Mon 11/14/2022

(H) Filed
 

Thu 2/23/2023

(H) Referred to the House Health Care Reform, Select Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Thu 3/16/2023

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

Tue 3/21/2023

(H) House Health Care Reform, Select Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Harless; Howard; Bonnen; Bucy; Frank; Klick; Morales, Eddie; Oliverson; Price; Rose) Absents (Walle)
 

Wed 3/22/2023

(H) R. D. Guerra signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Tue 3/28/2023

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

Mon 4/3/2023

(H) Travis Clardy signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Tue 4/4/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 78 (HB 617 was passed)

RV#78: Yeas 142 (R 80, D 62) - Nays 2 (R 2, 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; 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; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; 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; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu

Nay - Cain; Vasut

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Cain: "When Record No. 78 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Jetton: "When Record No. 78 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) Schaefer: "When Record No. 78 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Vasut: "When Record No. 78 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Zwiener: "When Record No. 78 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

(H) Suleman Lalani signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Tue 4/11/2023

(H) Eddie Morales signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Tue 5/2/2023

(S) Referred to the Senate Health & Human Services Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Fri 5/19/2023

(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Mon 5/22/2023

(S) Placed on intent calendar
(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; Hughes; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; LaMantia; Menéndez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; Springer; West; Whitmire; Zaffirini

Nay - Parker

 

Thu 5/25/2023

(H) Signed in the House
 

Fri 5/26/2023

(S) Signed in the Senate

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

(Thu 3/16/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Beauchamp, James for self (with Midland-Odessa transportation Alliance)
(Thu 3/16/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Villela, Steven for self
(Fri 5/19/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Abel, Matt for Texas Association of Business
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Allsup, Ashlea for self
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Balat, David for Texas Public Policy Foundation
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Belcher, Nora for Texas e-Health Alliance
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Cruz, Naomi for self (with Young Invincibles)
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Curry, Ace for self
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Dole, Michael for Driscoll Health System
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Dudensing, Jamie for Texas Association of Community Health Plans
(Fri 5/19/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Dudensing, Jamie for Texas Association of Community Health Plans
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Earl, Andrea for AARP Texas
(Fri 5/19/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Earl, Andrea for AARP Texas
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Fowler, Rebecca for self (with Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Griffith, Idona for self
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Hamer, Glenn for Texas Association of Business
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Henderson, John for self (with Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals (TORCH))
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Holzheauser, Craig for Texas EMS Alliance
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Hoppe, Christina for Children's Hospital Association of Texas
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Houston, Joshua for Texas Impact
(Fri 5/19/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Houston, Joshua for Texas Impact
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Lozano, Michael D. for Permian Basin Petroleum Association (PBPA)
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Matula, Michelle for self
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Meroney, Shannon for National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals (NABIP-TX)
(Fri 5/19/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Meroney, Shannon for National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals (NABIP-TX)
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Miller, Charles for Texas 2036
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Person, Maria for self
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Roach, Blake for Texas Farm Bureau Insurance
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Thompson, Rick for County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas
(Thu 3/16/2023) Registering before House Health Care Reform, Select as Walter, Erin for self (with Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry)
(Fri 5/19/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Welton, Caroline for Texas Public Policy Foundation
 

(Thu 3/16/2023) Testifying before House Health Care Reform, Select as Philips, Billy for Texas Tech University Health Science Center