Mon 11/14/2022

(H) Filed
 

Thu 2/23/2023

(H) Referred to the House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Tue 3/7/2023

(H) Lulu Flores signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 3/8/2023

(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) Julie Johnson signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Shelby Slawson signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee met and decided to leave this bill pending without objection.
 

Wed 3/15/2023

(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Leach; Johnson, Julie; Davis; Flores; Moody; Murr; Schofield; Slawson; Vasut)
 

Mon 3/20/2023

(H) Drew Darby signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Evelina "Lina" Ortega signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Gene Wu signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Joe Moody signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) John Bucy signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Salman Bhojani signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Steve Allison signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Vikki Goodwin signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Tue 3/21/2023

(H) Alma Allen signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Claudia Ordaz signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Stan Lambert signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 3/22/2023

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

Thu 3/23/2023

(H) Diego Bernal signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Jon Rosenthal signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Mihaela Plesa signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Sheryl Cole signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Mon 3/27/2023

(H) Christina Morales signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Tue 3/28/2023

(H) Rafael Anchía signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 3/29/2023

(H) Jarvis Johnson signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Tue 4/4/2023

(H) Terry Canales signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Thu 4/6/2023

(H) Ana Hernandez signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Eddie Morales signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Mon 4/10/2023

(H) Jeff Leach signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Tue 4/11/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 132 (HB 242 was passed)

RV#132: Yeas 145 (R 82, 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; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; 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; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; 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

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Harless: "When Record No. 132 was taken, I was excused because of illness. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Kuempel: "When Record No. 132 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) Chris Turner signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Thu 4/13/2023

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

Wed 4/19/2023

(H) John Bryant signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Mon 4/24/2023

(H) Josey Garcia signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Thu 5/4/2023

(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Mon 5/8/2023

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

Wed 5/10/2023

(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Thu 5/11/2023

(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 30 (R 19, D 11) - Nays 0 (R 0, D 0) Yea - Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Creighton; Flores; Gutierrez; Hall; Hancock; Hinojosa; Huffman; Hughes; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; LaMantia; Menéndez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; Springer; West; Whitmire; Zaffirini

 

Fri 5/12/2023

(H) Signed in the House
 

Mon 5/15/2023

(S) Signed in the Senate
 

Wed 5/24/2023

(E) Signed by the Governor

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

(Wed 3/8/2023) Registering before House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Befeld, Amy for Texans for Lawsuit Reform
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Befeld, Amy for Texans for Lawsuit Reform
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Belsick, Michael for self
(Wed 3/8/2023) Registering before House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Biundo, Jennifer for Healthy Futures of Texas
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Compton, Dorothy ann for self
(Wed 3/8/2023) Registering before House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Griffith, Idona for self
(Wed 3/8/2023) Registering before House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Herman, Guy for self (with Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Joy, Louise for self
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Laroche, Sebastien for Methodist Healthcare Ministries
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Lenau, Kristen for Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition (TWHC)
(Wed 3/8/2023) Registering before House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Parkinson, Thomas for self
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Stewart, Susan for self
(Wed 3/8/2023) Registering before House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Wolleben, Rachel for Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition (TWHC)