Thu 1/26/2023

(H) Filed
(H) Andrew Murr signed onto the bill as Author
 

Tue 3/7/2023

(H) Referred to the House Ways & Means Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Mon 3/13/2023

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

Mon 3/20/2023

(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Ways & Means Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Meyer; Thierry; Button; Craddick; Gervin-Hawkins; Hefner; Muñoz, Jr.; Noble; Raymond; Shine; Turner)
 

Mon 3/27/2023

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

Tue 4/25/2023

(H) A Republican amendment (No. 1) from Murr amended the bill.
 

Wed 4/26/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 542 (HB 1689 was passed)

RV#542: Yeas 142 (R 80, D 62) - Nays 4 (R 3, D 1) 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; Capriglione; Clardy; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hernandez; Herrero; 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; 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; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Slaton; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Canales; Dorazio; Oliverson; Patterson

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Hefner: "When Record No. 542 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) Isaac: "When Record No. 542 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Schaefer: "When Record No. 542 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Spiller: "When Record No. 542 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) Swanson: "When Record No. 542 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Wilson: "When Record No. 542 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

 

Mon 5/1/2023

(S) Referred to the Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Wed 5/10/2023

(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Fri 5/12/2023

(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Wed 5/17/2023

(S) Placed on intent calendar
(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 27 (R 15, D 12) - Nays 4 (R 4, D 0) Yea - Alvarado; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hall; Hancock; Hinojosa; Huffman; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; LaMantia; Menéndez; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Whitmire; Zaffirini

Nay - Bettencourt; Hughes; Middleton; Springer

 

Fri 5/19/2023

(H) Signed in the House
 

Sun 5/21/2023

(S) Signed in the Senate

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

(Mon 3/13/2023) Registering before House Ways & Means as Stewart, Susan for self
 

(Mon 3/13/2023) Testifying before House Ways & Means as Coppedge, Garrett for Texas Hotel and Lodging Association
(Wed 5/10/2023) Testifying before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Coppedge, Garrett for Texas Hotel and Lodging Association
(Mon 3/13/2023) Testifying before House Ways & Means as Cunningham, Ron for self (with Llano County)
(Mon 3/13/2023) Registering before House Ways & Means as Henderson, Jennifer for self (with County Treasurers Association of Texas)
(Mon 3/13/2023) Registering before House Ways & Means as Regmund, Cheryl for self
 

(Mon 3/13/2023) Registering before House Ways & Means as Abi Habib, Lara for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
(Mon 3/13/2023) Registering before House Ways & Means as Reynolds, Brad for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts