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SB694   Signed by the Governor
Referred to House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to liability of a religious organization or an employee or volunteer of a religious organization for security services provided to the organization.
Republican Bill, authored by Hughes
Co-authors: Creighton
Sponsors: Leach
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Fri 2/3/2023


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

Fri 2/17/2023


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

Mon 3/27/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Thu 3/30/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Thu 4/6/2023


(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Tue 4/11/2023


(S) Brandon Creighton signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 4/12/2023


(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 21 (R 18, D 3) - Nays 9 (R 0, D 9)

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

Nay - Alvarado; Blanco; Eckhardt; Gutierrez; Johnson; LaMantia; Menéndez; West; Whitmire

 

Mon 4/24/2023


(H) Referred to the House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Wed 5/3/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee met and decided to leave this bill pending without objection.
 

Wed 5/10/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Leach; Murr; Schofield; Slawson; Vasut) Nays (Flores) Absents (Johnson, Julie; Davis; Moody)
 

Wed 5/17/2023


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

Tue 5/23/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1994 (SB 694 was passed)

RV#1994: Yeas 86 (R 77, D 9) - Nays 53 (R 1, D 52)
View in House Legislative Journal

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

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

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

Campos: "When Record No. 1994 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Frazier: "When Record No. 1994 was taken, I was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Murr: "When Record No. 1994 was taken, I was excused because of a committee meeting. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Thierry: "When Record No. 1994 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (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

(Mon 3/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Berel-Harrop, Sarah for self
(Mon 3/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Bonner, Charlie for Consultant
(Mon 3/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Breeding, William for self
(Mon 3/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Clouston, Rosemarie for self
(Mon 3/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Darci, Lauryn for self
(Mon 3/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Goldstein, Mia for self
(Mon 3/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Hazel, Erin for self
(Mon 3/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Hopkins, Julia for self
(Mon 3/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Kincaid, Jeannette for self
(Mon 3/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Margolis, Eve for self
 

For

(Wed 5/3/2023) Registering before House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Allmon, Jennifer for Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops
(Mon 3/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Andrews, Jenny for Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops
(Mon 3/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Brown, Rayford for self
(Mon 3/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Carter, David for self
(Mon 3/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Case Pickens, Liz for self
(Mon 3/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Durnin, Liinda for self
(Mon 3/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Escamilla, Sylvia for self
(Mon 3/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Hayter, Russell for self
(Mon 3/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Lucas, Susan for self (with State Republican Executive Committee)
(Mon 3/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Rubsam, Vicki for self
(Mon 3/27/2023) Registering before Senate State Affairs as Warms, Veronikah for Texas Civil Rights Project



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