Truitt | Turner, Chris | Vaught | Veasey | Villarreal | Vo | Walle | Weber | Woolley | Zerwas
Sponsor:Ellis
Cosponsor:Van de Putte | West | Zaffirini
Subjects:Elections--General (I0310)
Elections--Registration & Suffrage (I0265)
Resolutions--Constitutional Amendments (I0661)
Resolutions--Legislative Policy (I0685)
Resolutions--United States Constitution (I0670)
Companion:SJR 27 by Ellis, Identical
House Committee:Elections
Status:Out of committee
Vote:Ayes=8   Nays=0   Present Not Voting=0   Absent=1
Senate Committee:State Affairs
Status:Out of committee
Vote:Ayes=7   Nays=0   Present Not Voting=0   Absent=2
Actions: (ascending date order)
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Description Comment Date       Time       Journal Page
H   Filed      01/14/2009    
H   Read first time      03/02/2009     512
H   Referred to Elections      03/02/2009     512
H   Scheduled for public hearing on . . .      04/15/2009    
H   Considered in public hearing      04/15/2009    
H   Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee      04/15/2009    
H   Left pending in committee      04/15/2009    
H   Considered in formal meeting      04/17/2009    
H   Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)      04/17/2009    
H   Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator      04/22/2009     1772
H   Committee report printed and distributed      04/23/2009   02:17 PM 
H   Committee report sent to Calendars      04/24/2009    
H   Considered in Calendars      05/02/2009    
H   Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar      05/04/2009    
H   Read 2nd time      05/04/2009     2419
H   Adopted      05/04/2009     2419
H   Record vote   RV#539   05/04/2009     2419
H   Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal      05/04/2009     2419
H   Reported engrossed      05/04/2009   07:20 PM  2554
S   Received from the House      05/05/2009     2011
S   Read first time      05/06/2009     2095
S   Referred to State Affairs      05/06/2009     2095
S   Scheduled for public hearing on . . .      05/18/2009    
S   Co-sponsor authorized      05/18/2009     2444
S   Considered in public hearing      05/18/2009    
S   Testimony taken in committee      05/18/2009    
S   Reported favorably w/o amendments      05/19/2009     2568
S   Committee report printed and distributed      05/19/2009   05:08 PM 
S   Co-sponsor authorized      05/20/2009     2570
S   Placed on intent calendar      05/21/2009    
S   Co-sponsor authorized      05/22/2009     2730
S   Rules suspended-Regular order of business       05/22/2009     2749
S   Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading       05/22/2009     2749
S   Vote recorded in Journal       05/22/2009     2749
S   Three day rule suspended       05/22/2009     2749
S   Record vote       05/22/2009     2749
S   Read 3rd time       05/22/2009     2749
S   Passed       05/22/2009     2749
S   Record vote       05/22/2009     2749
H   Senate passage reported      05/22/2009     4353
H   Reported enrolled      05/23/2009   01:05 PM  4641
H   Signed in the House      05/23/2009     4569
S   Signed in the Senate      05/25/2009     2913
E   Filed with the Secretary of State      05/26/2009     5164