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HB1996   Signed by the Governor
Referred to House Insurance Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate Business & Commerce Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to the regulation of group family leave insurance issued through an employer to pay for certain losses of income.
Bipartisan Bill, authored by Hull; Oliverson; Cortez; Perez; Harris, Caroline
Co-authors: Cole; Garcia; Morales Shaw; Morales, Eddie; Talarico
Sponsors: Johnson
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Tue 2/7/2023


(H) Filed
(H) Lacey Hull signed onto the bill as Author
 

Wed 3/8/2023


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

Tue 3/21/2023


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

Tue 3/28/2023


(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)
 

Thu 4/6/2023


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

Wed 4/19/2023


(H) Caroline Harris signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Mary Ann Perez signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Philip Cortez signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Tom Oliverson signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Thu 4/20/2023


(H) James Talarico signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Penny Morales Shaw signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Mon 4/24/2023


(H) Eddie Morales signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Josey Garcia signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Sheryl Cole signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Tue 4/25/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 449 (HB 1996 was passed)

RV#449: Yeas 146 (R 84, D 62) - Nays 2 (R 1, 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; 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; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; 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; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Herrero; Slaton

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

Herrero: "When Record No. 449 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Wed 4/26/2023


(S) Referred to the Senate Business & Commerce Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Fri 5/19/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Mon 5/22/2023


(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

For

(Tue 3/21/2023) Testifying before House Insurance as Cawley, Jennifer for Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers
(Fri 5/19/2023) Testifying before Senate Business & Commerce as Cawley, Jennifer for Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers
(Fri 5/19/2023) Testifying before Senate Business & Commerce as Horn, Sarah for National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Abel, Matt for Texas Association of Business
(Fri 5/19/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Abel, Matt for Texas Association of Business
(Fri 5/19/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Hadley, Elizabeth for NAIFA-TX
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Hadley, Elizabeth for NAIFA-TX, Aflac
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Howard, Jay for Sun Life
(Fri 5/19/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Howard, Jay for Sun Life
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Loftis, Lee for Independent Insurance Agents of Texas
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Insurance as McCord, Mia for Texans for Affordable Health Care/American Coalition for Affordable Health
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Spilman, Annie for National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
(Fri 5/19/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Streufert, Kelsey for Texas Restaurant Association
(Fri 5/19/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Thompson, Jay for Prudential
 

On

(Fri 5/19/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Almanzan, Latif for TDI
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Bowden, Rachel for Texas Department of Insurance



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