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HB3485   Signed by the Governor
Referred to House Business & Industry Committee, chaired by a Democrat
Referred to Senate Business & Commerce Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to a contractor's or subcontractor's right to elect not to proceed with additional work under a contract.
Republican Bill, authored by Bell, Keith; Leach; Patterson; Cook
Co-authors:
Sponsors: Johnson
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Fri 3/3/2023


(H) Filed
(H) Keith Bell signed onto the bill as Author
 

Thu 3/16/2023


(H) Referred to the House Business & Industry Committee, chaired by a Democrat
 

Thu 3/30/2023


(H) Jared Patterson signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Jeff Leach signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Mon 4/3/2023


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

Mon 4/17/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Business & Industry Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Longoria; Vasut; Cole; Frazier; González, Jessica; Hinojosa; Isaac; Lambert; Neave Criado)
 

Tue 4/25/2023


(H) David Cook signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Wed 5/3/2023


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

Mon 5/8/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1260 (HB 3485 was passed)

RV#1260: Yeas 138 (R 80, D 58) - Nays 2 (R 0, D 2)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; 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; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schofield; Shaheen; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Bucy; Raymond

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

Schatzline: "When Record No. 1260 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)


 

Wed 5/10/2023


(S) Referred to the Senate Business & Commerce Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Tue 5/16/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Fri 5/19/2023


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

Senate Vote: Yeas 30 (R 19, D 11) - Nays 1 (R 0, D 1)

Yea - Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Creighton; Flores; Gutierrez; Hall; Hancock; Hinojosa; Huffman; Hughes; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; LaMantia; Menéndez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; Springer; West; Whitmire; Zaffirini

Nay - Eckhardt

 

Mon 5/22/2023


(H) Signed in the House
 

Tue 5/23/2023


(S) Signed in the Senate


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Mon 4/3/2023) Registering before House Business & Industry as Cuellar, Guadalupe for City of El Paso
(Mon 4/3/2023) Registering before House Business & Industry as Franco, Brie for City of Austin
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Franco, Brie for City of Austin
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Kay, Cicely for Travis County Commissioners Court
(Mon 4/3/2023) Registering before House Business & Industry as Kelly, Bill for Mayor's Office, City of Houston
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Kelly, Bill for Mayor's Office, City of Houston
 

For

(Tue 5/16/2023) Testifying before Senate Business & Commerce as Fagan, Jennifer for Texas Construction Association
(Mon 4/3/2023) Testifying before House Business & Industry as OSteen Tragon, Regan for self
(Mon 4/3/2023) Testifying before House Business & Industry as Wilshusen, Fred for self (with Texas Construction Association)
(Mon 4/3/2023) Registering before House Business & Industry as Douglas, Sarah for National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Florez, Julio for Regional Hispanic Contractors Association
(Mon 4/3/2023) Registering before House Business & Industry as Fowler, Perry for Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN)
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Fowler, Perry for Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN)
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Noble, Shannon for Texas Air Conditioning Contractors Association
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Spilman, Annie for National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
(Mon 4/3/2023) Registering before House Business & Industry as Tahuahua, Geoffrey for Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Toomey, Mike for Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas
(Mon 4/3/2023) Registering before House Business & Industry as Tredway, CJ for Independent Electrical Contractors of Texas
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Tredway, CJ for Independent Electrical Contractors of Texas
(Mon 4/3/2023) Registering before House Business & Industry as Van Arsdale, Corbin for AGC-Texas Building Branch
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Van Arsdale, Corbin for AGC-Texas Building Branch
 

On

(Mon 4/3/2023) Testifying before House Business & Industry as Oney, Tom for Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)



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