Tue 2/21/2023

(H) Filed
(H) Will Metcalf signed onto the bill as Author
 

Mon 3/13/2023

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

Wed 4/5/2023

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

Fri 4/14/2023

(H) House State Affairs Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Hunter; Hernandez; Anchía; Dean; Metcalf; Slawson; Smithee; Turner) Absents (Geren; Guillen; Raymond; Spiller; Thompson, Senfronia)
 

Mon 4/24/2023

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

Wed 4/26/2023

(H) Richard Peña Raymond signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Thu 4/27/2023

(H) A Republican amendment (No. 1) from Metcalf amended the bill.
(H) A Republican amendment (No. 2) from Tinderholt failed and was not adopted.
(H) Ben Bumgarner signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Fri 4/28/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 701 (HB 2555 was passed)

RV#701: Yeas 147 (R 84, 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; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; 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, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

 

Mon 5/1/2023

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

Thu 5/11/2023

(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Tue 5/16/2023

(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Wed 5/17/2023

(S) Vote recorded in Journal
(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 29 (R 17, D 12) - Nays 2 (R 2, D 0) Yea - Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hall; Hancock; Hinojosa; Huffman; Hughes; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; LaMantia; Menéndez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Whitmire; Zaffirini

Nay - Creighton; Springer

 

Thu 5/25/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 2082 (The motion to concur in the senate amendments to HB 2555 prevailed)

RV#2082: Yeas 134 (R 78, D 56) - Nays 7 (R 5, D 2) View in House Legislative Journal Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Gerdes; Geren; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; 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; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; 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; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Cain; Flores; Gates; Meza; Toth; Vasut; Wilson

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Campos: "When Record No. 2082 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) Gervin-Hawkins: "When Record No. 2082 was taken, I was temporarily out of the house chamber. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Toth: "When Record No. 2082 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

 

Sat 5/27/2023

(H) Signed in the House
 

Mon 5/29/2023

(S) Signed in the Senate

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

(Wed 4/5/2023) Testifying before House State Affairs as Coleman, Katie for Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM)
 

(Wed 4/5/2023) Testifying before House State Affairs as Bell, Mark for Association of Electric Companies of Texas (AECT)
(Wed 4/5/2023) Testifying before House State Affairs as Gordon, John for self
(Wed 4/5/2023) Testifying before House State Affairs as Meredith, Sean for Entergy Texas
(Wed 4/5/2023) Testifying before House State Affairs as Stracencer, Jeff for AEP Texas
(Wed 4/5/2023) Testifying before House State Affairs as Yu, Joel for Enchanted Rock, LLC
(Wed 4/5/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Albarado, Isaac for AEP Texas
(Wed 4/5/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Carr, Mindy for Oncor Electric Delivery
(Wed 4/5/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Garza, Oscar for AEP Texas
(Wed 4/5/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Jackson, Roy for TNMP
(Wed 4/5/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Oney, Tom for Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)
(Wed 4/5/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Ruggieri, Michael for Southwestern Electric Power Company
(Wed 4/5/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Ryan, Jason for CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
(Wed 4/5/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Sadler, Kelly for AEP Texas
(Wed 4/5/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Withrow, Damon for Xcel Energy
 

(Wed 4/5/2023) Testifying before House State Affairs as Stephenson, Zachary for Texas Electric Cooperatives
(Wed 4/5/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Flippin, Kenneth for self (with US Green Building Council Texas Chapter)
(Wed 4/5/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Gleeson, Thomas for Public Utility Commission of Texas