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HB1215   Passed the House But Died in Senate with No Public Hearing
Referred to House State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate Business & Commerce Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to consideration of criminal history of applicants for public employment.
Bipartisan Bill, authored by Cook; Moody; Leach; Rosenthal; Anchía
Co-authors:
Sponsors:
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Mon 1/9/2023


(H) Filed
(H) David Cook signed onto the bill as Author
 

Fri 3/3/2023


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

Wed 3/29/2023


(H) Jeff Leach signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Joe Moody signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Jon Rosenthal signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Wed 4/19/2023


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

Thu 4/20/2023


(H) Rafael Anchía signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Tue 5/2/2023


(H) House State Affairs Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Hunter; Hernandez; Anchía; Dean; Geren; Guillen; Metcalf; Raymond; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Thompson, Senfronia; Turner)
 

Mon 5/8/2023


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

Fri 5/12/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1617 (HB 1215 was passed)

RV#1617: Yeas 116 (R 61, D 55) - Nays 23 (R 19, D 4)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Bailes; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; 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; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harrison; Hayes; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Lalani; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Murr; Neave Criado; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Smith; Spiller; Stucky; Talarico; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Allen; Ashby; Bell, C.; Bowers; Harris, C. J.; Hefner; Holland; Isaac; Metcalf; Morales Shaw; Oliverson; Patterson; Schaefer; Schofield; Shaheen; Shine; Slawson; Smithee; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Turner; Wilson

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.

Bowers: "When Record No. 1617 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

K. Bell: "When Record No. 1617 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Manuel: "When Record No. 1617 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Morales Shaw: "When Record No. 1617 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Turner: "When Record No. 1617 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Tue 5/16/2023


(S) Referred to the Senate Business & Commerce Committee, chaired by a Republican


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Wed 4/19/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Alexander, Lee Ann for American Property and Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA)
(Wed 4/19/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Parnell, James for Dallas Police Association (DPA)
(Wed 4/19/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Wilkerson, John for Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA)
 

For

(Wed 4/19/2023) Testifying before House State Affairs as Bazaldua, Adam for self (with City of Dallas)
(Wed 4/19/2023) Testifying before House State Affairs as Emerick, David for JP Morgan Chase
(Wed 4/19/2023) Testifying before House State Affairs as Norton, Kaden for Prison Fellowship Ministries
(Wed 4/19/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Antonick, Kristi for self (with Americans for Prosperity)
(Wed 4/19/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Carter, Jennifer for Goodwill Central Texas
(Wed 4/19/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Franco, Brie for City of Austin
(Wed 4/19/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Goforth, Patricia for self
(Wed 4/19/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Gonzalez, Ana for Texas AFL-CIO
(Wed 4/19/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Griffith, Idona for self
(Wed 4/19/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Harris, Ashley for United Ways of Texas
(Wed 4/19/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Henning, Lori for Texas Association of Goodwills
(Wed 4/19/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Johnson, Lauren for self (with ACLU of Texas)
(Wed 4/19/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Martinez, Daniel for self (with LIBRE Initiative)
(Wed 4/19/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Meyer, Cole for Texas Appleseed
(Wed 4/19/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Mills-Lehmann, Phillip for Americans for Prosperity
(Wed 4/19/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Neeley, Josiah for R Street Institute
(Wed 4/19/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Rose, Lauren for Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS)
(Wed 4/19/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Sheetz, Samuel for self (with Americans for Prosperity)
(Wed 4/19/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Sierra, Karla for self (with LIBRE Initiative)
(Wed 4/19/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Stewart, Susan for self
(Wed 4/19/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Trevino, Taylor for self
(Wed 4/19/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Van Maanen, Cynthia for self
(Wed 4/19/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Vasquez, Juan for self (with LIBRE Initiative)
 

On

(Wed 4/19/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Hall Lecuona, Shawn for self (with Kri'ah b'shalom)



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