Bill:  HJR 44 
Legislative Session: 80(R) Council Document: 80R 2953 KLA-D
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Last Action:05/07/2007 H Failed of adoption
Caption Version:House Committee Report
Caption Text:Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring any increase in a franchise tax rate to be approved by three-fourths of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.
Author:Branch | Paxton | Anderson | Raymond | Cook, Robby
Coauthor:Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Callegari | Chavez | Chisum | Christian | Cook, Byron | Corte, Frank | Crabb | Creighton | Crownover | Darby | Davis, John | Davis, Yvonne | Deshotel | Driver | Dutton | Eissler | Elkins | England | Farabee | Farias | Flores | Flynn | Garcia | Gattis | Geren | Goolsby | Guillen | Hamilton | Hancock | Hardcastle | Harless | Harper-Brown | Heflin | Hilderbran | Hill | Homer | Hopson | Howard, Charlie | Hughes | Isett, Carl | Jackson, Jim | Jones, Delwin | Keffer, Jim | King, Phil | King, Susan | Kolkhorst | Krusee | Kuempel | Latham | Laubenberg | Lucio III | Macias | Madden | Mallory Caraway | Martinez, "Mando" | McCall | McClendon | McReynolds | Merritt | Miller | Morrison | Mowery | Murphy | O'Day | Orr | Otto | Parker | Patrick | Pena | Phillips | Pickett | Pitts | Puente | Riddle | Ritter | Smith, Todd | Smith, Wayne | Smithee | Solomons | Straus | Swinford | Talton | Taylor | Truitt | Van Arsdale | Vaught | Vo | West, George "Buddy" | Woolley | Zedler | Zerwas
Subjects:Legislature (I0520)
Resolutions--Constitutional Amendments (I0661)
Taxation--Franchise (I0807)
Taxation--General (I0815)
House Committee:Ways & Means
Status:Out of committee
Vote:Ayes=7   Nays=0   Present Not Voting=0   Absent=2
Actions: (descending date order)
Viewing Votes: Most Recent House Vote
Description Comment Date       Time       Journal Page
H   Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal      05/07/2007     3214
H   Record vote   RV#1006   05/07/2007     3213
H   Failed of adoption      05/07/2007     3213
H   Read 3rd time      05/07/2007     3212
H   Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal      05/04/2007     3162
H   Record vote   RV#991   05/04/2007     3161
H   Passed to engrossment as amended      05/04/2007     3161
H   Amendment withdrawn   2-Leibowitz   05/04/2007     3161
H   Amended   1-Keffer   05/04/2007     3161
H   Read 2nd time      05/04/2007     3161
H   Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar      05/04/2007    
H   Considered in Calendars      05/02/2007    
H   Committee report sent to Calendars      05/01/2007    
H   Committee report printed and distributed      05/01/2007   02:47 AM 
H   Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator      04/30/2007     2824
H   Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)      04/25/2007    
H   Considered in public hearing      04/25/2007    
H   Left pending in committee      04/03/2007    
H   Testimony taken in committee      04/03/2007    
H   Considered in public hearing      04/03/2007    
H   Scheduled for public hearing on . . . .      04/03/2007    
H   Referred to Ways & Means      02/06/2007     343
H   Read first time      02/06/2007     343
H   Filed      01/17/2007