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HJR169   Died in House Calendars Committee
This bill would cost taxpayers $1,250,204,406.00 over five years, according to the Legislative Budget Bureau.
Referred to House Natural Resources Committee, chaired by a Democrat
Referred to Senate Finance Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the dedication of certain sales and use tax revenue to a special fund established in the state treasury to pay for water infrastructure in this state.
Bipartisan Bill, authored by Clardy; Rogers; King, Tracy O.; Price; Burrows
Co-authors: Lambert; Morales, Eddie; Walle
Sponsors:
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Thu 3/9/2023


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

Wed 3/15/2023


(H) Referred to the House Natural Resources Committee, chaired by a Democrat
 

Tue 4/18/2023


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

Tue 4/25/2023


(H) Glenn Rogers signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Wed 4/26/2023


(H) House Natural Resources Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (King, Tracy O.; Thompson, Ed; Kacal; Kitzman; Lalani; Metcalf; Price; Ramos; Rogers; Zwiener) Absents (Gamez)
 

Tue 5/2/2023


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

Wed 5/3/2023


(H) Four Price signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Tracy King signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Thu 5/4/2023


(H) Dustin Burrows signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Fri 5/5/2023


(H) Armando Walle signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Mon 5/8/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1271 (CSHJR 169 was adopted)

RV#1271: Yeas 127 (R 68, D 59) - Nays 5 (R 5, D 0)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gates; Gerdes; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Hayes; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Ortega; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, S.; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Cain; Harrison; Hefner; Tinderholt; Toth

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

Bowers: "When Record No. 1271 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)

Collier: "When Record No. 1271 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. 1271 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Schaefer: "When Record No. 1271 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Schatzline: "When Record No. 1271 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


(H) Eddie Morales signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Stan Lambert signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Thu 5/11/2023


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


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Blankenship, Sandra for self
 

For

(Tue 4/18/2023) Testifying before House Natural Resources as Fowler, Perry for self (with Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN))
(Tue 4/18/2023) Testifying before House Natural Resources as Mazur, Jeremy for Texas 2036
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Albright, Steven for AGC of Texas - Highway, Heavy, Utilities, and Industrial Branch
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Cuellar, Guadalupe for City of El Paso
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Flippin, Kenneth for self (with US Green Building Council Texas chapter)
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Grande, Rebecca for Texas Association of Business
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Mckee, Nancy for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Mu Ned for Texas Association of Builders
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Murphy, Kaitlyn for Greater Houston Partnership
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Nahrgang, Julie for self (with Water environment association of texas, texas association of clean water)
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Puig Williams, Vanessa for EDF Renewables
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Rubinstein, Carlos for self (with RSAH2O LLC)
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Votteler, Todd for self (with Collaborative Water Resolution, LLC)
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Wynn, Monty for Texas Municipal League
 

On

(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Benter, Tammy for Public Utility Commission of Texas
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Eaves, Celia for Public Utility Commission of Texas
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as Walker, Jeff for Texas Water Development Board



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