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SB505   Signed by the Governor
Referred to House Transportation Committee, chaired by a Democrat
Referred to Senate Transportation Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to imposing an additional fee for the registration of an electric vehicle.
Republican Bill, authored by Nichols
Co-authors: Blanco; Creighton; Miles; Schwertner; West
Sponsors: Canales
Co-sponsors:

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Thu 1/19/2023


(S) Filed
(S) Robert Nichols signed onto the bill as Author
 

Wed 2/15/2023


(S) César Blanco signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Fri 2/17/2023


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

Tue 3/7/2023


(S) Borris Miles signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 3/22/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Mon 3/27/2023


(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Wed 3/29/2023


(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) Brandon Creighton signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Charles Schwertner signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Royce West signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Mon 4/3/2023


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

Mon 4/24/2023


(H) House Transportation Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Canales; Raney; Ashby; Davis; Gamez; Harris, Caroline; Landgraf; Lozano; Lujan; Ordaz; Perez; Romero, Jr.) Absents (Patterson)
 

Tue 4/25/2023


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

Wed 4/26/2023


(H) A Democrat amendment (No. 1) from Zwiener failed and was not adopted.
(H) Record Vote No. 573 (Amendment No. 1 (Zwiener) failed of adoption)

RV#573: Yeas 28 (R 0, D 28) - Nays 113 (R 83, D 30)
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Yea - Allen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Cole; Davis; Flores; Gervin-Hawkins; González, M.; Goodwin; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, V.; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Ortega; Ramos; Reynolds; Rosenthal; Talarico; Turner; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Goldman; González, J.; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Holland; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Jones, J.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Metcalf; Meyer; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Murr; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Raney; Raymond; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Slaton; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Tepper; Thimesch; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson

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

Bhojani: "When Record No. 573 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)

E. Thompson: "When Record No. 573 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Garcia: "When Record No. 573 was taken, I was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


(H) A Democrat amendment (No. 2) from Flores failed and was not adopted.
(H) Record Vote No. 574 (Amendment No. 2 (Flores) failed of adoption)

RV#574: Yeas 37 (R 0, D 37) - Nays 104 (R 83, D 21)
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Yea - Allen; Bowers; Bryant; Campos; Cole; Davis; Flores; Gamez; Garcia; Gervin-Hawkins; González, M.; Goodwin; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Neave Criado; Ortega; Plesa; Ramos; Reynolds; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thierry; Turner; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Goldman; González, J.; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Holland; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Metcalf; Meyer; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Murr; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Price; Raney; Raymond; Rogers; Romero; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Slaton; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; 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.

Bhojani: "When Record No. 574 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)

Frazier: "When Record No. 574 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)


(H) Record Vote No. 575 (SB 505 was passed to third reading)

RV#575: Yeas 142 (R 83, D 59) - Nays 4 (R 0, D 4)
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Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; 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.; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; 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.; 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; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Raney; 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; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu

Nay - Goodwin; Johnson, J. D.; Ramos; Zwiener

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

Bhojani: "When Record No. 575 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)

Slaton: "When Record No. 575 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Thu 4/27/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 589 (SB 505 was passed)

RV#589: Yeas 145 (R 85, D 60) - Nays 0 (R 0, D 0)
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Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; 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; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; 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; Patterson; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Slaton; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

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

Goodwin: "When Record No. 589 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

J. Jones: "When Record No. 589 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)


 

Tue 5/2/2023


(S) Signed in the Senate
(H) Signed in the House
 

Sat 5/13/2023


(E) Signed by the Governor


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as Sabo, Jason for Environment Texas
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as Spenrath, Micalah for Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance (TAEBA)
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as Welch, Matt for Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation
 

For

(Wed 3/22/2023) Testifying before Senate Transportation as Boyer, Victor for Transportation Advocates of Texas (TAoT)
(Wed 3/22/2023) Testifying before Senate Transportation as Braziel, Robert for Texas Automobile Dealers Association
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as Albright, Steven for AGC of Texas
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as Bird, Brandi for Dallas Regional Mobility Coalition
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as Borskey, Mark for Texas Trucking Association
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as Boyer, Victor for San Antonio Mobility Coalition (SAMCo)
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as Brophey, Patrick for North Texas Commission
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as Bush, Kyle for Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM)
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as Davis, Joy for Texas Farm Bureau Insurance
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as Huddleston, Cheri for Ports-to-Plains Alliance
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as Kincaid, Kal for Texas Materials Group, a CRH Company
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as McMahon, Lori for Toyota
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as McMahon, Lori for Toyota
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as O'Ryan, Anne for AAA Texas
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as Partida, Neftali for Gulf States Toyota
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as Paylor, Ryan for Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO)
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as Rash, Jeannette for Transportation Advocacy Group - Houston
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as Rhodes, Fran for self (with True Texas Project)
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as Rodman, Don for Alliance for I-69 Texas
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as Sims, Jami for Real Estate Council of Austin
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as Snowden, Tara for VP, Public Affairs
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as Sreenivasan, Rahul for Texas 2036
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as Stewart, Scott for American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as Wilkes, Morris for New Car Dealers of West Texas
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as Wynn, Monty for Texas Municipal League
 

On

(Wed 3/22/2023) Testifying before Senate Transportation as Reed, Cyrus for Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter
(Wed 3/22/2023) Testifying before Senate Transportation as Smith, Tom "Smitty" for Texas Electric Transportation Resources Alliance (TxETRA)
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Transportation as Thompson, Clint for Texas Department of Motor Vehicles



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