Tue 2/7/2023

(H) Filed
(H) John Raney signed onto the bill as Author
 

Tue 2/28/2023

(H) Ben Bumgarner signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Mihaela Plesa signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Wed 3/8/2023

(H) Referred to the House International Relations & Economic Development Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Tue 4/11/2023

(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House International Relations & Economic Development Committee met and decided to leave this bill pending without objection.
 

Fri 4/14/2023

(H) House International Relations & Economic Development Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Button; Ordaz; Bumgarner; Clardy; Hayes; Meza; Morales, Christina; Plesa; Shine)
 

Thu 4/20/2023

(H) Referred to the House Calendars Committee, chaired by a Republican
(H) Ray Lopez signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Wed 4/26/2023

(H) Josey Garcia signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Mon 5/1/2023

(H) Diego Bernal signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Salman Bhojani signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Tue 5/2/2023

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

Wed 5/3/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 927 (HB 1979 was passed)

RV#927: Yeas 139 (R 80, D 59) - Nays 2 (R 2, D 0) View in House Legislative Journal Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; 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; Harless; 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; 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; Ortega; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thimesch; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Guillen; Slaton

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Bhojani: "When Record No. 927 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) Orr: "When Record No. 927 was taken, I was temporarily out of the house chamber. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

 

Fri 5/5/2023

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

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

(Tue 4/11/2023) Testifying before House International Relations & Economic Development as Dochen, Sandy for self (with Early Matters Greater Austin)
(Tue 4/11/2023) Testifying before House International Relations & Economic Development as Feigen, David for Texans Care for Children
(Tue 4/11/2023) Testifying before House International Relations & Economic Development as Jeffery, Chelsea for Early Matters Dallas , The Commit Partnership
(Tue 4/11/2023) Testifying before House International Relations & Economic Development as Rubin, Melanie for North Texas Early Education Alliance
(Tue 4/11/2023) Registering before House International Relations & Economic Development as Benestante, Jacquie for self (with Autism Society of Texas)
(Tue 4/11/2023) Registering before House International Relations & Economic Development as Cates, Andrew for Texas Association for the Education of Young Children
(Tue 4/11/2023) Registering before House International Relations & Economic Development as Freeland, Brooke for self
(Tue 4/11/2023) Registering before House International Relations & Economic Development as Harris, Ashley for United Ways of Texas
(Tue 4/11/2023) Registering before House International Relations & Economic Development as Judice, Kerrie for TexProtects
(Tue 4/11/2023) Registering before House International Relations & Economic Development as Kofron, Kim for Children at Risk
(Tue 4/11/2023) Registering before House International Relations & Economic Development as Litzler, John for Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission
(Tue 4/11/2023) Registering before House International Relations & Economic Development as Parkinson, Thomas for self
(Tue 4/11/2023) Registering before House International Relations & Economic Development as Spilman, Annie for National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
(Tue 4/11/2023) Registering before House International Relations & Economic Development as Streufert, Kelsey for Texas Restaurant Association
(Tue 4/11/2023) Registering before House International Relations & Economic Development as Uptain, Wendy for Early Matters
 

(Tue 4/11/2023) Testifying before House International Relations & Economic Development as Miller, Reagan for Texas Workforce Commission