Fri 2/10/2023

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

Thu 3/9/2023

(H) Referred to the House Business & Industry Committee, chaired by a Democrat
 

Mon 3/27/2023

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

Tue 3/28/2023

(H) Angie Button signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Dustin Burrows signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Ken King signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Oscar Longoria signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Wed 3/29/2023

(H) Ann Johnson signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Armando "Mando" Martinez signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Ben Bumgarner signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Carl Tepper signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Carrie Isaac signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Cody Vasut signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Cole Hefner signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Eddie Morales signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Frederick Frazier signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Gina Hinojosa signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Jared Patterson signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Jessica González signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Liz Campos signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Mary Ann Perez signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Matt Shaheen signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Nicole Collier signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Philip Cortez signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Richard Hayes signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Sheryl Cole signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Stan Kitzman signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Stan Lambert signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Terry Meza signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Travis Clardy signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Venton Jones signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Victoria Neave Criado signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 4/5/2023

(H) House Business & Industry Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Longoria; Vasut; Cole; Frazier; González, Jessica; Hinojosa; Isaac; Neave Criado) Absents (Lambert)
 

Wed 4/19/2023

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

Tue 4/25/2023

(H) Bryan Slaton signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Evelina "Lina" Ortega signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 4/26/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 540 (HB 2194 was passed)

RV#540: Yeas 146 (R 82, D 64) - Nays 3 (R 3, 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; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; 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.; 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; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Slaton; 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 - Cain; Dorazio; Harrison

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Cain: "When Record No. 540 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Toth: "When Record No. 540 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

(H) Josey Garcia signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Thu 4/27/2023

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

Thu 5/4/2023

(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Tue 5/9/2023

(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Thu 5/18/2023

(S) Placed on intent calendar
(S) Vote recorded in Journal
(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

 

Wed 5/24/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 2061 (The motion to concur in the senate amendments to HB 2194 prevailed)

RV#2061: Yeas 128 (R 68, D 60) - Nays 14 (R 14, 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; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Gates; Gerdes; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Jetton; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Cain; Clardy; Harrison; Hayes; Isaac; Leo-Wilson; Patterson; Schaefer; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Wilson

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Campos: "When Record No. 2061 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) Garcia: "When Record No. 2061 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)

 

Thu 5/25/2023

(H) Signed in the House
 

Fri 5/26/2023

(S) Signed in the Senate

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

(Thu 5/4/2023) Testifying before Senate Business & Commerce as Bouffard, Konrad for self
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Alexander, Lee Ann for American Property and Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA)
 

(Mon 3/27/2023) Testifying before House Business & Industry as Espinosa, John for Texas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Coalition
(Mon 3/27/2023) Registering before House Business & Industry as Bush, Kyle for Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM)
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Bush, Kyle for Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM)
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Espinosa, John for Texas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Coalition
(Mon 3/27/2023) Registering before House Business & Industry as Frazier, Kyle for Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Mauro, Megan for Texas Association of Business
(Mon 3/27/2023) Registering before House Business & Industry as Medeiros, Joshua for self (with Young Conservative Federation)
(Mon 3/27/2023) Registering before House Business & Industry as Parkinson, Thomas for self
(Mon 3/27/2023) Registering before House Business & Industry as Spilman, Annie for National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Spilman, Annie for National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)