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HB3331   Passed the House But Died in Senate After Public Hearing
Referred to House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate Jurisprudence Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to a convicted felon serving as executor of a decedent's estate in certain circumstances.
Bipartisan Bill, authored by Thimesch; Leach; Johnson, Julie; Vasut; Flores
Co-authors: Bumgarner
Sponsors: Hughes
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Thu 3/2/2023


(H) Filed
(H) Kronda Thimesch 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; Johnson, Julie; Davis; Flores; Schofield; Slawson; Vasut) Nays (Murr) Absents (Moody)
 

Thu 4/6/2023


(H) Cody Vasut signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Jeff Leach signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Julie Johnson signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Lulu Flores signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Tue 4/11/2023


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

Mon 4/17/2023


(H) Ben Bumgarner signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Thu 4/20/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 385 (HB 3331 was passed to engrossment)

RV#385: Yeas 137 (R 74, D 63) - Nays 10 (R 9, D 1)
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Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Campos; Canales; 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.; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; 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; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Cain; Harrison; Holland; Murr; Ramos; Schaefer; Slaton; Tinderholt; Toth; Wilson

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

Cain: "When Record No. 385 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Harrison: "When Record No. 385 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Isaac: "When Record No. 385 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Fri 4/21/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 413 (HB 3331 was passed)

RV#413: Yeas 134 (R 73, D 61) - Nays 7 (R 7, D 0)
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Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; 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; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Spiller; Stucky; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Cain; Dorazio; Murr; Schaefer; Slaton; Toth; Vasut

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

Cain: "When Record No. 413 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Isaac: "When Record No. 413 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Ramos: "When Record No. 413 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Vasut: "When Record No. 413 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Fri 5/5/2023


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

Wed 5/17/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Wed 3/29/2023) Registering before House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Hopper, Craig for self (with Texas Real Estate and Probate Institute (T-REP))
 

For

(Wed 5/17/2023) Testifying before Senate Jurisprudence as Johnson, Lauren for self (with ACLU of Texas)
(Wed 3/29/2023) Testifying before House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Perdue, Stephanie for self
(Wed 5/17/2023) Testifying before Senate Jurisprudence as Perdue, Stephanie for self
(Wed 3/29/2023) Registering before House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Johnson, Lauren for self (with ACLU of Texas)
 

On

(Wed 3/29/2023) Registering before House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Herman, Guy for Statutory Probate Judges of Texas



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