Honoring the longstanding relationship between the Province of Québec and the State of Texas.
This resolution honors the economic and cultural partnership between Texas and Québec, recognizing their strong trade relationship (with $71.3 billion in trade in 2022) and shared interests in sectors like aerospace and technology. It expresses legislative support for deepening cooperation, particularly highlighting Québec’s government office in Houston and recent high-level meetings. As a ceremonial resolution - not a law with binding provisions - it does not create new policy or directly affect any group. The bill was adopted by the Texas House on May 16, 2025, as a symbolic gesture of bipartisan appreciation for this longstanding partnership.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 15, 2025
Last action May 16, 2025
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MODERATE
The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative resolution format to an enrolled version with updated header information and spacing. The substantive content of the resolution remains unchanged, maintaining the same provisions about Texas-Quebec relations. The changes appear to be primarily formatting and presentation updates rather than policy modifications.
TECHNICAL
Header information was updated from 'Introduced' version to 'Enrolled' version with updated bill number formatting
Text formatting was changed from indented resolution format to standard enrolled bill layout with proper spacing
Signature block and certification information was added at the end of the enrolled version
Original line numbers and internal markup annotations were removed
Names of legislators and certification details were added to the enrolled version
Floor votes · House May 16, 2025
How they voted
82–37
Passed · 27 other
Total votes 146
May 16, 2025
D
Democratic59
64% Yea
R
Republican87
50% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
5
Committee
6
May 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Adopted
lower
May 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
May 7, 2025
Committee
Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Recalled from subcommittee
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Committee
Referred to s/c on International Relations by Speaker
lower
5 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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