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SB1979   Vetoed by the Governor
Referred to House Licensing & Administrative Procedures Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate Business & Commerce Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to an annual study by the Texas A&M University Texas Real Estate Research Center of the purchase and sale of single-family homes by certain institutional buyers.
Republican Bill, authored by Hughes
Co-authors: Bettencourt; Kolkhorst; Middleton; Sparks
Sponsors: Harris, Caroline
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Wed 3/8/2023


(S) Filed
(S) Bryan Hughes signed onto the bill as Author
 

Tue 3/21/2023


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

Tue 4/25/2023


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

Thu 4/27/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Mon 5/1/2023


(S) Lois Kolkhorst signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Mayes Middleton signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Tue 5/2/2023


(S) Placed on intent calendar
(S) Kevin Sparks signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 5/3/2023


(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 29 (R 17, D 12) - Nays 2 (R 2, D 0)

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

Nay - Nichols; Perry

(S) Paul Bettencourt signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Sat 5/6/2023


(H) Referred to the House Licensing & Administrative Procedures Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Tue 5/16/2023


(H) House Licensing & Administrative Procedures Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (King, Ken; Walle; Goldman; Harless; Hernandez; Schaefer; Shaheen; Thompson, Senfronia) Absents (Herrero; King, Tracy O.; Patterson)
 

Wed 5/17/2023


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

Fri 5/19/2023


(H) A Democrat amendment (No. 1) from Morales Shaw amended the bill.
(H) A Republican amendment (No. 2) from Gates was offered.
(H) Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
Rule 11, Section 2: Motions on a Different Subject Offered as Amendments. No motion or proposition on a subject different from the subject under consideration shall be admitted as an amendment or as a substitute for the motion or proposition under debate. "Proposition" as used in this section shall include a bill, resolution, joint resolution, or any other motion which is amendable.
(H) A Republican amendment (No. 2) from Gates was withdrawn.
(H) Record Vote No. 1866 (SB 1979, as amended, was passed to third reading)

RV#1866: Yeas 131 (R 77, D 54) - Nays 5 (R 2, D 3)
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; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; 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; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Wilson; Zwiener

Nay - Cain; Collier; Davis; Jones, V.; Vasut

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

Cain: "When Record No. 1866 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Patterson: "When Record No. 1866 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)

Vasut: "When Record No. 1866 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Mon 5/22/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1938 (SB 1979 was passed)

RV#1938: Yeas 142 (R 80, D 62) - Nays 4 (R 4, D 0)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; 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; Gerdes; Geren; 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 Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Murr; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; 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; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Ashby; Cain; Toth; Vasut

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

Isaac: "When Record No. 1938 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

Against

(Thu 4/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Chick, Craig for National Rental Home Council
 

For

(Thu 4/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Griffith, Idona for self
(Thu 4/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Kelly, Bill for Mayor's Office, City of Houston
 

On

(Thu 4/27/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Bates, Tray for Texas REALTORS
(Thu 4/27/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Day, Aaron for Texas Land Title Association
(Thu 4/27/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Klassen, Gerald for Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M University
(Thu 4/27/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Mintz, David for Texas Apartment Association
(Thu 4/27/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Norman, Scott for Texas Association of Builders
(Thu 4/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Burgess, Vanessa for Texas Real Estate Commission



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