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HB608   Signed by the Governor
Referred to House County Affairs Committee, chaired by a Democrat
Referred to Senate Local Government Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to the sale of fireworks before and during the Diwali holiday.
Republican Bill, authored by Shaheen; Holland; Harris, Caroline; Patterson; Button
Co-authors: Bhojani; Lopez, Janie; Oliverson; Sherman, Sr.; Zwiener
Sponsors: Huffman
Co-sponsors: Bettencourt

View at Texas Legislature Online

Mon 11/14/2022


(H) Filed
 

Thu 2/23/2023


(H) Referred to the House County Affairs Committee, chaired by a Democrat
 

Wed 3/15/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House County Affairs Committee met and decided to leave this bill pending without objection.
(H) House County Affairs Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Neave Criado; Stucky; Gerdes; Jones, Jolanda; Orr; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Slaton; Tinderholt)
 

Tue 3/21/2023


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

Wed 3/29/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 67 (HB 608 was passed)

RV#67: Yeas 139 (R 76, D 63) - Nays 8 (R 7, 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; Burrows; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; 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; 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; Neave Criado; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Slaton; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Burns; Clardy; Collier; Harless; Murr; Noble; Slawson; Swanson

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

Isaac: "When Record No. 67 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


(H) Carl Sherman, Sr. signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Erin Zwiener signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Janie Lopez signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Salman Bhojani signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Angie Button signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Caroline Harris signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Jared Patterson signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Justin Holland signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Thu 3/30/2023


(S) Referred to the Senate Local Government Committee, chaired by a Republican
(H) Tom Oliverson signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Mon 5/1/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Wed 5/17/2023


(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 30 (R 18, D 12) - Nays 1 (R 1, D 0)

Yea - Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hall; Hancock; Hinojosa; Huffman; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; LaMantia; Menéndez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; Springer; West; Whitmire; Zaffirini

Nay - Hughes

 

Fri 5/19/2023


(H) Signed in the House
 

Sun 5/21/2023


(S) Signed in the Senate


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

For

(Wed 3/15/2023) Registering before House County Affairs as Pahuja, Mehul for self
(Wed 3/15/2023) Registering before House County Affairs as Pahuja, Nishi for self
(Wed 3/15/2023) Registering before House County Affairs as Pahuja, Priyanka for self
(Wed 3/15/2023) Registering before House County Affairs as Schlueter, Brad for Texas Pyrotechnic Association



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