Mon 11/14/2022

(H) Filed
 

Thu 2/23/2023

(H) Referred to the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, chaired by a Democrat
 

Tue 3/7/2023

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

Tue 3/14/2023

(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) Salman Bhojani signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Moody; Cook; Bhojani; Bowers; Darby; Harrison; Leach; Morales, Christina; Schatzline)
 

Thu 3/23/2023

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

Tue 4/11/2023

(H) Jessica González signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Thu 4/13/2023

(H) Matt Shaheen signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Fri 4/14/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 209 (HB 279 was passed)

RV#209: Yeas 144 (R 83, D 61) - Nays 0 (R 0, 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; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; 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.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Longoria; 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; 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

(H) Shawn Thierry signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Tue 4/18/2023

(S) Referred to the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, chaired by a Democrat
 

Tue 5/2/2023

(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Mon 5/8/2023

(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Wed 5/10/2023

(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

 

Thu 5/11/2023

(H) Signed in the House
 

Fri 5/12/2023

(S) Signed in the Senate

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

(Tue 5/2/2023) Testifying before Senate Criminal Justice as Kimball, Mandi for Children at Risk
(Tue 5/2/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Allmon, Jennifer for Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops
(Tue 3/7/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Anderson, Jessica for Houston Police Department
(Tue 5/2/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Anderson, Jessica for Houston Police Department
(Tue 3/7/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Andrews, Jenny for Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops
(Tue 5/2/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Batton, David for Harris County Deputies Organization
(Tue 3/7/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Borchardt, Lindy for Tarrant County District Attorney
(Tue 3/7/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Brooks, Ashley for Texas Association Against Sexual Assault
(Tue 5/2/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Casas, Isabel for Texas Council of Community Centers
(Tue 3/7/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Ford, Ashley for Arc of Texas
(Tue 5/2/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Hunt, Ray for Houston Police Officers Association (HPOA)
(Tue 3/7/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Hunt, Ray for self (with Houston Police Officers Union (HPOU))
(Tue 5/2/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Jones, Chris W. for Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT)
(Tue 3/7/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Kahan, Andy for Crime Stoppers of Houston
(Tue 5/2/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Kennon, Suzi for Texas Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
(Tue 3/7/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Lanagan, Lindsay for Legacy Community Health
(Tue 5/2/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Louderback, A.J. for Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance
(Tue 3/7/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Ortiz, Carlos for SAPOA
(Tue 5/2/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Ortiz, Carlos Roberto for San Antonio Police Officers Association
(Tue 3/7/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Parkinson, Thomas for self
(Tue 5/2/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Parnell, James for Dallas Police Association (DPA)
(Tue 3/7/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Parnell, James for self (with Dallas Police Association (DPA))
(Tue 5/2/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Reed, Dallas for Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA)
(Tue 3/7/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Sabo, Jason for Children at Risk
(Tue 3/7/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Szimanski, Jennifer for Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT)
(Tue 3/7/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Wilkerson, John for Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA)
(Tue 3/7/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Williams, M Paige for Dallas County District Attorney
(Tue 5/2/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Williams, Marcella Paige for Dallas County District Attorney
(Tue 3/7/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Ybarra, Leticia for self