Wed 1/18/2023

(S) Filed
(S) Bryan Hughes signed onto the bill as Author
 

Fri 2/17/2023

(S) Referred to the Senate Veteran Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Tue 3/21/2023

(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Mon 3/27/2023

(S) Placed on intent calendar
(S) Bob Hall signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Tue 3/28/2023

(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 28 (R 19, D 9) - Nays 2 (R 0, D 2) Yea - Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Creighton; Flores; Gutierrez; Hall; Hancock; Huffman; Hughes; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; LaMantia; Menéndez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; Springer; Whitmire; Zaffirini

Nay - Eckhardt; Hinojosa

 

Mon 4/10/2023

(H) Referred to the House Defense & Veterans' Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Thu 4/27/2023

(H) House Defense & Veterans' Affairs Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Wilson; Bumgarner; Dorazio; Frank; Garcia; Morales Shaw; Muñoz, Jr.; Slaton) Nays (Lopez, Ray)
 

Tue 5/16/2023

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

Mon 5/22/2023

(H) Record Vote No. 1935 (SB 493 was passed)

RV#1935: Yeas 126 (R 83, D 43) - Nays 14 (R 0, D 14) View in House Legislative Journal Yea - Allen; Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; 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; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Metcalf; Meyer; Morales Shaw; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Murr; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Price; Raney; Raymond; Rogers; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson

Nay - Davis; Flores; Hinojosa; Lopez, R.; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Morales, C.; Plesa; Ramos; Reynolds; Romero; Rosenthal; Wu; Zwiener

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded. Bernal: "When Record No. 1935 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Neave Criado: "When Record No. 1935 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep) Rose: "When Record No. 1935 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) Schaefer: "When Record No. 1935 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

 

Wed 5/24/2023

(S) Signed in the Senate
 

Thu 5/25/2023

(H) Signed in the House

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Veteran Affairs as Griffith, Idona for self
 

(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Veteran Affairs as Parkinson, Thomas for self
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Veteran Affairs as West, William for American Legion
 

(Tue 3/21/2023) Testifying before Senate Veteran Affairs as Palladino, Thomas for Texas Veterans Commission