Thu 1/26/2023

(H) Filed
(H) Brad Buckley signed onto the bill as Author
 

Tue 3/7/2023

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

Mon 3/20/2023

(H) Greg Bonnen signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Mon 3/27/2023

(H) DeWayne Burns signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Tue 3/28/2023

(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) Angelia Orr signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) House Insurance Committee met and decided to leave this bill pending without objection.
 

Wed 4/5/2023

(H) Abel Herrero signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Tue 4/11/2023

(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Insurance Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Oliverson; Johnson, Ann; Cain; Cortez; Harris, Caroline; Hull; Johnson, Julie; Paul; Perez)
 

Mon 4/17/2023

(H) Janie Lopez signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Tue 4/18/2023

(H) Ben Bumgarner signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Charles Cunningham signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Christian Manuel signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Dennis Paul signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Ed Thompson signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Ernest Bailes signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Four Price signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) John Raney signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Steve Toth signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Trent Ashby signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Candy Noble signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) David Cook signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Stan Gerdes signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Tom Oliverson signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Wed 4/19/2023

(H) Erin Gamez signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Mon 4/24/2023

(H) Jacey Jetton signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 4/26/2023

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

Thu 4/27/2023

(H) John Bryant signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Fri 5/5/2023

(H) Matt Shaheen signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Sat 5/6/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 1233 (CSHB 1696 was passed to engrossment)

RV#1233: Yeas 124 (R 74, D 50) - Nays 4 (R 2, D 2) View in House Legislative Journal Yea - Allen; Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Garcia; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Hayes; Hefner; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Murr; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Schaefer; Schofield; Shaheen; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, S.; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Wilson; Zwiener

Nay - Anchía; Craddick; King, T.; Price

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. J. Jones: "When Record No. 1233 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) Rosenthal: "When Record No. 1233 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Schatzline: "When Record No. 1233 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) Briscoe Cain signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Mon 5/8/2023

(H) A Republican amendment (No. 1) from Buckley amended the bill.
(H) Record Vote No. 1253 (HB 1696, as amended, was passed)

RV#1253: Yeas 143 (R 80, D 63) - 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; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; 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; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Harless: "When Record No. 1253 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) Hayes: "When Record No. 1253 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

 

Thu 5/11/2023

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

Mon 5/15/2023

(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Wed 5/17/2023

(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) Signed in the House
 

Fri 5/26/2023

(S) Signed in the Senate

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

(Mon 5/15/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Bergfeld, Clifton for EyeMed Luxottica
(Mon 5/15/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Ellington-Buckles, Hayley for Versant Health
(Mon 5/15/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Haggblad, Myra for Visionworks
(Mon 5/15/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Mazziotti, John for self (with Vsp)
(Mon 5/15/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Roberts, Julian for NAVCP
(Tue 3/28/2023) Testifying before House Insurance as Sholar, Alina for Texas 400 / Texas Medical Assocation
(Tue 3/28/2023) Testifying before House Insurance as Thompson, Jay for Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Abel, Matt for Texas Association of Business
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Allen, Sara for Texas College of Emergency Physicians
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Cawley, Jennifer for Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Childs, Tilden for self
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Grimes, Michael for Texas Radiological Society
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Hadley, Elizabeth for Aflac
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Hillert, Bobby for Texas Orthopaedic Association
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Luparello, Marti for Texas Society of Pathologists
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Insurance as McElvaney, Jason for National Association of Vision Care Plans
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Reed, Rachael for Texas Ophthalmological Association
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Reynolds, David for Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Sutton, Jill for Texas Osteopathic Medical Association
 

(Tue 3/28/2023) Testifying before House Insurance as Deakins, Jennifer for self (with Texas Optometric Association)
(Mon 5/15/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Deakins, Jennifer for self (with Texas Optometric Association)
(Tue 3/28/2023) Testifying before House Insurance as Lucas, Tommy for self (with Texas Optometric Association)
(Mon 5/15/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Avery, Brenda for self (with Texas Optometric Association)
(Mon 5/15/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Hammond, Eric for self
 

(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Diaz-Lara, Debra for Texas Department of Insurance