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HB1617   Passed the House But Died in Senate with No Public Hearing
Referred to House Community Safety, Select Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to notice for certain defendants regarding the unlawful possession or acquisition of a firearm or ammunition.
Democrat Bill, authored by Ordaz; Plesa
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Sponsors:
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View at Texas Legislature Online

Wed 1/25/2023


(H) Filed
(H) Claudia Ordaz signed onto the bill as Author
 

Tue 3/7/2023


(H) Referred to the House Community Safety, Select Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Tue 4/4/2023


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

Thu 4/13/2023


(H) House Community Safety, Select Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Guillen; Johnson, Jarvis; Bowers; Burrows; Canales; Dorazio; Goodwin; Harless; Holland; Landgraf; Moody; Troxclair) Absents (King, Tracy O.)
 

Tue 4/25/2023


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

Tue 5/2/2023


(H) A Republican amendment (No. 1) from Schaefer amended the bill.
(H) Mihaela Plesa signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Wed 5/3/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 955 (HB 1617 was passed)

RV#955: Yeas 97 (R 34, D 63) - Nays 48 (R 48, D 0)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Burrows; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Davis; Dean; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Kacal; King, T.; Klick; Lalani; Lambert; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Neave Criado; Ordaz; Ortega; Perez; Plesa; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Sherman; Shine; Spiller; Stucky; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Turner; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Burns; Cain; Clardy; Cook; Darby; DeAyala; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Goldman; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Isaac; King, K.; Kitzman; Kuempel; Landgraf; Lujan; Metcalf; Murr; Noble; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Price; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Slaton; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Swanson; Thimesch; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Wilson

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

K. Bell: "When Record No. 955 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Leach: "When Record No. 955 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Leo-Wilson: "When Record No. 955 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Tinderholt: "When Record No. 955 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

V. Jones: "When Record No. 955 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)


 

Fri 5/5/2023


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


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Tue 4/4/2023) Testifying before House Community Safety, Select as Belsick, Michael for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Testifying before House Community Safety, Select as Briscoe, Rick for self (with Open Carry Texas)
(Tue 4/4/2023) Testifying before House Community Safety, Select as Kress, Ian for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Testifying before House Community Safety, Select as Rinehart, Rick for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Bohnert, Henry for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Bohnert, Richard for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Bolgiano, John for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Borskey, Mark for Texas State Rifle Association
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Gibson, Leigh for self (with Gun Owners Of America)
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as McNutt, Chris for self (with Texas Gun Rights)
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Mica, Tara for National Rifle Association
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Smith, Angela for self (with Fredericksburg Tea Party)
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Thornburg, Clinton for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Vachris, George Brian for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Van Compernolle, John for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Virdell, Wesley for Gun Owners of America
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Zimmerman, Gary for self
 

For

(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Bates, Georgia for self (with Giffords)
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Chimene, Grace for self (with League of Women Voters of Texas)
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Cohen, Derek for Texas Public Policy Foundation
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Cuellar, Guadalupe for City of El Paso
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Golden, Nicole for self (with Texas Gun Sense)
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Goldstein, Mia for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Place, Shea for Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (TCDLA)
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Voyles, Molly for Texas Council on Family Violence
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Watson, Robert for Texas Impact
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Woche, Jesse for self
 

On

(Tue 4/4/2023) Testifying before House Community Safety, Select as Tomasetti, Louis for Office of Court Administration
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Walker, Edwin for self



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