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Texas Legislature · SB 2018 · Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Relating to the strong families credit against certain taxes for entities that contribute to certain organizations

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Officially: “Relating to the strong families credit against certain taxes for entities that contribute to certain organizations. Read the full text

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89th Legislature (2025)

Where it is

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Received by the Secretary of the Senate · Mar 6, 2025
Filed · Mar 6, 2025
Read first time · Mar 17, 2025
Referred to Finance · Mar 17, 2025
Scheduled for public hearing on . . . · Apr 9, 2025
Considered in public hearing · Apr 9, 2025
Testimony taken in committee · Apr 9, 2025
Vote taken in committee · Apr 9, 2025
Reported favorably w/o amendments · Apr 9, 2025
Committee report printed and distributed · Apr 9, 2025
Placed on intent calendar · Apr 22, 2025
Co-author authorized · Apr 28, 2025
Rules suspended-Regular order of business · Apr 28, 2025
Read 2nd time · Apr 28, 2025
Amendment(s) offered · Apr 28, 2025
Amended · Apr 28, 2025
Vote recorded in Journal · Apr 28, 2025
Passed to engrossment as amended · Apr 28, 2025
Vote recorded in Journal · Apr 28, 2025
Three day rule suspended · Apr 28, 2025
Record vote · Apr 28, 2025
Read 3rd time · Apr 28, 2025
Passed · Apr 28, 2025
Record vote · Apr 28, 2025
Reported engrossed · Apr 28, 2025
Received from the Senate · Apr 29, 2025
Read first time · Apr 30, 2025
Referred to Ways & Means · Apr 30, 2025
Considered in formal meeting · May 20, 2025
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) · May 20, 2025
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator · May 21, 2025
Committee report distributed · May 21, 2025
Committee report sent to Calendars · May 21, 2025
Considered in Calendars · May 22, 2025
Placed on General State Calendar · May 24, 2025
Read 2nd time · May 26, 2025
Amended · May 26, 2025
Record vote · May 26, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · May 26, 2025
Passed to 3rd reading as amended · May 26, 2025
Record vote · May 26, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · May 26, 2025
Read 3rd time · May 27, 2025
Postponed · May 27, 2025
Laid out as postponed business · May 28, 2025
Passed · May 28, 2025
Record vote · May 28, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · May 28, 2025
House passage as amended reported · May 28, 2025
House amendment(s) laid before the Senate · May 29, 2025
Read · May 29, 2025
Senate refuses to concur · May 29, 2025
Senate requests conference committee · May 29, 2025
Senate appoints conferees · May 29, 2025
Senate refuses to concur-reported · May 29, 2025
Senate requests conference committee-reported · May 29, 2025
Senate appoints conferees-reported · May 29, 2025
House grants request for conference committee · May 30, 2025
House appoints conferees · May 30, 2025
House grants request for conf comm-reported · May 30, 2025
House appoints conferees-reported · May 30, 2025
Conference committee report filed · May 30, 2025
Conf. Comm. Report distributed · May 30, 2025
House adopts conference committee report · May 31, 2025
Record vote · May 31, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · May 31, 2025
Senate adopts conference committee report · May 31, 2025
Record vote · May 31, 2025
Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported · May 31, 2025
House adopts conf. comm. report-reported · May 31, 2025
Reported enrolled · Jun 1, 2025
Signed in the Senate · Jun 1, 2025
Signed in the House · Jun 2, 2025
Sent to the Governor · Jun 2, 2025
Signed by the Governor · Jun 20, 2025
Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · Jun 20, 2025

The numbers

9
sponsors on the bill

Sponsors

PaxtonHinojosa, Juan "Chuy"HughesSparksBlancoHinojosa, AdamHarrisCapriglioneTroxclair

Recorded votes

The motion to adopt the conference committee report on SBi2018 prevailed byHouse · 2025-05-31 · Yeas 97, Nays 27, Present, not voting 2
SBi2018 was passed byHouse · 2025-05-28 · Yeas 97, Nays 31, Present, not voting 1
M. Perez SB 2018, as amended, was passed to third reading byHouse · 2025-05-26 · Yeas 92, Nays 42, Present, not voting 1
Amendment No. 1 was adopted byHouse · 2025-05-26 · Yeas 107, Nays 33, Present, not voting 1
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Texas legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Jun 20, 2025).