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HB1212   Signed by the Governor
Referred to House Public Education Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate Education Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to verification of excused absences from public school for the purpose of observing religious holy days.
Bipartisan Bill, authored by Jetton; Bhojani; Allison; Lalani; Bernal
Co-authors: Plesa
Sponsors: Kolkhorst
Co-sponsors: Creighton; Menéndez; West

View at Texas Legislature Online

Mon 1/9/2023


(H) Filed
(H) Jacey Jetton signed onto the bill as Author
 

Fri 3/3/2023


(H) Referred to the House Public Education Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Tue 3/7/2023


(H) Salman Bhojani signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Tue 3/14/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Public Education Committee met and decided to leave this bill pending without objection.
 

Thu 3/16/2023


(H) Steve Allison signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Tue 3/28/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Public Education Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Buckley; Allen; Allison; Cunningham; Dutton; Harris, Cody; Harrison; Hefner; Hinojosa; King, Ken; Longoria; Talarico) Absents (Schaefer)
 

Wed 4/5/2023


(H) Referred to the House Calendars Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Wed 4/19/2023


(H) Suleman Lalani signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Thu 4/20/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 363 (HB 1212 was passed)

RV#363: Yeas 148 (R 84, D 64) - Nays 0 (R 0, D 0)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Murr; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Slaton; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

(H) Diego Bernal signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Mon 4/24/2023


(S) Referred to the Senate Education Committee, chaired by a Republican
(H) Mihaela Plesa signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 5/10/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Thu 5/11/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Mon 5/15/2023


(S) Placed on intent calendar
(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 31 (R 19, D 12) - Nays 0 (R 0, D 0)

Yea - Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hall; Hancock; Hinojosa; Huffman; Hughes; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; LaMantia; Menéndez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; Springer; West; Whitmire; Zaffirini

 

Wed 5/17/2023


(H) Signed in the House
(S) Signed in the Senate
 

Fri 6/2/2023


(E) Signed by the Governor

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn for self (with Texas Eagle Forum)
(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Ibe, Natalie for self
 

For

(Tue 3/14/2023) Testifying before House Public Education as Allmon, Jennifer for Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops
(Tue 3/14/2023) Testifying before House Public Education as Atiq, Faizan for Islamic Society of Greater Houston
(Tue 3/14/2023) Testifying before House Public Education as Fruge, Katie for Christian Life Commission
(Tue 3/14/2023) Testifying before House Public Education as Ghani, Shariq for Minaret Foundation
(Wed 5/10/2023) Testifying before Senate Education as Ghani, Shariq for Minaret Foundation
(Tue 3/14/2023) Testifying before House Public Education as Kazi, Mujeeb for North Texas Islamic Council
(Tue 3/14/2023) Testifying before House Public Education as Moore, Carrie for self (with Texas Education 911)
(Wed 5/10/2023) Testifying before Senate Education as Vane, Sharyn for Jewish Federation of Greater Austin
(Tue 3/14/2023) Testifying before House Public Education as Vane, Sharyn for Jewish Federation of Greater Austin; Austin Jewish community
(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Adams, Bryce for Texas Public Charter Schools Association
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Adams, Bryce for self (with Texas Public Charter Schools Association)
(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Carney, Dee for Texas School Alliance
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Carney, Dee for Texas School Alliance
(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Houston, Joshua for Texas Impact
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Jaquette, Shannon for Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops
(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Khan, Muhammad A for IACC
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Litzler, John for Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission
(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Pena, Alejandro for Texas American Federation of Teachers (Texas AFT)
(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Rhodes, Fran for self
(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Rivas, Lesley for Mexican American School Boards Association
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Sabo, Jason for Children at Risk
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Saval, Maureen for self
(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Seelig, Bonnie for self
(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Stewart, Susan for self
 

On

(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Marin, Eric for Texas Education Agency
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Marin, Eric for Texas Education Agency
(Tue 3/14/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Terry, James for Texas Education Agency
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Terry, James for Texas Education Agency



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