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HB1590   Signed by the Governor
This bill would cost taxpayers $50,000,000.00 over five years, according to the Legislative Budget Bureau.
Referred to House Higher Education Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Leadership Scholars Program.
Bipartisan Bill, authored by Burns; González, Mary; VanDeaver; Collier
Co-authors: Plesa
Sponsors: West
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Fri 3/10/2023


(H) Filed
(H) DeWayne Burns signed onto the bill as Author
 

Mon 3/13/2023


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

Mon 3/20/2023


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

Tue 3/21/2023


(H) House Higher Education Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Kuempel; Paul; Bucy; Burns; Clardy; Cole; González, Mary; Howard; Lalani) Absents (Burrows; Raney)
 

Tue 3/28/2023


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

Wed 4/12/2023


(H) Mihaela Plesa signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Gary VanDeaver signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Mary González signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Nicole Collier signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Thu 4/13/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 189 (HB 1590 was passed)

RV#189: Yeas 126 (R 62, D 64) - Nays 21 (R 21, D 0)
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Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Burns; Burrows; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gerdes; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; 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; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Sherman; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Stucky; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Bumgarner; Cain; DeAyala; Dorazio; Gates; Harrison; Hayes; Isaac; Leo-Wilson; Oliverson; Schaefer; Schatzline; Shaheen; Slaton; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Wilson

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

Dean: "When Record No. 189 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Leach: "When Record No. 189 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Tinderholt: "When Record No. 189 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Fri 5/5/2023


(S) Referred to the Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Wed 5/17/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Fri 5/19/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Tue 5/23/2023


(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

 

Thu 5/25/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 2115 (The motion to concur in the senate amendments to HB 1590 prevailed)

RV#2115: Yeas 120 (R 64, D 56) - Nays 19 (R 18, D 1)
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Yea - Allen; Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Burns; Burrows; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hunter; Jetton; 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, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Stucky; Talarico; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Craddick; Gates; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hull; Isaac; Leo-Wilson; Schaefer; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut

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

Wilson: "When Record No. 2115 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Sun 5/28/2023


(H) Signed in the House
 

Mon 5/29/2023


(S) Signed in the Senate


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

For

(Wed 5/17/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Puente, Jaime for self (with Every Texan)
(Mon 3/20/2023) Registering before House Higher Education as Stratmann, Ben for Dallas Regional Chamber
 

On

(Mon 3/20/2023) Testifying before House Higher Education as Keller, Harrison for Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
(Wed 5/17/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Keller, Harrison for Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
(Wed 5/17/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Marin, Eric for Texas Education Agency



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