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.
 

Mon 3/13/2023

(H) Mihaela Plesa signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Thu 4/6/2023

(H) Christina Morales signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Thu 4/13/2023

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

Mon 4/17/2023

(H) Josey Garcia signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Ray Lopez signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Tue 4/18/2023

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

Tue 5/2/2023

(H) Eddie Morales signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 5/3/2023

(H) A Bipartisan amendment (No. 1) from González, M.; Frank; Noble; Raymond; Patterson; Lopez, R. amended the bill.
 

Thu 5/4/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 1003 (HB 671 was passed)

RV#1003: Yeas 146 (R 84, D 62) - Nays 0 (R 0, D 0) View in House Legislative Journal Yea - 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; 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; 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, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Zwiener

(H) Victoria Neave Criado signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Ernest Bailes signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Mon 5/8/2023

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

Tue 5/16/2023

(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Thu 5/18/2023

(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; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Sparks; Springer; West; Whitmire; Zaffirini

Nay - Schwertner

 

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 Cooper, Denise for self
(Thu 3/9/2023) Testifying before House Defense & Veterans' Affairs as Kitchen, Jorg for self (with Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW))
(Thu 3/9/2023) Testifying before House Defense & Veterans' Affairs as West, William for American Legion
(Thu 3/9/2023) Registering before House Defense & Veterans' Affairs as Adams, Lindsey for City of El Paso
(Thu 3/9/2023) Registering before House Defense & Veterans' Affairs as Allmon, Jennifer for Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops
(Thu 3/9/2023) Registering before House Defense & Veterans' Affairs as Brennan, Jim for Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations
(Thu 3/9/2023) Registering before House Defense & Veterans' Affairs as Cook, Damian for K9s For Warriors, Inc.
(Thu 3/9/2023) Registering before House Defense & Veterans' Affairs as DeBerry, Drew for Combined Arms
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Veteran Affairs as Fuller, Mitch for self (with Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW))
(Thu 3/9/2023) Registering before House Defense & Veterans' Affairs as Galvan, Lyssette for NAMI Texas
(Thu 3/9/2023) Registering before House Defense & Veterans' Affairs as Golden, Nicole for Texas Gun Sense
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Veteran Affairs as Golden, Nicole for self (with Texas Gun Sense)
(Thu 3/9/2023) Registering before House Defense & Veterans' Affairs as Haynes, Adam for Conference of Urban Counties
(Thu 3/9/2023) Registering before House Defense & Veterans' Affairs as Hubert, Martin for Endeavors
(Thu 3/9/2023) Registering before House Defense & Veterans' Affairs as Kay, Cicely for Travis County Commissioners Court
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Veteran Affairs as Kay, Cicely for Travis County Commissioners Court
(Thu 3/9/2023) Registering before House Defense & Veterans' Affairs as Parkinson, Thomas for self
(Thu 3/9/2023) Registering before House Defense & Veterans' Affairs as Reed, Charles for Dallas County Commissioners Court
(Thu 3/9/2023) Registering before House Defense & Veterans' Affairs as Sanchez, Louie for Texans For Greater Mental Health
(Thu 3/9/2023) Registering before House Defense & Veterans' Affairs as Tamayo, Elisa M. for self (with El Paso County)
 

(Thu 3/9/2023) Testifying before House Defense & Veterans' Affairs as Harris, Dr. Blake for Texas Veterans Commission
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before Senate Veteran Affairs as Harris, PhD, Blake for Texas Veterans Commission