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HB2956   Vetoed by the Governor
Referred to House Land & Resource Management Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate Local Government Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to municipal annexation of an area adjacent to contiguous or connecting railroad rights-of-way.
Republican Bill, authored by Shine
Co-authors:
Sponsors: Flores
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Tue 2/28/2023


(H) Filed
(H) Hugh Shine signed onto the bill as Author
 

Tue 3/14/2023


(H) Referred to the House Land & Resource Management Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Wed 4/12/2023


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

Tue 4/18/2023


(H) House Land & Resource Management Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Burns; Rogers; Bell, Cecil; Bell, Keith; Buckley; Ortega; Reynolds; Sherman, Sr.) Nays (Schofield)
 

Wed 4/26/2023


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

Fri 5/5/2023


(H) A Republican amendment (No. 1) from Shine amended the bill.
(H) Record Vote No. 1157 (HB 2956, as amended, was passed to engrossment)

RV#1157: Yeas 117 (R 56, D 61) - Nays 27 (R 27, D 0)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Burns; Burrows; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; 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; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Murr; Neave Criado; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Talarico; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, S.; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Bell, C.; Bumgarner; Cain; Dorazio; Gates; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Isaac; Leo-Wilson; Metcalf; Noble; Patterson; Paul; Schaefer; Schatzline; Shaheen; Slaton; Slawson; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut

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

Frazier: "When Record No. 1157 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Holland: "When Record No. 1157 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Leach: "When Record No. 1157 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Thimesch: "When Record No. 1157 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Wilson: "When Record No. 1157 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Sat 5/6/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1199 (HB 2956 was passed)

RV#1199: Yeas 108 (R 50, D 58) - Nays 30 (R 30, D 0)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Burns; Burrows; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Garcia; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hunter; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Murr; Neave Criado; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shine; Smith; Spiller; Stucky; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, S.; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Bonnen; Bumgarner; Cain; Dorazio; Gates; Goldman; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Hayes; Hefner; Hull; Isaac; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Metcalf; Noble; Patterson; Paul; Schaefer; Schatzline; Shaheen; Slaton; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Wilson

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

DeAyala: "When Record No. 1199 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Gerdes: "When Record No. 1199 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Thimesch: "When Record No. 1199 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Tue 5/9/2023


(S) Referred to the Senate Local Government Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Tue 5/16/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Sun 5/21/2023


(S) Placed on intent calendar
(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 27 (R 15, D 12) - Nays 4 (R 4, D 0)

Yea - Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hall; Hinojosa; Huffman; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; LaMantia; Menéndez; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; Springer; West; Whitmire; Zaffirini

Nay - Creighton; Hancock; Hughes; Middleton

 

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

(Wed 4/12/2023) Testifying before House Land & Resource Management as Myers, Brynn for City of Temple
(Wed 4/12/2023) Testifying before House Land & Resource Management as Parsons, Rob for self (with American Planning Association - Texas Chapter)
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Local Government as Aragonez, Alexa for Mayor's Office, City of Houston
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before House Land & Resource Management as Cuellar, Guadalupe for City of El Paso
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before House Land & Resource Management as Franco, Brie for City of Austin
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Local Government as Franco, Brie for City of Austin
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before House Land & Resource Management as Islam, Nadia for City of San Antonio
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before House Land & Resource Management as Kearns, Dennis for Texas Railroad Association
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before House Land & Resource Management as Kelly, Bill for Mayor's Office, City of Houston
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Local Government as Kieschnick, Kevin for self (with SB 3860 only Tax Assessor Collectors Association of Texas.)
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Local Government as Myers, Brynn for City of Temple
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before House Land & Resource Management as Patterson, TJ for City of Fort Worth
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Local Government as Patterson, TJ for City of Fort Worth
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before House Land & Resource Management as Ramirez, Rick for City of Sugar Land
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Local Government as Ramirez, Rick for City of Sugar Land
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Local Government as Sanchez, Chris for American Planning Association - Texas Chapter
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Local Government as Sparks, Clifford for City of Dallas
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before House Land & Resource Management as Wynn, Monty for Texas Municipal League
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Local Government as Wynn, Monty for Texas Municipal League



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