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SB1929   Signed by the Governor
Referred to House State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate Business & Commerce Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to the registration of virtual currency mining facilities in the ERCOT power region that demand a large load of interruptible power.
Democrat Bill, authored by Johnson
Co-authors: Menéndez
Sponsors: Dean
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Wed 3/8/2023


(S) Filed
(S) Nathan Johnson signed onto the bill as Author
 

Mon 3/20/2023


(S) Referred to the Senate Business & Commerce Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Tue 3/28/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Tue 4/4/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Thu 4/6/2023


(S) José Menéndez signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 4/12/2023


(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

 

Fri 4/14/2023


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

Wed 5/3/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House State Affairs Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Hunter; Hernandez; Anchía; Dean; Geren; Guillen; Metcalf; Raymond; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Thompson, Senfronia; Turner)
 

Wed 5/17/2023


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

Fri 5/19/2023


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

Mon 5/22/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1932 (SB 1929 was passed)

RV#1932: Yeas 140 (R 79, D 61) - Nays 5 (R 4, D 1)
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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; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gates; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; 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 Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Murr; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; 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.; Tinderholt; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Cain; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Ramos; Toth

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

Isaac: "When Record No. 1932 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Ramos: "When Record No. 1932 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Schaefer: "When Record No. 1932 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Sun 5/28/2023


(S) Signed in the Senate
 

Mon 5/29/2023


(H) Signed in the House


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

For

(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Bell, Mark for Association of Electric Companies of Texas (AECT)
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Floerke, Sarah for Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as McCord, Mia for South Texas Electric Cooperative (STEC)
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Reed, Cyrus for Lone star chapter sierra club
 

On

(Tue 3/28/2023) Testifying before Senate Business & Commerce as Rivero, Hector for Texas Chemical Council
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Gleeson, Thomas for Public Utility Commission of Texas
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Rickerson, Woody for Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
(Tue 3/28/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Seely, Chad for Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)



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