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SB888   Passed by the House and Senate
Referred to House County Affairs Committee, chaired by a Democrat
Referred to Senate Local Government Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to fire escape exemptions for certain courthouses.
Republican Bill, authored by Perry
Co-authors:
Sponsors: Frank
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Mon 2/13/2023


(S) Filed
(S) Charles Perry signed onto the bill as Author
 

Wed 3/1/2023


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

Mon 3/20/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Tue 4/4/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Thu 4/20/2023


(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 30 (R 18, D 12) - Nays 1 (R 1, 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; West; Whitmire; Zaffirini

Nay - Springer

 

Fri 4/21/2023


(H) Referred to the House County Affairs Committee, chaired by a Democrat
 

Mon 4/24/2023


(H) House County Affairs Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Neave Criado; Stucky; Gerdes; Jones, Jolanda; Orr; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Slaton; Tinderholt)
 

Wed 5/3/2023


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

Thu 5/11/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1489 (SB 888 was passed)

RV#1489: Yeas 137 (R 77, D 60) - Nays 4 (R 4, 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; 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; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; 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; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Cain; Gates; Harris, C. J.; Vasut

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

Guerra: "When Record No. 1489 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)

Isaac: "When Record No. 1489 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

J. Jones: "When Record No. 1489 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)

Schatzline: "When Record No. 1489 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Toth: "When Record No. 1489 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Fri 5/12/2023


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


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

For

(Mon 3/20/2023) Registering before Senate Local Government as Thompson Thompson, John for County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas
 

On

(Mon 3/20/2023) Testifying before Senate Local Government as Hernandez, Orlando for State Fire Marshal's Office of Texas
(Mon 3/20/2023) Registering before Senate Local Government as Allen, Chuck for State Fire Marshal's Office of Texas



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