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SB1647   Signed by the Governor
This bill would cost taxpayers $236,830,010.00 over five years, according to the Legislative Budget Bureau.
Referred to House Public Education Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate Education Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to dropout recovery education programs.
Republican Bill, authored by Parker
Co-authors:
Sponsors: Hefner
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Mon 3/6/2023


(S) Filed
(S) Tan Parker signed onto the bill as Author
 

Thu 3/16/2023


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

Wed 4/5/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Wed 4/19/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Thu 4/27/2023


(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Tue 5/2/2023


(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 22 (R 19, D 3) - Nays 9 (R 0, D 9)

Yea - Bettencourt; Birdwell; Campbell; Creighton; Flores; Hall; Hancock; Hinojosa; Huffman; Hughes; King; Kolkhorst; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; Springer; West

Nay - Alvarado; Blanco; Eckhardt; Gutierrez; Johnson; LaMantia; Menéndez; Whitmire; Zaffirini

 

Wed 5/3/2023


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

Tue 5/16/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Public Education Committee met and decided to leave this bill pending without objection.
(H) House Public Education Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Buckley; Allison; Cunningham; Dutton; Harris, Cody; Harrison; Hefner; King, Ken; Longoria; Schaefer) Nays (Allen; Hinojosa; Talarico)
 

Sat 5/20/2023


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

Wed 5/24/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 2047 (SB 1647 was passed)

RV#2047: Yeas 93 (R 80, D 13) - Nays 47 (R 1, D 46)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Clardy; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Frank; Frazier; Gerdes; Goldman; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Holland; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Jones, J.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Lopez, J.; Lozano; Lujan; Metcalf; Meyer; Morrison; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Wilson

Nay - Allen; Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Dutton; Flores; Garcia; Gates; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Manuel; Martinez; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Neave Criado; Ordaz; Ortega; Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Sherman; Talarico; Turner; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

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

Gervin-Hawkins: "When Record No. 2047 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. 2047 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Murr: "When Record No. 2047 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on General Investigating. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Thierry: "When Record No. 2047 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

V. Jones: "When Record No. 2047 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)


 

Thu 5/25/2023


(S) Signed in the Senate
 

Fri 5/26/2023


(H) Signed in the House


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Wed 4/5/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Duron, Jodi for self (with Texas association of midsize schools)
(Wed 4/5/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Fowler, Elaina for Texas State Teacher Association
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Fowler, Elaina for Texas State Teacher Association
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Griffith, Carrie for Texas State Teacher Association
(Wed 4/5/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Kling, Kelsey for Texas American Federation of Teachers (Texas AFT)
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Latham Sikes, Chloe for Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA)
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Pena, Alejandro for Texas American Federation of Teachers (Texas AFT)
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Puente, Jaime for self (with Every Texan)
 

For

(Wed 4/5/2023) Testifying before Senate Education as Dickinson, Chris for Grad Solutions
(Tue 5/16/2023) Testifying before House Public Education as Dickinson, Chris for self
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before House Public Education as List, Amanda for AList Consulting
(Wed 4/5/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Mares, Bryan for National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Mayer, Jean for Pflugerville ISD
(Wed 4/5/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Putnam, Wilma Joy for self
(Wed 4/5/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Reeves, Donna Lea for self
 

On

(Wed 4/5/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Hall Lecuona, Shawn for self (with Liberty Justice Truth)
(Wed 4/5/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Marin, Eric for Texas Education Agency
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Marin, Eric for Texas Education Agency
(Wed 4/5/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Martinez, Monica for Texas Education Agency
(Tue 5/16/2023) Registering before House Public Education as Martinez, Monica for Texas Education Agency



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