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SB68   Signed by the Governor
Referred to House Public Education Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate Education Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to visit a professional's workplace for a career investigation day.
Democrat Bill, authored by Zaffirini
Co-authors: LaMantia; Springer
Sponsors: Murr; Talarico
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Mon 11/14/2022


(S) Filed
 

Wed 2/15/2023


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

Wed 3/8/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Mon 3/13/2023


(S) Drew Springer signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 4/5/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Mon 4/17/2023


(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Wed 4/19/2023


(S) Morgan LaMantia signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Thu 4/20/2023


(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

 

Tue 4/25/2023


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

Fri 4/28/2023


(H) House Public Education Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Buckley; Allison; Cunningham; Harris, Cody; Harrison; Hefner; Hinojosa; Schaefer; Talarico) Absents (Allen; Dutton; King, Ken; Longoria)
 

Wed 5/3/2023


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

Thu 5/11/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1490 (SB 68 was passed)

RV#1490: Yeas 139 (R 78, D 61) - Nays 4 (R 4, D 0)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; 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. 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; 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; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schofield; Shaheen; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Cain; Gates; Schatzline; Toth

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

Anderson: "When Record No. 1490 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)

Gates: "When Record No. 1490 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Isaac: "When Record No. 1490 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Schatzline: "When Record No. 1490 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Fri 5/12/2023


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

Wed 5/24/2023


(E) Signed by the Governor


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

For

(Wed 3/8/2023) Testifying before Senate Education as Friese, Jan for Texas Counseling Association
(Wed 3/8/2023) Testifying before Senate Education as Harwell, Alexandra for self
(Wed 3/8/2023) Testifying before Senate Education as Klaus, Cody for self
(Wed 3/8/2023) Testifying before Senate Education as Neatherlin, Jenifer for self (with Granger ISD)
(Wed 3/8/2023) Testifying before Senate Education as Tucker, Nathan for self
(Wed 3/8/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Allmon, Jennifer for Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops
(Wed 3/8/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Hale, Kevin for self (with Libertarian Party of Texas)
(Wed 3/8/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Kennon, Suzi for self (with Texas Parent Teacher Association (PTA))
(Wed 3/8/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Mares, Bryan for National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter
(Wed 3/8/2023) Registering before Senate Education as McCreary, Casey for self (with Texas Association of School Administrators)
(Wed 3/8/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Meroney, Mike for self (with Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM))
(Wed 3/8/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Noble, Shannon for Texas Air Conditioning Contractors Association
(Wed 3/8/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Noble, Shannon for Texas Industrial Vocational Association
(Wed 3/8/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Spilman, Annie for National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
(Wed 3/8/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Terry, Mark for Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association
 

On

(Wed 3/8/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Marin, Eric for Texas Education Agency
(Wed 3/8/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Martinez, Monica for Texas Education Agency
(Wed 3/8/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Meyer, Mike for Texas Education Agency
(Wed 3/8/2023) Registering before Senate Education as Terry, James for Texas Education Agency



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