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SB471   Signed by the Governor
Referred to House Environmental Regulation Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to the investigation by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of certain complaints.
Republican Bill, authored by Springer
Co-authors:
Sponsors: Harris, Cody
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Fri 1/13/2023


(S) Filed
(S) Drew Springer signed onto the bill as Author
 

Fri 2/17/2023


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

Mon 3/13/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Tue 4/18/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Thu 4/27/2023


(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 22 (R 18, D 4) - Nays 9 (R 1, D 8)

Yea - Bettencourt; Birdwell; Campbell; Creighton; Flores; Hancock; Hinojosa; Huffman; Hughes; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; LaMantia; Middleton; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; Springer; Zaffirini

Nay - Alvarado; Blanco; Eckhardt; Gutierrez; Hall; Menéndez; Miles; West; Whitmire

 

Thu 5/4/2023


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

Wed 5/10/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Environmental Regulation Committee met and decided to leave this bill pending without objection.
(H) House Environmental Regulation Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Landgraf; Bell, Keith; Dean; Kuempel; Lopez, Janie) Nays (Guerra; Meza; Morales Shaw; Reynolds)
(H) House Environmental Regulation Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Landgraf; Dean; Kuempel; Lopez, Janie) Nays (Bell, Keith; Meza; Morales Shaw; Reynolds) Absents (Guerra)
 

Wed 5/17/2023


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

Tue 5/23/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 2017 (SB 471 was passed)

RV#2017: Yeas 85 (R 80, D 5) - Nays 59 (R 1, D 58)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Clardy; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Frank; Frazier; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Holland; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Kacal; King, K.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Lozano; Lujan; Metcalf; Meyer; Morales, E.; Muñoz; Murr; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Price; Raney; Raymond; Rogers; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Tepper; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Wilson

Nay - Allen; Anchía; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Davis; Dutton; Flores; Gamez; Garcia; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King, T.; Lalani; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Neave Criado; Ortega; Perez; Plesa; Ramos; Reynolds; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Sherman; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, S.; Turner; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

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

J. Lopez: "When Record No. 2017 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)

Morrison: "When Record No. 2017 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)


 

Thu 5/25/2023


(S) Signed in the Senate
 

Fri 5/26/2023


(H) Signed in the House


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Wed 5/10/2023) Testifying before House Environmental Regulation as Allmon, Eric for self (with Citizens to Protect North Texas Clean Air, Salado Creek Water and Air)
(Wed 5/10/2023) Testifying before House Environmental Regulation as Ambrose, Chap for self
(Wed 5/10/2023) Testifying before House Environmental Regulation as Camp, Jim for self
(Wed 5/10/2023) Testifying before House Environmental Regulation as Doty, Tim for self (with TCHD Consulting)
(Mon 3/13/2023) Testifying before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Doty, Tim for self (with TCHD Consulting LLC)
(Mon 3/13/2023) Testifying before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Goshen, Danielle for National Wildlife Federation
(Wed 5/10/2023) Testifying before House Environmental Regulation as Oldham, Melanie for Better Brazoria Clean Air and Water
(Wed 5/10/2023) Testifying before House Environmental Regulation as Schneider, Robin for self (with Texas Campaign for the Environment)
(Wed 5/10/2023) Testifying before House Environmental Regulation as Shelley, Adrian for Public Citizen
(Wed 5/10/2023) Testifying before House Environmental Regulation as Solice, Margaret for self
(Mon 3/13/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Clifford, Mike for Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before House Environmental Regulation as Erisman, Wendy for self
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before House Environmental Regulation as Goshen, Danielle for National Wildlife Federation
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before House Environmental Regulation as Haverlah, Sandra for Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before House Environmental Regulation as Kelly, Bill for Mayor's Office, City of Houston
(Mon 3/13/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Medina, Jose for self (with Public Citizen)
(Mon 3/13/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Metzger, Luke for self (with Environment Texas)
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before House Environmental Regulation as Moody-Fuller, Jacqueline for self
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before House Environmental Regulation as Reed, Cyrus for Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before House Environmental Regulation as Sabo, Jason for Environment Texas
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before House Environmental Regulation as Thomson, Susan for self
 

For

(Mon 3/13/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Essler, JC for Texas Poultry Federation
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before House Environmental Regulation as Phenix, Billy for Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before House Environmental Regulation as Posey, Matthew for TACA
(Wed 5/10/2023) Registering before House Environmental Regulation as Winegarner, Josh for Texas Cattle Feeders Association
 

On

(Mon 3/13/2023) Testifying before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Evans, Mary for self
(Wed 5/10/2023) Testifying before House Environmental Regulation as Evans, Mary for self
(Wed 5/10/2023) Testifying before House Environmental Regulation as Mills-Jurach, Kristi for Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
(Mon 3/13/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Mills-Jurach, Kristi for Texas Commission on Environmental Quality



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