Tue 3/7/2023

(S) Filed
(S) Paul Bettencourt 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
 

Mon 4/17/2023

(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Tue 4/18/2023

(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 20 (R 19, D 1) - Nays 11 (R 0, D 11) Yea - Bettencourt; Birdwell; Campbell; Creighton; Flores; Hall; Hancock; Hinojosa; Huffman; Hughes; King; Kolkhorst; Middleton; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; Springer

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

 

Thu 4/20/2023

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

Thu 4/27/2023

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

Mon 5/1/2023

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

Mon 5/15/2023

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

Mon 5/22/2023

(H) Point of order withdrawn
Rule 8, Section 10(b): Neither the house nor a committee of the house may consider a bill whose application is limited to one or more political subdivisions by means of population brackets or other artificial devices in lieu of identifying the political subdivision or subdivisions by name. However, this subsection does not prevent consideration of a bill that classifies political subdivisions according to a minimum or maximum population or other criterion that bears a reasonable relation to the purpose of the proposed legislation or a bill that updates laws based on population classifications to conform to a federal decennial census.
 

Tue 5/23/2023

(H) A Democrat amendment (No. 1) from Reynolds failed and was not adopted.
(H) Record Vote No. 1981 (Amendment No. 1 (Reynolds) failed of adoption)

RV#1981: Yeas 63 (R 1, D 62) - Nays 84 (R 83, D 1) View in House Legislative Journal Yea - Allen; Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis; Dutton; Flores; Gamez; Garcia; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hayes; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lalani; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Muñoz; Neave Criado; Ordaz; Ortega; Perez; Plesa; Ramos; Raymond; Reynolds; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Sherman; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, S.; Turner; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

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

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Hayes: "When Record No. 1981 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

(H) A Democrat amendment (No. 2) from Reynolds failed and was not adopted.
(H) Record Vote No. 1982 (Amendment No. 2 (Reynolds) failed of adoption)

RV#1982: Yeas 59 (R 6, D 53) - Nays 84 (R 78, D 6) View in House Legislative Journal Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Cole; Davis; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Gamez; Garcia; Gervin-Hawkins; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Isaac; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King, T.; Lalani; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Martinez; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Muñoz; Neave Criado; Orr; Ortega; Perez; Plesa; Ramos; Raymond; Reynolds; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Sherman; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, S.; Turner; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Frank; Frazier; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Goldman; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Holland; Hull; Hunter; Jetton; Kacal; King, K.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Morales, E.; Morrison; Murr; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Price; Raney; Rogers; Schaefer; Schofield; Shaheen; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Tepper; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Wilson

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Allison: "When Record No. 1982 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Dorazio: "When Record No. 1982 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) E. Morales: "When Record No. 1982 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Isaac: "When Record No. 1982 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) J. Lopez: "When Record No. 1982 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Manuel: "When Record No. 1982 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Martinez Fischer: "When Record No. 1982 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Morales Shaw: "When Record No. 1982 was taken, I was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Ordaz: "When Record No. 1982 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Orr: "When Record No. 1982 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Schatzline: "When Record No. 1982 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

(H) Record Vote No. 1983 (SB 1750 was passed)

RV#1983: Yeas 81 (R 80, D 1) - Nays 62 (R 0, D 62) View in House Legislative Journal Yea - Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Clardy; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Frank; Frazier; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Goldman; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Holland; Hunter; Isaac; Kacal; King, K.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Lopez, J.; Lozano; Lujan; Metcalf; Meyer; Morrison; Murr; Noble; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Price; Raney; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Tepper; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Wilson

Nay - Allen; Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis; Dutton; Flores; Gamez; Garcia; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King, T.; Lalani; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Muñoz; Neave Criado; Ordaz; Ortega; Perez; Plesa; Ramos; Raymond; Reynolds; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Sherman; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, S.; Turner; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Cortez: "When Record No. 1983 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Hull: "When Record No. 1983 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) Jetton: "When Record No. 1983 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) Rogers: "When Record No. 1983 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Slawson: "When Record No. 1983 was taken, I was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote yes." (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

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(Thu 4/27/2023) Testifying before House Elections as Carranza, Susana for self
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(Thu 4/27/2023) Testifying before House Elections as Eby French, Emily for Texas Civil Rights Project
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(Thu 3/30/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Reed, Charles for Dallas County Commissioners Court
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(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Crews, Charles for self
(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Cruz, Brenda for Texas Democratic Party
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(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as DeBill, Valerie for self
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(Thu 3/30/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Barr, Geoff for Office of the Texas Attorney General
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