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HB879   Passed the House But Died in Senate with No Public Hearing
Referred to House County Affairs Committee, chaired by a Democrat
Referred to Senate Local Government Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to the qualifications required to hold the office of constable in certain counties.
Republican Bill, authored by Cook; Bell, Keith
Co-authors:
Sponsors:
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Tue 12/6/2022


(H) Filed
 

Wed 3/1/2023


(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.
 

Mon 3/20/2023


(H) Keith Bell signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Wed 3/22/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House County Affairs Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Neave Criado; Stucky; Gerdes; Jones, Jolanda; Orr; Rosenthal; Schatzline) Nays (Slaton; Tinderholt)
 

Fri 3/31/2023


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

Tue 4/11/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 140 (HB 879 was passed)

RV#140: Yeas 120 (R 66, D 54) - Nays 25 (R 16, D 9)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Frank; Gamez; Garcia; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Guerra; Guillen; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hernandez; Herrero; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Jetton; 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; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Murr; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Bailes; Bucy; Cain; Canales; Collier; Flores; Gates; Goodwin; Hayes; Hefner; Hinojosa; Isaac; Kitzman; Metcalf; Morales, C.; Ramos; Schaefer; Shaheen; Sherman; Slaton; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Wilson

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

Frazier: "When Record No. 140 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)

Harless: "When Record No. 140 was taken, I was excused because of illness. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Howard: "When Record No. 140 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Wed 4/19/2023


(S) Referred to the Senate Local Government Committee, chaired by a Republican


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Wed 3/15/2023) Testifying before House County Affairs as Knapp, Sammy for Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas
(Wed 3/15/2023) Testifying before House County Affairs as Lopez, Carlos for self (with Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)
(Wed 3/15/2023) Registering before House County Affairs as Bohnert, Henry for self
(Wed 3/15/2023) Registering before House County Affairs as Gaas, Dennis for self
(Wed 3/15/2023) Registering before House County Affairs as Henderson, Jennifer for self (with County Treasurers Association of Texas)
(Wed 3/15/2023) Registering before House County Affairs as Knapp, Cathy for self
(Wed 3/15/2023) Registering before House County Affairs as Mack, Wayne for self (with Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
 

For

(Wed 3/15/2023) Testifying before House County Affairs as Burgess, Clint for self
(Wed 3/15/2023) Testifying before House County Affairs as Johnson, Jason for self (with Kaufman County Constable Pct 2)
(Wed 3/15/2023) Registering before House County Affairs as Wylie, Matt for self (with Johnson County Constable)
 

On

(Wed 3/15/2023) Testifying before House County Affairs as Vineyard, Timothy for Texas Commission on Law Enforcement



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