Fri 3/10/2023

(S) Filed
(S) José Menéndez signed onto the bill as Author
 

Thu 3/23/2023

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

Tue 4/18/2023

(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Tue 4/25/2023

(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Thu 4/27/2023

(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Tue 5/2/2023

(S) Donna Campbell signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Royce West signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Sarah Eckhardt signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 5/3/2023

(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 17 (R 5, D 12) - Nays 14 (R 14, D 0) Yea - Alvarado; Blanco; Campbell; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hinojosa; Huffman; Johnson; LaMantia; Menéndez; Miles; Nichols; Schwertner; West; Whitmire; Zaffirini

Nay - Bettencourt; Birdwell; Creighton; Hall; Hancock; Hughes; King; Kolkhorst; Middleton; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Sparks; Springer

 

Thu 5/4/2023

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

Wed 5/17/2023

(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House State Affairs Committee met and decided to leave this bill pending without objection.
 

Thu 5/18/2023

(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; Turner) Nays (Spiller) Absents (Thompson, Senfronia)
 

Sat 5/20/2023

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

Tue 5/23/2023

(H) A Democrat amendment (No. 1) from Howard amended the bill.
(H) Record Vote No. 2024 (SB 2453, as amended, was passed to third reading)

RV#2024: Yeas 78 (R 17, D 61) - Nays 62 (R 62, D 0) View in House Legislative Journal Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Ashby; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Burrows; Button; Campos; Canales; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Cunningham; Davis; Flores; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Muñoz; Neave Criado; Oliverson; Ordaz; Ortega; Perez; Plesa; Ramos; Raymond; Reynolds; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Sherman; Smith; Stucky; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, S.; Turner; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Anderson; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Burns; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Holland; Hull; Isaac; Kitzman; Klick; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Lujan; Metcalf; Meyer; Morrison; Murr; Noble; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Price; Raney; Rogers; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shine; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Wilson

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. J. Lopez: "When Record No. 2024 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Jetton: "When Record No. 2024 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Lambert: "When Record No. 2024 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Stucky: "When Record No. 2024 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

 

Wed 5/24/2023

(H) A Democrat amendment (No. 1) from Hernandez amended the bill.
(H) Record Vote No. 2046 (SB 2453, as amended, was passed)

RV#2046: Yeas 84 (R 23, D 61) - Nays 59 (R 58, D 1) View in House Legislative Journal Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Ashby; Bailes; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Burrows; Button; Campos; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Jetton; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King, T.; Kuempel; Lalani; Leo-Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Manuel; Martinez; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Neave Criado; Oliverson; Ordaz; Ortega; Perez; Plesa; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Sherman; Shine; Stucky; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, S.; Turner; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Anderson; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Burns; Cain; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Dorazio; Gates; Gerdes; Goldman; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Holland; Hull; Isaac; Kacal; King, K.; Kitzman; Klick; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Lujan; Metcalf; Meyer; Noble; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Price; Rogers; Schaefer; Schofield; Shaheen; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Wilson

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. DeAyala: "When Record No. 2046 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Kuempel: "When Record No. 2046 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Leo-Wilson: "When Record No. 2046 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Murr: "When Record No. 2046 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on General Investigating. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Schatzline: "When Record No. 2046 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted 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

(Wed 5/17/2023) Testifying before House State Affairs as Flippin, Kenneth for self (with Texas Chapter of US Green Building Council)
(Tue 4/18/2023) Testifying before Senate Business & Commerce as Flippin, Kenneth for self (with US Green Building Council Texas)
(Wed 5/17/2023) Testifying before House State Affairs as Mu Ned for Texas Association of Builders
(Wed 5/17/2023) Testifying before House State Affairs as Reed, Cyrus for Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter
(Wed 5/17/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Bernhardt, Rebecca for self (with Texas Physicians for Social Responsibility)
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Cuellar, Guadalupe for City of El Paso
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Franco, Brie for City of Austin
(Wed 5/17/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Franco, Brie for City of Austin
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Haverlah, Sandra for Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
(Wed 5/17/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Haverlah, Sandra for Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
(Wed 5/17/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Kay, Cicely for Travis County Commissioners Court
(Wed 5/17/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as McAlister, Todd for South-central partnership for energy efficiency as a resource (SPEER)
(Wed 5/17/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Meredith, Susan for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Mu for Texas Association of Builders
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Noonan, Chris for Texas Chemical Council
(Wed 5/17/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Noonan, Chris for Texas Chemical Council
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Oaks, Noah for South-central partnership for energy efficiency as a resource (SPEER)
(Wed 5/17/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Sabo, Jason for Environment Texas
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Sabo, Jason for Texas Public Interest Research Group
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Shelley, Adrian for Public Citizen
(Wed 5/17/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Stewart, Susan for self
 

(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Trevino, Eddy for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
(Wed 5/17/2023) Registering before House State Affairs as Trevino, Eddy for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts