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SB2139   Signed by the Governor
Referred to House Higher Education Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Opportunity High School Diploma program.
Republican Bill, authored by Parker
Co-authors:
Sponsors: Longoria
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Thu 3/9/2023


(S) Filed
(S) Tan Parker signed onto the bill as Author
 

Tue 3/21/2023


(S) Referred to the Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Wed 4/12/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Thu 4/20/2023


(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

 

Tue 4/25/2023


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

Tue 5/2/2023


(H) House Higher Education Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Kuempel; Paul; Bucy; Burns; Clardy; Cole; Howard; Lalani) Absents (Burrows; González, Mary; Raney)
 

Mon 5/8/2023


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

Wed 5/17/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1767 (SB 2139 was passed)

RV#1767: Yeas 142 (R 80, D 62) - Nays 3 (R 3, 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; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; 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 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; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Cain; Dorazio; Schaefer

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

Dorazio: "When Record No. 1767 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Schaefer: "When Record No. 1767 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Toth: "When Record No. 1767 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Sun 5/21/2023


(S) Signed in the Senate
 

Mon 5/22/2023


(H) Signed in the House


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

For

(Thu 4/6/2023) Registering before Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education as Brophey, Patrick for North Texas Commission
(Thu 4/6/2023) Registering before Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education as Camacho, Priscilla for Alamo Colleges District
(Thu 4/6/2023) Registering before Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education as Matthews, Stephanie for Texas Association of Business
(Thu 4/6/2023) Registering before Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education as Meroney, Mike for Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM)
(Thu 4/6/2023) Registering before Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education as Soto, Renzo for Texas 2036
 

On

(Thu 4/6/2023) Registering before Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education as Bunker Henderson, Nichole for Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board



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