Wed 3/1/2023

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

Wed 3/15/2023

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

Tue 4/4/2023

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

Thu 4/20/2023

(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Elections Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Smith; Bucy; Burrows; Capriglione; DeAyala; Morales, Eddie; Swanson; Vo) Absents (Manuel)
 

Wed 4/26/2023

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

Thu 5/11/2023

(H) John Bucy signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Fri 5/12/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 1652 (HB 3159 was passed)

RV#1652: Yeas 138 (R 80, D 58) - Nays 3 (R 2, D 1) 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; 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.; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Landgraf; Leach; 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; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Dorazio; Harrison; Jones, V.

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Bhojani: "When Record No. 1652 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) Swanson: "When Record No. 1652 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. 1652 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

 

Tue 5/16/2023

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

Thu 5/18/2023

(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Wed 5/24/2023

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

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

Nay - Bettencourt; Hall

 

Sat 5/27/2023

(H) Signed in the House
 

Mon 5/29/2023

(S) Signed in the Senate

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

(Tue 4/4/2023) Testifying before House Elections as Castilla, Cindi for self (with Texas Eagle Forum)
(Tue 4/4/2023) Testifying before House Elections as Ibe, Natalie for self (with True Texas Project)
(Tue 4/4/2023) Testifying before House Elections as Johnson, Ed for self
(Thu 5/18/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Johnson, Ed for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Testifying before House Elections as Lindstrom, Debbie for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Testifying before House Elections as Vera, Alan for Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Aguirre, Jane for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Anderson, Lou for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Bohnert, Richard for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Franklin, Shelia for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Green, Robert L. for Travis County Republican Party Election Integrity Committee
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Hall, Jennifer for self
(Thu 5/18/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Nobis, Tom for self (with Republican Party of Texas)
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Plaisance, Kristen for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Raymond, John for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Smith, Angela for self (with Fredericksburg Tea Party)
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Thornburg, Clinton for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Trainor, Lucy for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Valliant, Susan for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Van Compernolle, John for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Wilkerson, Cheryl for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Zenner, Ed for self
 

(Tue 4/4/2023) Testifying before House Elections as Bearden, Chase for self (with Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
(Thu 5/18/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Bearden, Chase for self (with Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Apodaca, Steven for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Bennett, Joey for Secure Democracy USA
(Thu 5/18/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Bennett, Joey for Secure Democracy USA
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Bishop, Delaina for self
(Thu 5/18/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Borel, Dennis for Coalition of Texans with Disabilities
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Byrne, Jimmy for self (with Woori Juntos)
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Carranza, Susana for self
(Thu 5/18/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Carranza, Susana for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as DeBill, Valerie for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Eby French, Emily for Texas Civil Rights Project
(Thu 5/18/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Eby French, Emily for Texas Civil Rights Project
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Ehresman, Katya for self (with Common Cause Texas)
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Figueroa, Tez for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Ford, Ashley for Arc of Texas
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Garrett, Amy for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Goforth, Patricia for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Griffith, Idona for self
(Thu 5/18/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Griffith, Idona for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Guy, Linda for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Hoskins, Marc for Disability Rights Texas
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Kafka, Bob for self (with ADAPT OF TEXAS/Personal Attendant Coalition of Texas)
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Kafka, Bob for self (with REV UP Texas)
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Kizer, Kathryn for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Koen, Terri for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Litzinger, Amy for self (with Texas Parent to Parent)
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Ma, Nicole for self (with Woori Juntos)
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as MacDougal, Vanessa for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Messina, Stephanie for self
(Thu 5/18/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Miller, Jeff for self (with Disability Rights Texas)
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Nguyen, Quynh-Huong for self (with Woori Juntos)
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Ojomo, Omodele for Autism society of texas
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Stewart, Susan for self
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Van Maanen, Cynthia for self (with Travis County Democratic Party)
(Tue 4/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Wu, Steven for self (with Woori Juntos)
 

(Tue 4/4/2023) Testifying before House Elections as Adkins, Christina for Texas Secretary of State
(Tue 4/4/2023) Testifying before House Elections as Lucey, Ron for Office of the Governor, Texas Governor's Committee on People with Diabilities
(Tue 4/4/2023) Testifying before House Elections as Opiela, Eric for self
(Thu 5/18/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Adkins, Christina for Texas Secretary of State