Mon 11/14/2022

(H) Filed
 

Thu 2/23/2023

(H) Referred to the House Defense & Veterans' Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Thu 3/9/2023

(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Defense & Veterans' Affairs Committee met and decided to leave this bill pending without objection.
 

Thu 3/16/2023

(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Defense & Veterans' Affairs Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Wilson; Lopez, Ray; Bumgarner; Dorazio; Frank; Garcia; Morales Shaw; Muñoz, Jr.; Slaton)
 

Tue 3/21/2023

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

Mon 4/17/2023

(H) A Republican amendment (No. 1) from Patterson amended the bill.
 

Tue 4/18/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 246 (HB 587 was passed)

RV#246: Yeas 148 (R 84, D 64) - 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; 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; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; 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; 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; Sherman; Shine; Slaton; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

 

Wed 4/19/2023

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

Tue 5/9/2023

(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Fri 5/12/2023

(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Mon 5/15/2023

(S) Vote recorded in Journal
(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

 

Wed 5/17/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 1809 (The motion to concur in the senate amendments to HB 587 prevailed)

RV#1809: Yeas 140 (R 79, D 61) - Nays 5 (R 5, 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; 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. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; 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; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Cain; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Wilson

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Isaac: "When Record No. 1809 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Toth: "When Record No. 1809 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. 1809 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) Wilson: "When Record No. 1809 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

 

Mon 5/22/2023

(H) Signed in the House
 

Tue 5/23/2023

(S) Signed in the Senate

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

(Thu 3/9/2023) Testifying before House Defense & Veterans' Affairs as Kitchen, Jorg for Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
(Tue 5/9/2023) Testifying before Senate Veteran Affairs as Kitchen, Jorg for self (with Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW))
(Thu 3/9/2023) Testifying before House Defense & Veterans' Affairs as Miller, John for self
(Thu 3/9/2023) Registering before House Defense & Veterans' Affairs as Parkinson, Thomas for self
(Tue 5/9/2023) Registering before Senate Veteran Affairs as Price, Steven for self (with VOICE of Our Veterans)
(Tue 5/9/2023) Registering before Senate Veteran Affairs as Simonson, Virginia for self (with Texas Council of Chapters, Military Officers Association of America)
(Thu 3/9/2023) Registering before House Defense & Veterans' Affairs as West, William for American Legion
 

(Thu 3/9/2023) Testifying before House Defense & Veterans' Affairs as White, James for Texas Funeral Service Commission