Tue 2/28/2023

(H) Filed
(H) Briscoe Cain signed onto the bill as Author
 

Tue 3/14/2023

(H) Referred to the House County Affairs Committee, chaired by a Democrat
 

Wed 3/29/2023

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

Wed 4/12/2023

(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) Gary Gates signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Mihaela Plesa signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Victoria Neave Criado signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) House County Affairs Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Neave Criado; Stucky; Gerdes; Jones, Jolanda; Orr; Rosenthal; Slaton; Tinderholt) Absents (Schatzline)
 

Mon 4/24/2023

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

Fri 4/28/2023

(H) Jacey Jetton signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Joe Moody signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Stan Kitzman signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Nicole Collier signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Mon 5/1/2023

(H) Gene Wu signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Tue 5/2/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 818 (HB 2959 was passed)

RV#818: Yeas 143 (R 84, D 59) - Nays 2 (R 0, D 2) View in House Legislative Journal Yea - Allen; Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Campos; 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; 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, 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; 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

Nay - Anchía; Canales

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Morales Shaw: "When Record No. 818 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

 

Fri 5/5/2023

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

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

(Wed 3/29/2023) Registering before House County Affairs as Gill, Hannah for NAMI Texas
(Wed 3/29/2023) Registering before House County Affairs as Rose, Lauren for Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS)
 

(Wed 3/29/2023) Testifying before House County Affairs as Chenelle, Rebekah for Dallas County Commissioners Court
(Wed 3/29/2023) Registering before House County Affairs as Streufert, Preston for Texas Juvenile Justice Department