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HB4943   Passed the House But Died in Senate with No Public Hearing
Referred to House Natural Resources Committee, chaired by a Democrat
Referred to Senate Local Government Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to the election of directors in certain special utility districts.
Republican Bill, authored by Kitzman
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View at Texas Legislature Online

Fri 3/10/2023


(H) Filed
(H) Stan Kitzman signed onto the bill as Author
 

Thu 3/23/2023


(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 132 (R 70, D 62) - Nays 12 (R 12, D 0)
HB4943 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; 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; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Hayes; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; 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; 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; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Slaton; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thimesch; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Registered No - ; Burrows; Goldman; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hefner; Isaac; Leo-Wilson; Metcalf; Patterson; Schatzline; Slawson; Smith

(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


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

For

(Tue 4/11/2023) Testifying before House Natural Resources as Boehm McKaughan, Mary Alice for Texas Rural Water Association
(Tue 4/11/2023) Testifying before House Natural Resources as Heckler, Jeff for self



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