Mon 2/27/2023

(S) Filed
(S) Robert Nichols signed onto the bill as Author
 

Thu 3/9/2023

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

Tue 3/21/2023

(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Tue 3/28/2023

(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Tue 4/4/2023

(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Wed 4/5/2023

(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

(S) John Whitmire signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Royce West signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Mon 4/17/2023

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

Thu 4/20/2023

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

Mon 4/24/2023

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

Mon 5/1/2023

(H) A Republican amendment (No. 1) from Ashby amended the bill.
 

Tue 5/2/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 876 (SB 1238 was passed)

RV#876: Yeas 132 (R 74, D 58) - Nays 7 (R 7, D 0) View in House Legislative Journal Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Burns; Burrows; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; 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; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; 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; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, S.; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Cain; Schaefer; Slaton; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Wilson

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Bhojani: "When Record No. 876 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. 876 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) Hinojosa: "When Record No. 876 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) Lozano: "When Record No. 876 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) V. Jones: "When Record No. 876 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

 

Mon 5/15/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 1713 (The motion to adopt the conference committee report on SB 1238 prevailed)

RV#1713: Yeas 131 (R 70, D 61) - Nays 13 (R 13, D 0) 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; 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.; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; 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; Longoria; 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; Orr; Ortega; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Cain; Harrison; Hayes; Isaac; Leo-Wilson; Patterson; Schaefer; Schatzline; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Wilson

 

Thu 5/18/2023

(S) Signed in the Senate
 

Fri 5/19/2023

(H) Signed in the House
 

Fri 6/2/2023

(E) Signed by the Governor

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

(Tue 3/21/2023) Testifying before Senate Business & Commerce as Avini, Mitrah for Texas 2036
(Tue 3/21/2023) Testifying before Senate Business & Commerce as Baum, Walt for Texas Cable Association
(Tue 3/21/2023) Testifying before Senate Business & Commerce as Harvey, Julia for Texas Electric Cooperatives
(Tue 3/21/2023) Testifying before Senate Business & Commerce as Morstad, Tim for AARP Texas
(Tue 3/21/2023) Testifying before Senate Business & Commerce as Tate, David for AT&T
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Bellina, Jim for self
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Bionat, Christian for Greater Houston Partnership
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Broughton, Whitney for Texas Association of School Boards
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Calvert, Raif for Texas Association of School Boards
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Cruz, Velma for Comcast
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Cuellar, Guadalupe for City of El Paso
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Duncan, Cameron for Texas Hospital Association
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Ferrier, Katie for San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Floerke, Sarah for Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Franco, Brie for City of Austin
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Garbee, Kelty for Texas Rural Funders
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Haenisch, Barry for Texas Association of Community Schools
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Harris, Ashley for United Ways of Texas
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Hubbard, John for self (with Texas Telephone Association)
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Hunsucker, Mike for Windstream
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Parkinson, Thomas for self
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Patterson, TJ for City of Fort Worth
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Randolph, Ian for Texas Telephone Association
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Rice, Leela for Texas Council of Community Centers
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Robinson, Wes for Eastex Telephone Cooperative, Inc
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Sparks, Clifford for City of Dallas
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Spilman, Annie for National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Wright, Eric for GEUS (Greenville Electric Utility System)
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Yanas, Christine for Methodist Healthcare Ministries
 

(Tue 3/21/2023) Testifying before Senate Business & Commerce as Garza Reyes, Cynthia for City of Pharr
(Tue 3/21/2023) Testifying before Senate Business & Commerce as Hiner, Harrison for Communications Workers of America
(Tue 3/21/2023) Testifying before Senate Business & Commerce as Lawson, Richard for Verizon
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Conte, Greg for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Cruz, David for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Reeves, Annie for City of Pharr
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Vargas, Michael for City of Pharr