Wed 3/8/2023

(S) Filed
(S) Carol Alvarado signed onto the bill as Author
 

Tue 3/21/2023

(S) Referred to the Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Mon 4/3/2023

(S) Considered in public hearing
 

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 Natural Resources Committee, chaired by a Democrat
 

Wed 4/19/2023

(H) House Natural Resources Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (King, Tracy O.; Thompson, Ed; Gamez; Kacal; Kitzman; Lalani; Metcalf; Price; Ramos; Rogers; Zwiener)
 

Fri 4/28/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 681 (Considered on second reading on the previous legislative day on the local, consent, and resolutions calendar were laid before the house, read third time, and passed.)


This is a Local and Consent Bill

RV#681: Yeas 131 (R 69, D 62) - Nays 13 (R 13, D 0) SB1965 was "bundled" with many other bills and passed. View in House Legislative Journal Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gates; Gerdes; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; 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; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Slaton; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Registered No - ; Clardy; Cook; Goldman; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Isaac; Leach; Noble; Patterson; Schatzline; Slawson; Smith; Thimesch (Registering "No" makes no change on the passage of this bill.)

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

Bowers: "When Record No. 681 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)

Thierry: "When Record No. 681 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

 

Tue 5/2/2023

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

Sat 5/13/2023

(E) Signed by the Governor

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

(Mon 4/3/2023) Testifying before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Zent, Lara for Texas Rural Water Association
(Mon 4/3/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Bentley, Matthew for SJW Group dba Texas Water Company
(Mon 4/3/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Garcia, Buddy for Aqua Texas
(Mon 4/3/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Myers, Ashley for Texas Association of Water Companies (TAWC)
 

(Mon 4/3/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Benter, Tammy for Public Utility Commission of Texas