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SB784   Signed by the Governor
Referred to House Environmental Regulation Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state to regulate greenhouse gas emissions in this state and the express preemption of local regulation of those emissions.
Republican Bill, authored by Birdwell
Co-authors:
Sponsors: Landgraf
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Wed 2/8/2023


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

Wed 3/1/2023


(S) Referred to the Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Wed 3/22/2023


(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) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 25 (R 19, D 6) - Nays 6 (R 0, D 6)

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

Nay - Eckhardt; Gutierrez; Johnson; Menéndez; West; Zaffirini

 

Fri 4/14/2023


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

Tue 4/18/2023


(H) House Environmental Regulation Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Landgraf; Guerra; Bell, Keith; Kuempel; Lopez, Janie; Meza) Absents (Dean; Morales Shaw; Reynolds)
 

Tue 5/2/2023


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

Thu 5/11/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1557 (SB 784 was passed to third reading)

RV#1557: Yeas 96 (R 81, D 15) - Nays 43 (R 0, D 43)
View in House Legislative Journal

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

 

Fri 5/12/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1663 (SB 784 was passed)

RV#1663: Yeas 99 (R 83, D 16) - Nays 42 (R 0, D 42)
View in House Legislative Journal

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

Nay - Allen; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Cole; Collier; Davis; Flores; Gamez; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson, A.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Manuel; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Neave Criado; Ortega; Plesa; Ramos; Reynolds; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thierry; Thompson, S.; Turner; Wu; Zwiener

 

Mon 5/15/2023


(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

Against

(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Aslam, Muneeb for self
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Cuellar, Guadalupe for City of El Paso
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Griffith, Idona for self
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Guy, Linda for self
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Houston, Joshua for Texas Impact
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Islam, Nadia for City of San Antonio
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Nugent, Francis for Harris County Commissioners Court
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Person, Maria for self
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Sabo, Jason for Environment Texas
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Sparks, Clifford for City of Dallas
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Stewart, Susan for self
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Thomson, Thomas for self
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Van Maanen, Cynthia for self (with Travis County Democratic Party)
 

For

(Wed 3/22/2023) Testifying before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Bennett, Brent for Texas Public Policy Foundation
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Albright, Steven for AGC of Texas - Highway, Heavy, Utilities, and Industrial Branch
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Cannon, Thure for Texas Pipeline Association
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Deadrick, June for CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Grande, Rebecca for Texas Association of Business
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Kennedy, Braden for Texas Gas Service
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as McCormick, Travis for Panhandle Producers & Royalty Owners Association
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Modglin, Jason for Texas Alliance of Energy Producers
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Noonan, Chris for Texas Chemical Council
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Partida, Neftali for Phillips 66
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Paylor, Ryan for Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO)
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Posey, Matthew for Texas Aggregate and Concrete Association
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Spilman, Annie for National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Vickery, Mark for Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM)
 

On

(Wed 3/22/2023) Testifying before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Reed, Cyrus for Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club
(Wed 3/22/2023) Registering before Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development as Short, Samuel for Texas Commission on Environmental Quality



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