Wed 3/1/2023

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

Wed 3/15/2023

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

Wed 3/29/2023

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

Mon 4/3/2023

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

Wed 4/12/2023

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

Wed 4/26/2023

(H) A Republican amendment (No. 1) from Leach amended the bill.
 

Thu 4/27/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 608 (HB 3156 was passed)

RV#608: Yeas 122 (R 83, D 39) - Nays 24 (R 2, D 22) View in House Legislative Journal Yea - Allen; Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bonnen; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Campos; Capriglione; Clardy; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, M.; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; 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; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Murr; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Patterson; Paul; Price; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo

Nay - Bowers; Canales; Cole; Gamez; Garcia; González, J.; Goodwin; Hernandez; Herrero; Johnson, A.; Meza; Morales Shaw; Neave Criado; Perez; Plesa; Ramos; Rosenthal; Slaton; Thierry; Turner; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Anchía: "When Record No. 608 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Bhojani: "When Record No. 608 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Guerra: "When Record No. 608 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Herrero: "When Record No. 608 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Hinojosa: "When Record No. 608 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) V. Jones: "When Record No. 608 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Wilson: "When Record No. 608 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

 

Mon 5/1/2023

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

Wed 5/10/2023

(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Wed 5/17/2023

(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Sun 5/21/2023

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

Senate Vote: Yeas 31 (R 19, D 12) - Nays 0 (R 0, D 0) Yea - Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Creighton; Eckhardt; 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 5/25/2023

(H) Signed in the House
 

Fri 5/26/2023

(S) Signed in the Senate

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

(Wed 3/29/2023) Testifying before House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Tamez, Laura for Texas Trial Lawyers Association
 

(Wed 3/29/2023) Testifying before House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Norrie, Ken for self (with American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
(Wed 3/29/2023) Registering before House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Christian, George for Texas Civil Justice League (TCJL)
(Wed 3/29/2023) Registering before House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Sullivan, Ray for American Property and Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA)
(Wed 3/29/2023) Registering before House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Zito, Al for self
 

(Wed 5/10/2023) Testifying before Senate Transportation as Simmons P.E., Lance for Texas Department of Transportation