Thu 12/1/2022

(H) Filed
 

Wed 3/1/2023

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

Wed 4/12/2023

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

Fri 4/14/2023

(H) House State Affairs Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Hunter; Hernandez; Anchía; Dean; Metcalf; Raymond; Smithee; Turner) Nays (Spiller) Absents (Geren; Guillen; Slawson; Thompson, Senfronia)
 

Thu 4/20/2023

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

Mon 5/1/2023

(H) Geanie Morrison signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Tue 5/2/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 900 (HB 855 was passed to engrossment)

RV#900: Yeas 87 (R 28, D 59) - Nays 54 (R 54, D 0) View in House Legislative Journal Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bucy; Burrows; Campos; Canales; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Darby; Davis; Dean; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Garcia; Gates; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Neave Criado; Ordaz; Ortega; Perez; Plesa; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shine; Slaton; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, S.; Turner; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Buckley; Bumgarner; Burns; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; DeAyala; Frazier; Gerdes; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Holland; Hull; Jetton; Kitzman; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Metcalf; Meyer; Murr; Noble; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Price; Rogers; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Tepper; Thimesch; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Anderson: "When Record No. 900 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Bryant: "When Record No. 900 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) Dorazio: "When Record No. 900 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. 900 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

(H) Armando "Mando" Martinez signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Ernest Bailes signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Wed 5/3/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 950 (HB 855 was passed)

RV#950: Yeas 94 (R 30, D 64) - Nays 53 (R 53, D 0) View in House Legislative Journal Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Ashby; Bailes; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Burns; Burrows; Campos; Canales; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Darby; Davis; Dean; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Gamez; Garcia; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hayes; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Kuempel; Lalani; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Neave Criado; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Perez; Plesa; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Sherman; Shine; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, S.; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Anderson; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; DeAyala; Frank; Frazier; Gates; Goldman; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hefner; Holland; Hull; Isaac; Jetton; Klick; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo-Wilson; Metcalf; Murr; Noble; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Price; Rogers; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Slaton; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Tepper; Thimesch; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Leach: "When Record No. 950 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Vasut: "When Record No. 950 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

(H) Mihaela Plesa signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Fri 5/5/2023

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

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Jacob, Carl for self
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Maples, Veronica for self
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as McDaniel, Samantha for self
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Naranjo, Katie for Travis County Democratic Party
 

(Wed 4/12/2023) Testifying before House State Affairs as Hymel, Ray for self (with Texas Public Employees Association (TPEA))
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Sheldon, Tyler for Texas State Employees Union (TSEU)
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Squires, Luke for self
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Tillman, Calvin for self
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Vaughn, Joanna for self (with Friends Meeting of Austin (Quaker))
 

(Wed 4/12/2023) Testifying before House State Affairs as Bonds, Craig for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Hall Lecuona, Shawn for Voice of Justice and of Consanguinity
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Weirich, Teresa for self