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HB4704   Filed Without the Governor's Signature
Referred to House Natural Resources Committee, chaired by a Democrat
Referred to Senate Local Government Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to taxing authority of Jackson County County-Wide Drainage District.
Republican Bill, authored by Morrison
Co-authors:
Sponsors: Huffman
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Fri 3/10/2023


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

Wed 3/22/2023


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

Tue 4/11/2023


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

Wed 4/12/2023


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

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 121 (R 59, D 62) - Nays 23 (R 23, D 0)
HB4704 was "bundled" with many other bills and passed.
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gates; Gerdes; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; 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; 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; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Smithee; Stucky; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson, S.; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Registered No - ; Bell, K.; Cain; Cook; Dean; Goldman; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hull; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Noble; Patterson; Slaton; Slawson; Smith; Spiller; Swanson; Thimesch; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut

(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 Local Government Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Tue 5/16/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Thu 5/25/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 2098 (The motion to concur in the senate amendments to HB 4704 prevailed)

RV#2098: Yeas 119 (R 61, D 58) - Nays 17 (R 17, D 0)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Campos; Canales; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gates; Gerdes; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hunter; Jetton; 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; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Stucky; Talarico; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Goldman; Hefner; Hull; Isaac; Patterson; Schaefer; Schatzline; Shaheen; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Wilson

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

C.E. Harris: "When Record No. 2098 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

K. Bell: "When Record No. 2098 was taken, I was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Sun 5/28/2023


(H) Signed in the House
 

Mon 5/29/2023


(S) Signed in the Senate


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

For

(Tue 4/11/2023) Testifying before House Natural Resources as Frankson, David for Jackson County County-Wide Drainage District
(Tue 4/11/2023) Testifying before House Natural Resources as Sklar, Jill for Jackson County
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Local Government as Huerta, Madison for Jackson County County-Wide Drainage District



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