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HB1227   Signed by the Governor
Referred to House Corrections Committee, chaired by a Democrat
Referred to Senate Criminal Justice Committee, chaired by a Democrat
Caption: Relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision of a person convicted of possession or promotion of child pornography.
Bipartisan Bill, authored by Metcalf; Herrero; Lopez, Janie; Spiller
Co-authors: Leo-Wilson; Meyer; Swanson; Toth
Sponsors: Bettencourt
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Mon 1/9/2023


(H) Filed
(H) Will Metcalf signed onto the bill as Author
 

Fri 3/3/2023


(H) Referred to the House Corrections Committee, chaired by a Democrat
 

Thu 3/16/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) Abel Herrero signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) House Corrections Committee met and decided to leave this bill pending without objection.
 

Mon 3/20/2023


(H) Steve Toth signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Terri Leo-Wilson signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Tue 3/28/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Corrections Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Herrero; Allen; Jones, Venton; Lopez, Ray; Murr; Swanson; Toth) Absents (Kacal; Sherman, Sr.)
 

Thu 4/6/2023


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

Tue 4/11/2023


(H) Valoree Swanson signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Thu 4/20/2023


(H) Morgan Meyer signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) David Spiller signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Fri 4/21/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 394 (HB 1227 was passed)

RV#394: Yeas 140 (R 80, D 60) - 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; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; 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; Spiller; Stucky; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

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

T. King: "When Record No. 394 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)


(H) Janie Lopez signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Tue 4/25/2023


(S) Referred to the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, chaired by a Democrat
 

Fri 5/19/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Wed 5/24/2023


(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

 

Fri 5/26/2023


(H) Signed in the House
 

Sun 5/28/2023


(S) Signed in the Senate


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Corrections as Stewart, Susan for self
 

For

(Thu 3/16/2023) Testifying before House Corrections as Sanford, Tiana for Montgomery County District Attorney's Office
(Thu 3/16/2023) Testifying before House Corrections as Williams, M Paige for Dallas County District Attorney
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Corrections as Allmon, Jennifer for Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops
(Fri 5/19/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Jones, Chris W. for Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT)
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Corrections as Monroe, Renee for Texas C.U.R.E., Inc.
(Fri 5/19/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Parkinson, Thomas for self
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Corrections as Wilkerson, John for Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA)
(Fri 5/19/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Wilkerson, John for Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA)
(Fri 5/19/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Williams, Paige for Dallas County District Attorney
 

On

(Fri 5/19/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Edmonds, Shannon for Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA)
(Fri 5/19/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Jaquette, Shannon for Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops



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