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HB3497   Signed by the Governor
Referred to House Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to the requirement that certain persons taking oysters on a licensed commercial oyster boat obtain a commercial fisherman's license.
Bipartisan Bill, authored by Morrison; Hunter; Lopez, Janie; Guillen; Martinez
Co-authors:
Sponsors: Hinojosa
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Fri 3/3/2023


(H) Filed
(H) Geanie Morrison signed onto the bill as Author
 

Thu 3/16/2023


(H) Referred to the House Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Thu 4/13/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee met and decided to leave this bill pending without objection.
 

Fri 4/14/2023


(H) House Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Ashby; Martinez; Flores; Holland; Morrison; Troxclair) Absents (Bailes; Collier; Garcia)
 

Mon 4/24/2023


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

Thu 4/27/2023


(H) Armando "Mando" Martinez signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Janie Lopez signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Ryan Guillen signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Todd Hunter signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Mon 5/1/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 775 (CSHB 3497 was passed to engrossment)

RV#775: Yeas 140 (R 82, D 58) - Nays 0 (R 0, D 0)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; 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; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Murr; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Orr; Ortega; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Slaton; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thimesch; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

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

V. Jones: "When Record No. 775 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)


 

Tue 5/2/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 834 (HB 3497 was passed)

RV#834: Yeas 145 (R 84, D 61) - Nays 0 (R 0, D 0)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; 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; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Johnson, A.; 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; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shine; Slaton; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

 

Fri 5/5/2023


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

Fri 5/12/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Tue 5/16/2023


(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

 

Fri 5/19/2023


(H) Signed in the House
 

Sun 5/21/2023


(S) Signed in the Senate


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

For

(Fri 5/12/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Goshen, Danielle for National Wildlife Federation
(Thu 4/13/2023) Registering before House Culture, Recreation & Tourism as Jurisich, Johny for self (with Texas Oyster Association)
(Fri 5/12/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Park, Joey for Coastal Conservation Association Texas
(Thu 4/13/2023) Registering before House Culture, Recreation & Tourism as Reed, Cyrus for Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter
(Thu 4/13/2023) Registering before House Culture, Recreation & Tourism as Sabo, Jason for Environment Texas
(Thu 4/13/2023) Registering before House Culture, Recreation & Tourism as Shepperd, John for self (with Texas Foundation for Conservation)
(Thu 4/13/2023) Registering before House Culture, Recreation & Tourism as Wilbanks, Chad for Texas Oyster Association
(Thu 4/13/2023) Registering before House Culture, Recreation & Tourism as Woody, Tracy for self (with Texas Oyster Association)
(Thu 4/13/2023) Registering before House Culture, Recreation & Tourism as Young, Larry for Game Warden Peace Officer's Association
 

On

(Thu 4/13/2023) Registering before House Culture, Recreation & Tourism as Casterline, Les for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
(Fri 5/12/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Casterline, Les for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department



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