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SB947   Signed by the Governor
Referred to House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, chaired by a Democrat
Referred to Senate Criminal Justice Committee, chaired by a Democrat
Caption: Relating to creating a criminal offense for damaging certain critical infrastructure facilities and providing for the prosecution of that conduct as manslaughter in certain circumstances; increasing a criminal penalty.
Republican Bill, authored by King
Co-authors: Schwertner
Sponsors: Hunter
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Wed 2/15/2023


(S) Filed
(S) Phil King signed onto the bill as Author
 

Fri 3/3/2023


(S) Referred to the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, chaired by a Democrat
 

Tue 3/21/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Tue 3/28/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Thu 4/6/2023


(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Wed 4/12/2023


(S) Placed on intent calendar
(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

 

Fri 4/14/2023


(H) Referred to the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, chaired by a Democrat
 

Tue 5/2/2023


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

Fri 5/12/2023


(H) House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Moody; Cook; Bhojani; Bowers; Darby; Harrison; Morales, Christina; Schatzline) Absents (Leach)
 

Fri 5/19/2023


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

Tue 5/23/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 2009 (SB 947 was passed)

RV#2009: Yeas 147 (R 84, D 63) - Nays 0 (R 0, D 0)
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Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; 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; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; 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; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Slawson; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

 

Wed 5/24/2023


(S) Charles Schwertner signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

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

(Tue 5/2/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Berel-Harrop, Sarah for self
(Tue 5/2/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Margulies, Jennifer for self
(Tue 5/2/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Nguyen, Quynh-Huong for self (with Woori Juntos)
(Tue 5/2/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Wu, Steven for self (with Woori Juntos)
 

For

(Tue 3/21/2023) Testifying before Senate Criminal Justice as Oney, Tom for Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)
(Tue 3/21/2023) Testifying before Senate Criminal Justice as Ryan, Jason for CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
(Tue 5/2/2023) Testifying before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Ryan, Jason for CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Albarado, Isaac for American Electric Power Texas
(Tue 5/2/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Batton, David for Harris County Deputies Organization Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 39
(Tue 5/2/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Bell, Mark for AECT
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Garza, Oscar for Austin Electric Power Texas
(Tue 5/2/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Hawthorne, Brian for self (with Sheriff's Association of Texas)
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Hunt, Ray for Houston Police Officers Union (HPOU)
(Tue 5/2/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Hunt, Ray for self (with Houston Police Officers Union (HPOU))
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Hutchinson, Scott for Entergy Texas
(Tue 5/2/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Islam, Nadia for City of San Antonio
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Jackson, Roy for Texas-New Mexico Power
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Landry, Mitch for Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA)
(Tue 5/2/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Louderback, AJ for Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Oney, Jessica for NRG Energy, Inc.
(Tue 5/2/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Parnell, James for Dallas Police Association (DPA)
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Ruggieri, Michael for Southwestern Electric Power Company
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Sadler, Kelly for American Electric Power Texas
(Tue 5/2/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Szimanski, Jennifer for Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT)
(Tue 5/2/2023) Registering before House Criminal Jurisprudence as Williams, M Paige for Dallas County District Attorney
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Williams, Mike for Texas Electric Cooperatives
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Williams, Paige for Dallas County District Attorney
(Tue 3/21/2023) Registering before Senate Criminal Justice as Zachary, Mance for Vistra Corporation



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