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HB1217   Signed by the Governor
Referred to House Elections Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to the administration of and procedures relating to early voting by personal appearance.
Bipartisan Bill, authored by Swanson; Manuel; Capriglione; Patterson; Morales, Eddie
Co-authors: Bumgarner; DeAyala; Isaac; Leo-Wilson; Morales Shaw; Schatzline; Smith; Thimesch
Sponsors: Kolkhorst
Co-sponsors: West

View at Texas Legislature Online

Mon 1/9/2023


(H) Filed
(H) Valoree Swanson signed onto the bill as Author
 

Fri 3/3/2023


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

Thu 3/30/2023


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

Wed 4/5/2023


(H) Christian Manuel signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Eddie Morales signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Giovanni Capriglione signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Jared Patterson signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Thu 4/13/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Elections Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Smith; Bucy; Burrows; Capriglione; DeAyala; Manuel; Morales, Eddie; Swanson; Vo)
 

Mon 5/1/2023


(H) Ben Bumgarner signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Carrie Isaac signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Mano DeAyala signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Nate Schatzline signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Reggie Smith signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Terri Leo-Wilson signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Sat 5/6/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1176 (Considered on second reading on the previous legislative day on the local, consent, and resolutions calendar were laid before the house, read third time, and passed.)


This is a Local and Consent Bill

RV#1176: Yeas 132 (R 78, D 54) - Nays 2 (R 1, D 1)
HB1217 was "bundled" with many other bills and passed.
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; 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; Gamez; Garcia; Gates; Gerdes; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Hayes; Hefner; 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; Leo-Wilson; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Murr; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shine; Slaton; Slawson; Smith; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Registered No - ; Plesa; Stucky

(Registering "No" makes no change on the passage of this bill.)

(H) Penny Morales Shaw signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Tue 5/9/2023


(S) Referred to the Senate State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Mon 5/15/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Thu 5/18/2023


(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Fri 5/19/2023


(S) Vote recorded in Journal
(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

 

Mon 5/22/2023


(H) Kronda Thimesch signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 5/24/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 2070 (The motion to concur in the senate amendments to HB 1217 prevailed)

RV#2070: Yeas 128 (R 81, D 47) - Nays 16 (R 1, D 15)
View in House Legislative Journal

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

Nay - Bucy; Collier; Davis; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; Hinojosa; Hunter; Jones, V.; Morales, C.; Neave Criado; Ramos; Reynolds; Romero; Talarico; Thompson, S.; Zwiener

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

Herrero: "When Record No. 2070 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

J. Jones: "When Record No. 2070 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Thu 5/25/2023


(H) Signed in the House
 

Fri 5/26/2023


(S) Signed in the Senate


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Barsalou, Denee for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Biesel, Beth for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Castilla, Cindi for self (with Texas Eagle Forum)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Eby French, Emily for Texas Civil Rights Project
(Mon 5/15/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Eby French, Emily for Texas Civil Rights Project
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Ehresman, Katya for self (with Common Cause Texas)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as King, Bill for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Lopez, Carisa for self (with Texas Freedom Network)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as McLean, Gentry for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Roberts, Cary for County and District Clerks Association of Texas
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as ROSENSTOCK, Robin for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Sharwani, Palwasha for self (with Emgage Action)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Torre Ya Claudia for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Tuo, Ruei for self
 

For

(Thu 3/30/2023) Testifying before House Elections as Carranza, Susana for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Testifying before House Elections as DeBill, Valerie for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Testifying before House Elections as Johnson, Ed for self
(Mon 5/15/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Johnson, Ed for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Testifying before House Elections as Vera, Alan for Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Aizpurua, Maite for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Barnett-Torabi, Taylor for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Barrera, Cristina for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Barrera, Gayle for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Barrera, John for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Brady-Joyner, Justin for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Brady-Joyner, Phillip for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Caballero, Darcy for Planned Parenthood Texas Votes
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Cardoza-Oquendo, Juan for self (with Houston in Action)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Carranza, Sergio for self
(Mon 5/15/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Carranza, Susana for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Casparian, Hannah for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Chambers, Haley for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Chambers, Olivia for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Coleman, Katherine for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Coon, Claire for self
(Mon 5/15/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Corbitt, Drew for Texas Democratic Party
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Cowden, Carter for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Cranston, Cathy for self (with ADAPT OF TEXAS/Personal Attendant Coalition of Texas)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Darby, Karen for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as DiMasi, Rachel for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Fiduk, Kenneth for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Gavrilla, Sandra for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Geretz, Elizabeth for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Goetz, Kelly for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Green, Robert L. for self (with Travis County Republican Party Election Integrity Committee)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Haden, Lorri for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Haigler, Kathy for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Harris, Chris for self (with Austin Justice Coalition)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Hayter, Russell for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Jones, Jodi for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Kafka, Bob for self (with REV UP Texas)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Kemp, Hannah for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Kemp, Rose for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Lloyd, Adrienne for self (with Children's Defense Fund of Texas)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as MacDougal, Vanessa for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Margulies, Jennifer for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Martinez, Laura for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as McAuley, David for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as McConnell, Melissa for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Meed, Alex for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Mills, Amber for self (with MOVE Texas Action)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Molnar, Eve for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Mulling, Marie for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Muncy, Lindsay for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Olewin, Carol for self (with League of Women Voters of Texas)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Pankl, Grace for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Prager, Rebecca for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Preddy, Jordan for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Pruner, Todd for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Reed, Cyrus for Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Richards, Joanne for self (with RCV for Texas)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Rose, Shannon for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Sargent, Bill for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Shawver, Alexander for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Shelley, Adrian for Public Citizen
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Simon, Arthur for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Stanch, Carson for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Stanch, Michaela for self
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(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Stewart, Susan for self
(Mon 5/15/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Strickler, Marcia for self (with CDF Citizens Defending Freedom)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Tally-Foos, Fred for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as TAYLOR, JONELLE for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Toretto, Courtney for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Turner, Clay for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Williams, Kathryn for self (with Texas Grassroots Alliance)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Williamson, Roxy D Hall for self (with Galveston Island Voter Education Resource and Services (GIVERS))
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On

(Thu 3/30/2023) Testifying before House Elections as Adkins, Christina for Texas Secretary of State
(Mon 5/15/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Adkins, Christina for Texas Secretary of State
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Case Pickens, Liz for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before House Elections as Gallagher, Lori for self (with TEXAS FIRST)



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