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HB527   Signed by the Governor
Referred to House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to exemption of certain civil actions from being subject to a motion to dismiss on the basis of involving the exercise of certain constitutional rights.
Bipartisan Bill, authored by Wu; Schofield; Longoria
Co-authors:
Sponsors: Zaffirini
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Mon 11/14/2022


(H) Filed
 

Thu 2/23/2023


(H) Referred to the House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Wed 3/15/2023


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

Wed 3/29/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Leach; Johnson, Julie; Davis; Flores; Moody; Murr; Schofield; Slawson; Vasut)
 

Thu 3/30/2023


(H) Mike Schofield signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Wed 4/12/2023


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

Wed 4/19/2023


(H) Oscar Longoria signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Wed 4/26/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 535 (HB 527 was passed)

RV#535: Yeas 121 (R 59, D 62) - Nays 27 (R 26, D 1)
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; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; 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; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Sherman; Shine; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Cain; Canales; Clardy; Dean; DeAyala; Gates; Gerdes; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hull; Klick; Metcalf; Patterson; Price; Schaefer; Schatzline; Shaheen; Slaton; Slawson; Smith; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Wilson

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

Isaac: "When Record No. 535 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Leach: "When Record No. 535 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Troxclair: "When Record No. 535 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

V. Jones: "When Record No. 535 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)


 

Mon 5/1/2023


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

Thu 5/11/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Fri 5/12/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Fri 5/19/2023


(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

 

Thu 5/25/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 2086 (The motion to concur in the senate amendments to HB 527 prevailed)

RV#2086: Yeas 109 (R 54, D 55) - Nays 27 (R 26, D 1)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Flores; Frazier; Gamez; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hunter; Jetton; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Neave Criado; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Stucky; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Cain; Canales; Capriglione; Craddick; Dorazio; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hull; Isaac; Klick; Metcalf; Noble; Patterson; Price; Schaefer; Shaheen; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Wilson

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

Campos: "When Record No. 2086 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)

Dean: "When Record No. 2086 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Leach: "When Record No. 2086 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Manuel: "When Record No. 2086 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)


 

Sat 5/27/2023


(H) Signed in the House
 

Mon 5/29/2023


(S) Signed in the Senate

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Wed 3/15/2023) Testifying before House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Leatherbury, Thomas for self (with Freedom of Information Foundation and Texas Press Association)
(Wed 3/15/2023) Registering before House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Hodges, Mike for Texas Press Association
(Wed 3/15/2023) Registering before House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Kirby Harrison, Chnequa for self
(Wed 3/15/2023) Registering before House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Shannon, Kelley for Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas
 

For

(Thu 5/11/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Hall Lecuona, Shawn for Word of God
(Thu 5/11/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Sears, Ross for self
(Wed 3/15/2023) Registering before House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Parkinson, Thomas for self
(Thu 5/11/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Stewart, Susan for self
 

On

(Thu 5/11/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Fuentes, Diana for self (with Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
(Thu 5/11/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Shannon, Kelley for Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas



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