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SB317   Signed by the Governor
Referred to House Natural Resources Committee, chaired by a Democrat
Referred to Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to appellate jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission regarding certain water or sewer service fees.
Republican Bill, authored by Hall
Co-authors:
Sponsors: Kitzman
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Mon 12/19/2022


(S) Filed
 

Wed 2/15/2023


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

Mon 4/17/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Wed 4/19/2023


(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Thu 4/20/2023


(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

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

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

 

Fri 4/28/2023


(H) Referred to the House Natural Resources Committee, chaired by a Democrat
 

Tue 5/9/2023


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

Thu 5/11/2023


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

Fri 5/19/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1845 (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#1845: Yeas 127 (R 66, D 61) - Nays 16 (R 16, D 0)
SB317 was "bundled" with many other bills and passed.
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Davis; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gates; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; 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; 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; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schofield; Sherman; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Zwiener

Registered No - ; Ashby; Cain; Darby; Dean; Gerdes; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Isaac; Patterson; Schatzline; Shaheen; Shine; Thimesch; Toth; Vasut; Wilson

(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.

Bryant: "When Record No. 1845 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

For

(Tue 5/9/2023) Registering before House Natural Resources as McKaughan, Mary Alice for Texas Rural Water Association
(Mon 4/17/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Zent, Lara for Texas Rural Water Association
 

On

(Tue 5/9/2023) Testifying before House Natural Resources as Benter, Tammy for Public Utility Commission of Texas
(Mon 4/17/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Benter, Tammy for Public Utility Commission of Texas
(Mon 4/17/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Eaves, Celia for Public Utility Commission of Texas



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