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HJR99 • 2025

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation tangible personal property consisting of animal feed held by the owner of the property for sale at retail.

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation tangible personal property consisting of animal feed held by the owner of the property for sale at retail.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Harris
Last action
2025-05-13
Official status
05/13/2025 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation tangible personal property consisting of animal feed held by the owner of the property for sale at retail.

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation tangible personal property consisting of animal feed held by the owner of the property for sale at retail.

What This Bill Does

  • Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation tangible personal property consisting of animal feed held by the owner of the property for sale at retail.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed with the Secretary of State

  2. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  3. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  4. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  5. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  6. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  7. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  8. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  9. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  10. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  11. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  12. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  13. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  14. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage reported

  15. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  16. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  17. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  18. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  19. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  20. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  21. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  22. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  23. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Local Government

  24. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid out as postponed business

  25. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Adopted

  26. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#593

  27. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  28. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  29. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  30. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid out as postponed business

  31. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Postponed. 4/28/25 10:00 AM

  32. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar

  33. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  34. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Postponed. 4/22/25 10:00AM

  35. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  36. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  37. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  38. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  39. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  40. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  41. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  42. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  43. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  44. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  45. 2025-03-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  46. 2025-03-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Ways & Means

  47. 2024-11-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation tangible personal property consisting of animal feed held by the owner of the property for sale at retail.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HJR 99 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.J.R. No. 99

A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature

to exempt from ad valorem taxation tangible personal property

consisting of animal feed held by the owner of the property for sale

at retail.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by

adding Section 1-s to read as follows:

Sec.

1-s.

(a)

The legislature by general law may exempt

from ad valorem taxation tangible personal property consisting of

animal feed held by the owner of the property for sale at retail.

(b)

The legislature by general law may provide additional

eligibility requirements for the exemption authorized by this

section.

SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be

submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.

The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the

proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the

legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation tangible personal

property consisting of animal feed held by the owner of the property

for sale at retail."

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.J.R. No. 99 was passed by the House on April

28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 102, Nays 5, 28 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.J.R. No. 99 was passed by the Senate on May

9, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

RECEIVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Secretary of State