Thu 3/2/2023

(H) Filed
(H) Four Price signed onto the bill as Author
 

Wed 3/15/2023

(H) Referred to the House Natural Resources Committee, chaired by a Democrat
 

Tue 3/28/2023

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

Tue 4/4/2023

(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Natural Resources Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (King, Tracy O.; Thompson, Ed; Gamez; Kacal; Lalani; Metcalf; Price; Rogers) Absents (Kitzman; Ramos; Zwiener)
 

Thu 4/27/2023

(H) Erin Gamez signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Glenn Rogers signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Kyle Kacal signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Trent Ashby signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Fri 4/28/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 681 (Considered on second reading on the previous legislative day on the local, consent, and resolutions calendar were laid before the house, read third time, and passed.)


This is a Local and Consent Bill

RV#681: Yeas 138 (R 76, D 62) - Nays 6 (R 6, D 0) HB3278 was "bundled" with many other bills and passed. View in House Legislative Journal Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; 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; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; 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 Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Murr; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Registered No - ; Harris, C. J.; Patterson; Slaton; Slawson; Smith; Thimesch (Registering "No" makes no change on the passage of this bill.)

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

Bowers: "When Record No. 681 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)

Thierry: "When Record No. 681 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

 

Tue 5/2/2023

(S) Referred to the Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Fri 5/12/2023

(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Fri 5/19/2023

(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Sun 5/21/2023

(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

(Tue 3/28/2023) Testifying before House Natural Resources as Rogers, Linda Kaye for self
(Tue 3/28/2023) Testifying before House Natural Resources as Wells, Hope for San Antonio Water System (SAWS)
(Fri 5/12/2023) Testifying before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Wells, Hope for San Antonio Water System (SAWS)
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Ellis, Gregory for Clients of the Firm
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Embrey, Ty for Middle Trinity GCD, Clearwater UWCD, Middle Pecos GCD, Panola County GCD
(Fri 5/12/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Embrey, Ty for Middle Trinity GCD, Clearwater UWCD, Middle Pecos GCD, Panola County GCD
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Fowler, Perry for Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN)
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as French, Larry for Texas Public Policy Foundation
(Fri 5/12/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Goshen, Danielle for National Wildlife Federation
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Islam, Nadia for City of San Antonio
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Kirkle, Sarah for Texas Water Conservation Association
(Fri 5/12/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Kirkle, Sarah for Texas Water Conservation Association
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Loftus, Timothy for Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District
(Fri 5/12/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Martinsson, Leah for Texas Alliance of Districts
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Martinsson, Leah for Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as McKee, Nancy for self
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Puig - Williams, Vanessa for EDF Renewables
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Rubinstein, Carlos for self (with Belding Farms and Cockrell Investment)
(Fri 5/12/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Sledge, Brian for Upper Trinity GCD, Prairielands GCD, North Texas GCD
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Sledge, Brian for self (with Upper Trinity GCD, Prairielands GCD, North Texas GCD)
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Wier, Andrew for self (with Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund (SAWDF))
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Wier, Mary for self
 

(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Dupnik, John for Texas water development board
(Fri 5/12/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Dupnik, John for Texas Water Development Board
(Fri 5/12/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Mills, Kelly for Texas Commission on Environmental Quality