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SB1599   Signed by the Governor
Referred to House Elections Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to ballots voted by mail.
Republican Bill, authored by Hughes
Co-authors: Parker
Sponsors: Bucy
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Fri 3/3/2023


(S) Filed
(S) Bryan Hughes signed onto the bill as Author
 

Thu 3/16/2023


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

Thu 3/30/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Mon 4/3/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Thu 4/13/2023


(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Mon 4/17/2023


(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) Tan Parker signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Mon 4/24/2023


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

Thu 5/4/2023


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

Mon 5/8/2023


(H) House Elections Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Smith; Bucy; Burrows; Capriglione; DeAyala; Manuel; Swanson) Absents (Morales, Eddie; Vo)
 

Mon 5/15/2023


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

Wed 5/17/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1798 (CSSB 1599 was passed to third reading)

RV#1798: Yeas 142 (R 82, D 60) - Nays 0 (R 0, D 0)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; 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.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; 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; Leo-Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; 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; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

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

Bhojani: "When Record No. 1798 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)


 

Thu 5/18/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1827 (SB 1599 was passed)

RV#1827: Yeas 144 (R 82, D 62) - Nays 0 (R 0, 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; Cain; Campos; 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; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; 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; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

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

Harless: "When Record No. 1827 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. 1827 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)


 

Mon 5/22/2023


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


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Thu 3/30/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Carranza, Susana for self
(Thu 5/4/2023) Testifying before House Elections as Ehresman, Katya for self (with Common Cause Texas)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Slattery, James for Texas Civil Rights Project
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Arduini, Matthew for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Austin, Carolyn for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Barnett-Torabi, Taylor for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Barrerra, Cristina for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Barrerra, Gayle for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Barrerra, John for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Barsalou, Denee for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Brady-Joyner, Justin for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Brady-Joyner, Phillip for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Caballero, Darcy for Planned Parenthood Texas Votes
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Cardoza-Oquendo, Juan for self (with Houston in Action)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Carranza, Sergio for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Casparian, Hannah for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Chambers, Haley for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Chambers, Olivia for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Chen, James for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Coleman, Katherine for self
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Compton, Dorothy ann for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Coon, Claire for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Cowden, Carter for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Cranston, Cathy for self (with ADAPT OF TEXAS/Personal Attendant Coalition of Texas)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Cuevas, Teresa for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Darby, Karen for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as DeBill, Valerie for self
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Eby French, Emily for Texas Civil Rights Project
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Ehresman, Katya for self (with Common Cause Texas)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Gavrilla, Sandra for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Goetz, Kelly for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Gremillion, Julie for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Griffith, Idona for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Haden, Lorri for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Haigler, Kathy for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Harris, Chris for self (with Austin Justice Coalition)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Hendrickson, Andrew for ACLU of Texas
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Jarboe, Kathryn for self
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Joy, Louise for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Kafka, Bob for self (with REV UP Texas)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Kemp, Rose for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Leahy, Francesca for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as MacDougal, Vanessa for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Margulies, Jennifer for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Martinez, Laura for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Martinez, Ricardo for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as McAuley, David for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Meitzen, Nicole for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Mills, Amber for self (with MOVE Texas Action)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Molnar, Eve for self
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Moore, Ken for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Mulling, Marie for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Muncy, Lindsay for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Nguyen, Hung for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Olewin, Carol for self (with League of Women Voters of Texas)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Pankl, Grace for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Prager, Rebecca for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Preddy, Jordan for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Reed, Cyrus for Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Rice, Judah for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Richards, Joanne for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Rose, Shannon for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Rosenstock, Robin for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Sanchez, Joslynn for self (with Deeds Not Words)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Saval, Maureen for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Schelling, Emmett for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Segovia, Andrea for self
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Shawver, Alexander for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Shelley, Adrian for Public Citizen
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Stanch, Michaela for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Steele, Montana for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Stewart, Susan for self
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Sugg, Paul for Harris County Commissioners Court
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Tally-Foos, Fred for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Thomas, Grace for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Toretto, Courtney for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Torres Ya for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Trevino, Brianna for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Tuo, Ruei for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Valente-Johnson, Arianna for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Van Maanen, Cynthia for self (with Travis County Democratic Party)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Weido, Jeanne for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Williams, Kathryn for self (with Texas Grassroots Alliance)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Williamson, Roxy for self (with Galveston Island Voter Education Resource and Services (GIVERS))
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Winkelman, Jacob for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Womack, Chris for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Wright, Maia for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Yi, Alice for self
 

For

(Thu 5/4/2023) Testifying before House Elections as Green, Robert L. for self (with Travis County Republican Party Election Integrity Committee)
(Thu 5/4/2023) Testifying before House Elections as Johnson, Ed for self
(Thu 5/4/2023) Testifying before House Elections as Swirsky, Alexie for self
(Thu 5/4/2023) Testifying before House Elections as Trainor, Lucy for self
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Bearden, Chase for self (with Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Beckmeyer, John for self (with Republican Party of Texas)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Biesel, Beth for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Biesel, Beth for self (with Texas Eagle Forum)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Case Pickens, Liz for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Castilla, Cindi for self (with Texas Eagle Forum)
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Crow, Tisha for self (with Republican Party of Texas)
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Cruz, Brenda for self (with Texas Democratic Party)
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Davis, Chris for Texas Association of Elections Administrators
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as DeBill, Valerie for self
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Duarte, Hilda for self
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Duke, Devvie for self (with Republican Party of Texas)
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Eller, Andrew for self (with State Republican Executive Committee SD24)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Eller, Andrew for self (with State Republican Executive Committee SD24, Republican Party of Texas)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Gallagher, Lori for self (with Texas First)
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Glover, Jill for self (with Republican Party of Texas)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Green, Robert L. for self (with Travis County Republican Party - Election Integrity Committee)
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Hayter, Russell for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Jacob, Carl for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Johnson, Ed for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Marshall, Karen for self (with State Republican Executive Committee)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Najera, Cindy for self (with CCDF USA - Travis County)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Pardeiro, Erin for self (with Citizens Defending Freedom, Nueces County/Texas Education 911)
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Petru, Dorine for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Putnam, Wilma joy for self
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Roberts, Cary for County and District Clerks Association of Texas
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Seelig, Bonnie for self
(Thu 5/4/2023) Registering before House Elections as Shipton, Patricia for Secure Elections Project
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Trainor, Lucy for self (with Republican Party of Texas)
 

On

(Thu 5/4/2023) Testifying before House Elections as Adkins, Christina for Texas Secretary of State
(Thu 3/30/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Sargent, Bill for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Adkins, Christina for Texas Secretary of State
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Vera, Alan for Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee



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