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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

SB 524: Relating to the exemption from the franchise tax and certain filing fees for certain businesses owned by veterans.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 524 is a bill introduced in the Texas Senate on December 4, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the exemption from the franchise tax and certain filing fees for certain businesses owned by veterans. Primary sponsor: Donna Campbell (Republican). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 21, 2025): Referred to Ways & Means.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Donna CampbellPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Carol AlvaradoCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate6
César BlancoCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate29
Lois KolkhorstCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate18
Royce WestCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Referred to Ways & Means
  2. Read first time
  3. Received from the Senate
  4. Reported engrossed
  5. Record vote
  6. Passed
  7. Read 3rd time
  8. Record vote
  9. Three day rule suspended
  10. Vote recorded in Journal
  11. Passed to engrossment as amended
  12. Vote recorded in Journal

Showing 12 most recent of 29 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source