Mon 11/14/2022

(S) Filed
 

Wed 2/15/2023

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

Tue 2/21/2023

(S) César Blanco signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Judith Zaffirini signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 2/22/2023

(S) Nathan Johnson signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Tue 3/7/2023

(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Mon 3/13/2023

(S) Sarah Eckhardt signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Tue 3/14/2023

(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Mon 3/20/2023

(S) Royce West signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Tue 3/21/2023

(S) Placed on intent calendar
(S) José Menéndez signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Lois Kolkhorst signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 3/22/2023

(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

(S) Carol Alvarado signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Kelly Hancock signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Mon 4/10/2023

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

Fri 4/14/2023

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

Thu 4/20/2023

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

Mon 4/24/2023

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

Tue 4/25/2023

(H) A Republican amendment (No. 1) from Metcalf amended the bill.
(H) Record Vote No. 481 (SB 222, as amended, was passed)

RV#481: Yeas 139 (R 76, D 63) - Nays 9 (R 9, 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; 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; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; 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; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Cain; Cook; Hayes; Noble; Schatzline; Slaton; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Isaac: "When Record No. 481 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Schaefer: "When Record No. 481 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Schatzline: "When Record No. 481 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

 

Thu 5/25/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 2132 (The motion to adopt the conference committee report on SB 222 prevailed)

RV#2132: Yeas 136 (R 76, D 60) - Nays 3 (R 3, D 0) View in House Legislative Journal Yea - Allen; Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Campos; 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; Leo-Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Neave Criado; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; 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; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Cain; Noble; Toth

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Wilson: "When Record No. 2132 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)

 

Sun 5/28/2023

(S) Signed in the Senate
 

Mon 5/29/2023

(H) Signed in the House

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

(Tue 3/7/2023) Testifying before Senate Business & Commerce as Bishop, Ann for self (with Texas Public Employees Association (TPEA))
(Tue 3/7/2023) Testifying before Senate Business & Commerce as Litzler, John for Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission
(Tue 3/7/2023) Testifying before Senate Business & Commerce as Sheldon, Tyler for Texas State Employees Union (TSEU)
(Tue 3/7/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Atlas Kravitz, Laura for Texas Women's Foundation (TXWF)
(Tue 3/7/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Austin, TX for
(Tue 3/7/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Del bosque, Nora for March of Dimes
(Tue 3/7/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Gonzalez, Ana for Texas AFL-CIO
(Tue 3/7/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Hale, Kevin for self (with Libertarian Party of Texas)
(Tue 3/7/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Hamill, Joe for AFSCME Texas Correctional Employees Council 907
(Tue 3/7/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Sreenivasan, Rahul for Texas 2036
 

(Tue 3/7/2023) Testifying before Senate Business & Commerce as Lindley, Emily for Texas Commission on Environmental Quality