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SB1243   Signed by the Governor
Referred to House Ways & Means Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate Finance Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to the franchise tax treatment of certain broadband grants made for the purposes of broadband deployment in this state.
Republican Bill, authored by Huffman
Co-authors:
Sponsors: Ashby
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Mon 2/27/2023


(S) Filed
(S) Joan Huffman signed onto the bill as Author
 

Thu 3/9/2023


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

Wed 3/22/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Wed 3/29/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Mon 4/17/2023


(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Tue 4/18/2023


(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 30 (R 18, D 12) - Nays 1 (R 1, D 0)

Yea - Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hall; Hancock; Hinojosa; Huffman; Hughes; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; LaMantia; Menéndez; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; Springer; West; Whitmire; Zaffirini

Nay - Middleton

 

Thu 4/20/2023


(H) Referred to the House Ways & Means Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Thu 4/27/2023


(H) House Ways & Means Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Meyer; Thierry; Craddick; Gervin-Hawkins; Hefner; Muñoz, Jr.; Noble; Raymond; Shine; Turner) Absents (Button)
 

Sat 5/6/2023


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

Mon 5/8/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1275 (SB 1243 was passed to third reading)

RV#1275: Yeas 120 (R 63, D 57) - Nays 10 (R 10, D 0)
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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; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Jetton; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Ortega; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Price; Ramos; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, S.; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Cain; Harrison; Leo-Wilson; Schaefer; Schatzline; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Wilson

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

Hayes: "When Record No. 1275 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Isaac: "When Record No. 1275 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

J. González: "When Record No. 1275 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)

J. Jones: "When Record No. 1275 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)

Klick: "When Record No. 1275 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)

Manuel: "When Record No. 1275 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)

Orr: "When Record No. 1275 was taken, I was temporarily out of the house chamber. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Plesa: "When Record No. 1275 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)

Swanson: "When Record No. 1275 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Tue 5/9/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1377 (SB 1243 was passed)

RV#1377: Yeas 132 (R 71, D 61) - Nays 12 (R 11, 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; 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; 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; 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; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schofield; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Canales; Harrison; Hayes; Leo-Wilson; Patterson; Shaheen; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Wilson

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

Isaac: "When Record No. 1377 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Rose: "When Record No. 1377 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)

Schaefer: "When Record No. 1377 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Schatzline: "When Record No. 1377 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)

Swanson: "When Record No. 1377 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Thu 5/11/2023


(S) Signed in the Senate
(H) Signed in the House
 

Tue 5/23/2023


(E) Signed by the Governor


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

For

(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Finance as Baum, Walt for Texas Cable Association
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Finance as Campbell, Grover for Texas Association of School Boards
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Finance as Casas, Isabel for Texas Council of Community Centers
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Finance as Fletcher, Kevin for AT&T
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Finance as Hubbard, John for Texas Telephone Association
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Finance as Parkinson, Thomas for self
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Finance as Randolph, Ian for Texas Telephone Association
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Finance as Seale, Mark for Texas Telephone Association
 

On

(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Finance as Brandt, Shannon for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Finance as Castillo, Korry for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts



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