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SB796   Vetoed by the Governor
Referred to House Insurance Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate Business & Commerce Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to arbitration provisions in surplus lines insurance contracts.
Republican Bill, authored by Middleton
Co-authors: Menéndez
Sponsors: Johnson, Ann
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Thu 2/9/2023


(S) Filed
(S) Mayes Middleton signed onto the bill as Author
 

Wed 3/1/2023


(S) Referred to the Senate Business & Commerce Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Tue 3/21/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Mon 3/27/2023


(S) Placed on intent calendar
(S) José Menéndez signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Thu 3/30/2023


(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

 

Wed 4/12/2023


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

Tue 4/18/2023


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

Thu 4/27/2023


(H) House Insurance Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Oliverson; Johnson, Ann; Cain; Cortez; Harris, Caroline; Hull; Johnson, Julie; Paul; Perez)
 

Thu 5/11/2023


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

Thu 5/18/2023


(H) A Democrat amendment (No. 1) from Johnson, A. amended the bill.
(H) A Republican amendment (No. 2) from Schofield failed and was not adopted.
(H) Record Vote No. 1834 (Amendment No. 2 (Schofield) failed of adoption)

RV#1834: Yeas 8 (R 8, D 0) - Nays 137 (R 76, D 61)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Anderson; Dorazio; Guillen; Holland; Kitzman; Raney; Schofield; VanDeaver

Nay - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; 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; Ramos; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

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

Isaac: "When Record No. 1834 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Schatzline: "When Record No. 1834 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Fri 5/19/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1867 (SB 796 was passed)

RV#1867: Yeas 136 (R 76, D 60) - Nays 3 (R 3, D 0)
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Button; 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; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Hayes; Hefner; 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; 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; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Talarico; Tepper; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Zwiener

Nay - Cain; Raney; Wilson

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

Cain: "When Record No. 1867 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Harrison: "When Record No. 1867 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)

Swanson: "When Record No. 1867 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)

Toth: "When Record No. 1867 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Wilson: "When Record No. 1867 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Sun 5/28/2023


(S) Signed in the Senate
 

Mon 5/29/2023


(H) Signed in the House


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Tue 4/18/2023) Testifying before House Insurance as Schnautz, Jon for National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Alexander, Lee Ann for American Property and Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA)
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Kelly, Brady for Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Marlow, John for Chubb, Inc
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Meroney, Shannon for Chubb, Inc
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Schnautz, Jon for National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies
 

For

(Tue 3/21/2023) Testifying before Senate Business & Commerce as Beneke, Jim for Texas Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (TAPIA)
(Tue 4/18/2023) Testifying before House Insurance as Beneke, Jim for self (with Texas Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (TAPIA))
(Tue 3/21/2023) Testifying before Senate Business & Commerce as Bhandara, Feroze for self
(Tue 3/21/2023) Testifying before Senate Business & Commerce as Dilick, Matt for self
(Tue 4/18/2023) Testifying before House Insurance as Eiland, Craig for self (with Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
(Tue 3/21/2023) Testifying before Senate Business & Commerce as Haenisch, Barry for Texas Association of Community Schools
(Tue 3/21/2023) Testifying before Senate Business & Commerce as Morrison, Clay for National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (NAPIA)
(Tue 4/18/2023) Testifying before House Insurance as Raizner, Jeff for self
(Tue 3/21/2023) Testifying before Senate Business & Commerce as Wendell, Ware for Texas Watch
(Tue 4/18/2023) Testifying before House Insurance as Wendell, Ware for Texas Watch
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Eiland, Craig for self (with Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Holmquist, Bird for Texas Surplus Lines Assoc.
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Loftis, Lee for Independent Insurance Agents of Texas
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Posey, Jake for National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (NAPIA)
 

On

(Tue 4/18/2023) Testifying before House Insurance as Thompson, Jay for Wsia
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Business & Commerce as Baker, Marianne for Texas Department of Insurance
(Tue 4/18/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Walker, Jamie for Texas Department of Insurance



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