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SB599   Signed by the Governor
Referred to House Community Safety, Select Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to the carrying or possession of a handgun by a district or county clerk and the issuance of a handgun license to a district or county clerk.
Republican Bill, authored by Birdwell
Co-authors: Bettencourt; Hughes
Sponsors: Anderson; Orr; Guillen; Harris, Cody
Co-sponsors: Frazier

View at Texas Legislature Online

Wed 1/25/2023


(S) Filed
(S) Brian Birdwell signed onto the bill as Author
 

Fri 2/17/2023


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

Mon 2/27/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Wed 3/8/2023


(S) Paul Bettencourt signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 3/15/2023


(S) Placed on intent calendar
(S) Bryan Hughes signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Thu 3/16/2023


(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 29 (R 18, D 11) - Nays 1 (R 0, D 1)

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

Nay - Gutierrez

 

Mon 4/10/2023


(H) Referred to the House Community Safety, Select Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Tue 4/18/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Community Safety, Select Committee met and decided to leave this bill pending without objection.
 

Thu 4/20/2023


(H) House Community Safety, Select Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Guillen; Bowers; Burrows; Canales; Dorazio; Harless; King, Tracy O.; Landgraf; Troxclair) Presents (Goodwin) Absents (Johnson, Jarvis; Holland; Moody)
 

Thu 4/27/2023


(H) House Community Safety, Select Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Guillen; Bowers; Burrows; Canales; Dorazio; Landgraf; Troxclair) Nays (Johnson, Jarvis; Goodwin; King, Tracy O.; Moody) Absents (Harless; Holland)
 

Mon 5/8/2023


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

Wed 5/17/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1769 (SB 599 was passed)

RV#1769: Yeas 91 (R 83, D 8) - Nays 53 (R 0, D 53)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allison; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Frank; Frazier; Gates; Gerdes; Goldman; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Holland; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Lopez, J.; Lozano; Lujan; Metcalf; Meyer; Morales, E.; Morrison; Murr; Noble; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Price; Ramos; 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; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Cole; Collier; Davis; Flores; Gamez; Garcia; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lalani; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Muñoz; Neave Criado; Ordaz; Ortega; Perez; Plesa; Reynolds; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; 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.

Guerra: "When Record No. 1769 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Martinez: "When Record No. 1769 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Ramos: "When Record No. 1769 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (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

Against

(Mon 2/27/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Foster, Cheryl for self
(Mon 2/27/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Hill, Jack for self
(Mon 2/27/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Shank, Erin for self
(Mon 2/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Allsup, Ashlea for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Blankenship, Sandra for self
(Mon 2/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Blaschke, Lisa for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Brauer, Andrea for self
(Mon 2/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Carranza, Susana for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Chance, Carol for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Cornelius, Tracy for self
(Mon 2/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Crane, Angela for self (with Travis County Democratic Party)
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Figueroa, Sarah for self
(Mon 2/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Frost, Lucy for self
(Mon 2/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Golden, Nicole for Texas Gun Sense
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Golden, Nicole for self (with Texas Gun Sense)
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Griffith, Carrie for self
(Mon 2/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Griffith, Idona for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Guidry, Jennifer for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Guy, Linda for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Hommel, Solange for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Kling, Kelsey for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Kling, Steven for self (with Gun Owners for Safety)
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Kopenec, Stefani for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Korson, Lisa for self
(Mon 2/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Pearson, Eldon for self
(Mon 2/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Person, Maria for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Pfiester, Nancy for self
(Mon 2/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Prendergast, Holly for self
(Mon 2/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Prichard, Graham for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Rosenberg, Chris for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Schenkkan, Frances for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Stewart, Susan for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Swami, Ramya for Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
 

For

(Tue 4/18/2023) Testifying before House Community Safety, Select as Belsick, Michael for self
(Mon 2/27/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Gimble, Jon for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Testifying before House Community Safety, Select as Gimble, Jon for self (with Elected District Clerk of McLennan County)
(Mon 2/27/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Grisham, CJ for self
(Mon 2/27/2023) Testifying before Senate State Affairs as Grisham, CJ for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Bohnert, Henry for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Bohnert, Richard for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Bolgiano, John for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Crow, Tisha for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Gibson, Leigh for self (with Gun owners of America)
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Hayes, Richard for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Leihsing, Stephanie for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as McNutt, Chris for self (with Texas Gun Rights)
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as O'Neil, Robin for self
(Mon 2/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Parkinson, Thomas for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Parkinson, Thomas for self
(Mon 2/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Roberts, Cary for County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Thornburg, Clinton for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Virdell, Wesley for Gun Owners of America
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Community Safety, Select as Willeford, Stephen for self
 

On

(Tue 4/18/2023) Testifying before House Community Safety, Select as Hester, Jason for Texas Department of Public Safety



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