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SB1727   Signed by the Governor
This bill would cost taxpayers $13,083,200.00 over five years, according to the Legislative Budget Bureau.
Referred to House Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Committee, chaired by a Democrat
Referred to Senate Criminal Justice Committee, chaired by a Democrat
Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, the functions of the office of independent ombudsman for the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, and the powers and duties of the office of inspector general of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.
Bipartisan Bill, authored by Schwertner; Johnson; Paxton; Perry; Springer
Co-authors:
Sponsors: Canales; Dutton
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Tue 3/7/2023


(S) Filed
(S) Angela Paxton signed onto the bill as Author
(S) Charles Perry signed onto the bill as Author
(S) Charles Schwertner signed onto the bill as Author
(S) Drew Springer signed onto the bill as Author
(S) Nathan Johnson signed onto the bill as Author
 

Thu 3/16/2023


(S) Referred to the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, chaired by a Democrat
 

Tue 3/28/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Tue 4/11/2023


(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Wed 4/12/2023


(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

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

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

 

Fri 4/14/2023


(H) Referred to the House Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Committee, chaired by a Democrat
 

Thu 4/27/2023


(H) House Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Dutton; Lujan; Cook; Leo-Wilson; Lopez, Janie; Talarico; Wu) Absents (Martinez Fischer; Smithee)
 

Wed 5/10/2023


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

Tue 5/16/2023


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

Wed 5/17/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1759 (SB 1727 was passed)

RV#1759: Yeas 141 (R 81, D 60) - Nays 2 (R 2, 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; 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; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Murr; Tinderholt

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

J. Lopez: "When Record No. 1759 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Morales Shaw: "When Record No. 1759 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Sun 5/28/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 2214 (The motion to adopt the conference committee report on SB 1727 prevailed)

RV#2214: Yeas 110 (R 50, D 60) - Nays 31 (R 29, D 2)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Campos; Canales; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Darby; Davis; DeAyala; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Hayes; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Murr; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Sherman; Shine; Smith; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Ashby; Bailes; Cain; Capriglione; Craddick; Cunningham; Dean; Dorazio; Gates; Gerdes; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hefner; Isaac; King, K.; Lambert; Leo-Wilson; Meza; Price; Rogers; Schaefer; Schatzline; Slawson; Smithee; Stucky; Swanson; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Wilson

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

Jetton: "When Record No. 2214 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 5/29/2023


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

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Tue 3/28/2023) Testifying before Senate Criminal Justice as Allison, Jim for County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Haynes, Adam for Conference of Urban Counties
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Zeller, Ben for Victoria County
 

For

(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Pressley, Nikki for Texas Public Policy Foundation
 

On

(Tue 3/28/2023) Testifying before Senate Criminal Justice as Castillo, Alycia for Texas Center for Justice and Equity
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Carter, Shandra for Texas Juvenile Justice Department
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Gandy, Rachel for Sunset Advisory Commission
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Grove, Sean for Texas Juvenile Justice Department
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Guajardo, Daniel for Office of the Inspector General/TJJD
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Martinez, Martin for Texas Appleseed
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Robertson, J.D. for Office of Independent Ombudsman/TJJD



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