Mon 11/14/2022

(H) Filed
 

Thu 2/23/2023

(H) Referred to the House Community Safety, Select Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Tue 3/21/2023

(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Community Safety, Select Committee met and decided to leave this bill pending without objection.
 

Wed 3/22/2023

(H) Sam Harless signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Thu 3/23/2023

(H) House Community Safety, Select Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Guillen; Bowers; Burrows; Goodwin; Harless; King, Tracy O.; Landgraf) Nays (Dorazio; Troxclair) Absents (Johnson, Jarvis; Canales; Holland; Moody)
 

Tue 4/4/2023

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

Mon 5/8/2023

(H) A Democrat amendment (No. 1) from Johnson, J.E. amended the bill.
(H) Record Vote No. 1291 (HB 544, as amended, was passed to engrossment)

RV#1291: Yeas 79 (R 19, D 60) - Nays 58 (R 58, D 0) View in House Legislative Journal Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Burrows; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dutton; Flores; Gamez; Garcia; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Lalani; Leach; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Neave Criado; Ordaz; Ortega; Perez; Plesa; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shine; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, S.; Turner; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bumgarner; Burns; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Clardy; Cook; Craddick; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Frank; Frazier; Gerdes; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hunter; Isaac; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo-Wilson; Lozano; Metcalf; Noble; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Price; Rogers; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Slawson; Smith; Stucky; Swanson; Tepper; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Wilson

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Jetton: "When Record No. 1291 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

(H) Eddie Morales signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Penny Morales Shaw signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Tue 5/9/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 1350 (HB 544 was passed)

RV#1350: Yeas 94 (R 35, D 59) - Nays 41 (R 41, D 0) View in House Legislative Journal Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Bailes; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Campos; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Darby; Davis; Dean; Dutton; Flores; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. J.; 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; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Murr; Neave Criado; Ordaz; Ortega; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, S.; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Ashby; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Cain; Capriglione; Craddick; Cunningham; Dorazio; Frank; Gerdes; Harris, C. E.; Harrison; Hefner; Isaac; Klick; Leo-Wilson; Lozano; Metcalf; Noble; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Rogers; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Tepper; Thompson, E.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Wilson

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Canales: "When Record No. 1350 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) Clardy: "When Record No. 1350 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Cook: "When Record No. 1350 was taken, I was temporarily out of the house chamber. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Dean: "When Record No. 1350 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) DeAyala: "When Record No. 1350 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Hayes: "When Record No. 1350 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) J. Lopez: "When Record No. 1350 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) K. King: "When Record No. 1350 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Kuempel: "When Record No. 1350 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Lambert: "When Record No. 1350 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Leach: "When Record No. 1350 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Lozano: "When Record No. 1350 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Martinez Fischer: "When Record No. 1350 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) Morales Shaw: "When Record No. 1350 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Shine: "When Record No. 1350 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Thimesch: "When Record No. 1350 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

 

Fri 5/12/2023

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

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Bohnert, Henry for self
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as McNutt, Chris for self (with Texas Gun Rights)
 

(Tue 3/21/2023) Testifying before House Community Safety, Select as Sanders, Stephen for self
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Allmon, Jennifer for Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Bohnert, Richard for self
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Brannon, Samuel for self
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Carranza, Susana for self (with League of Women Voters of Texas)
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Cuellar, Guadalupe for City of El Paso
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Golden, Nicole for Texas Gun Sense
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Guy, Linda for self
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Herman, Guy for self (with Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Hoffacker, Daphne for self
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Kizer, Kathryn for self
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Kostka, Dash for self
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Leahy, Francesca for self
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Lluveras, Lauren for Texas Council on Family Violence
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as MacDougal, Vanessa for self
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Saval, Maureen for self
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Torres Ya Claudia for self (with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America Texas Chapter)
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Van Maanen, Cynthia for self (with Travis County Democratic Party)
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Watson, Robert for Texas Impact
 

(Tue 3/21/2023) Testifying before House Community Safety, Select as Tomasetti, Louis for Office of Court Administration
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Belsick, Michael for self
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Farris, Michelle for Texas Department of Public Safety