Tue 11/15/2022

(H) Filed
 

Thu 2/23/2023

(H) Referred to the House Business & Industry Committee, chaired by a Democrat
 

Wed 3/15/2023

(H) Cecil Bell signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Ed Thompson signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Ramon Romero, Jr. signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Stan Lambert signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Mon 3/20/2023

(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Business & Industry Committee met and decided to leave this bill pending without objection.
 

Wed 4/5/2023

(H) House Business & Industry Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Longoria; Vasut; Cole; Frazier; González, Jessica; Hinojosa; Neave Criado) Absents (Isaac; Lambert)
 

Wed 4/19/2023

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

Mon 4/24/2023

(H) A Republican amendment (No. 1) from Bell, K. amended the bill.
(H) Record Vote No. 440 (CSHB 679, as amended, was passed to engrossment)

RV#440: Yeas 125 (R 77, D 48) - Nays 19 (R 7, D 12) View in House Legislative Journal Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Campos; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Garcia; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, M.; Goodwin; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Murr; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Bryant; Canales; Collier; Gamez; González, J.; Guerra; Harrison; Isaac; Leo-Wilson; Longoria; Lujan; Manuel; Neave Criado; Romero; Rose; Sherman; Slaton; Tinderholt; Toth

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Herrero: "When Record No. 440 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) Isaac: "When Record No. 440 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Romero: "When Record No. 440 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. 440 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. 440 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

 

Tue 4/25/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 475 (HB 679 was passed)

RV#475: Yeas 141 (R 83, D 58) - Nays 5 (R 2, D 3) 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; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, M.; Goodwin; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; 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.; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Canales; Collier; González, J.; Harrison; Tinderholt

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Wilson: "When Record No. 475 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

 

Thu 4/27/2023

(S) Referred to the Senate Business & Commerce Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Thu 5/4/2023

(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Tue 5/9/2023

(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Mon 5/15/2023

(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Wed 5/17/2023

(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

 

Fri 5/19/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 1876 (The motion to concur in the senate amendments to HB 679 prevailed)

RV#1876: Yeas 133 (R 75, D 58) - 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; Burns; Burrows; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Hayes; Hefner; 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; 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; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Talarico; Tepper; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Zwiener

Nay - Cain; Gates; Harrison; Manuel; Swanson; Toth; Vasut; Wilson

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Hinojosa: "When Record No. 1876 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) Isaac: "When Record No. 1876 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) J. González: "When Record No. 1876 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (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

(Mon 3/20/2023) Testifying before House Business & Industry as McMurry, Sam for Texas Self Insurance Association
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Patterson, TJ for City of Fort Worth
 

(Mon 3/20/2023) Testifying before House Business & Industry as Fagan, Jennifer for Texas Construction Association
(Mon 3/20/2023) Testifying before House Business & Industry as Loftis, Lee for Independent Insurance Agents of Texas
(Mon 3/20/2023) Registering before House Business & Industry as Beasley, Renea for Independent Electrical Contractors of Texas
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Ellmer, Regan for Independent Insurance Agents of Texas
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Fagan, Jennifer for Texas Construction Association
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Florez, Julio for Regional Hispanic Contractors Association
(Mon 3/20/2023) Registering before House Business & Industry as Fowler, Perry for Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN)
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Tredway, CJ for Independent Electrical Contractors of Texas
 

(Mon 3/20/2023) Testifying before House Business & Industry as Van Arsdale, Corbin for AGC-Texas Building Branch
(Mon 3/20/2023) Registering before House Business & Industry as Elliott, Nicole for Texas Department of Insurance
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Elliott, Nicole for Texas Department of Insurance