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, sent to the voters
Verdict: not graded
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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.
Caption from the bill history · Enrolled.
Summary
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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 IT DOES
Not graded. The reader grades bills, not resolutions.
CHARGES
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TOTAL
No first-year general revenue figure available here.
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated, other than the cost of publication. The cost to the state for publication of the resolution is $191,689.
LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.
Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
HISTORY
Filed
Read first time
Referred to Ways & Means
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Considered in public hearing
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
Left pending in committee
Considered in formal meeting
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
Committee report distributed
Committee report sent to Calendars
Considered in Calendars
Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar
Read 2nd time
Postponed 4/22/25 10:00AM
Laid out as postponed business
Postponed 4/28/25 10:00 AM
Laid out as postponed business
Adopted
Record vote RV#593
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
Reported engrossed
Received from the House
Read first time
Referred to Local Government
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Considered in public hearing
Vote taken in committee
Reported favorably w/o amendments
Committee report printed and distributed
Co-sponsor authorized
Placed on intent calendar
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
Vote recorded in Journal
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
Vote recorded in Journal
Three day rule suspended
Record vote
Read 3rd time
Passed
Record vote
Senate passage reported
Reported enrolled
Signed in the House
Signed in the Senate
Filed with the Secretary of State
FILED UNDER
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SIGNED FOR BY
House · 102 yea · 5 nay
Senate · 30 yea · 1 nay
Sources
House: Adoption · Apr 28, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Senate: Final passage · May 9, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed for yea. Only the named positions are included in member records.
Sources
Senator Nichols moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HJR 99 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 30 (published)
Nay: 1 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed for yea. Only the named positions are included in member records.
Voice vote. No numeric tally or individual yeas are inferred.
Sources
Senator Nichols moved to suspend the regular order of business to take up for consideration HJR 99 at this time on its second reading: HJR 99, 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. The motion prevailed. Senator Eckhardt asked to be recorded as voting "Nay" on suspension of the regular order of business. The resolution was read second time and was passed to third reading by a viva voce vote.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated, other than the cost of publication. The cost to the state for publication of the resolution is $191,689.
LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.
Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
FILED BEFORE
88R HJR 47
by Rep. Cody Harris, same lead author · Died in committee · same caption and author, text not compared
Last action, May 2, 2023: Referred to Local Government
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.
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