Texas · Senate Joint Resolution 49 · 88th Legislature, Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment creating a university research fund to support emerging research universities in The University of Texas System…

SJR 49 Sponsored by Charles Perry Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 13, 2023
  2. In committee Mar 3, 2023
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Proposing a constitutional amendment creating a university research fund to support emerging research universities in The University of Texas System or The Texas A&M University System and disqualifying all component institutions of those university systems from receiving money from the national research university fund.

Every action

4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateReceived by the Secretary of the Senate
  2. SenateFiled
  3. SenateRead first time
  4. CommitteeReferred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres · Senate Education

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Texas's official records (ftp.legis.state.tx.us), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.