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SJR28   Died in House Calendars Committee
Referred to House County Affairs Committee, chaired by a Democrat
Referred to Senate Local Government Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish the office of county treasurer of Galveston County.
Republican Bill, authored by Middleton
Co-authors: Creighton
Sponsors: Bonnen; Cain; Burrows; Canales; Garcia
Co-sponsors: Capriglione; Dean; Geren; Patterson; Shaheen

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Thu 1/12/2023


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

Wed 2/15/2023


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

Mon 3/20/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Tue 3/28/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Mon 4/3/2023


(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Tue 4/4/2023


(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 28 (R 19, D 9) - Nays 3 (R 0, D 3)

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

Nay - Gutierrez; West; Zaffirini

(S) Brandon Creighton signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Wed 4/12/2023


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

Thu 5/11/2023


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

Fri 5/19/2023


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


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Mon 3/20/2023) Testifying before Senate Local Government as Hawkins, Gayla for self (with County Treasurers Association of Texas)
(Mon 3/20/2023) Testifying before Senate Local Government as Henderson, Jennifer for self (with County Treasurers Association of Texas)
(Mon 3/20/2023) Registering before Senate Local Government as Chu, Nicholas for self (with Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
(Mon 3/20/2023) Registering before Senate Local Government as Hearn, Skylor for Sheriff's Association of Texas
(Mon 3/20/2023) Registering before Senate Local Government as Lopez, Carlos for self (with Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
(Mon 3/20/2023) Registering before Senate Local Government as Pantel, Jama for Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas
 

For

(Mon 3/20/2023) Testifying before Senate Local Government as Brantley, Jessie for self (with City of Dickinson)
(Mon 3/20/2023) Testifying before Senate Local Government as Davidson, Zach for self (with Galveston County)
(Mon 3/20/2023) Testifying before Senate Local Government as Dugie, Hank for self
(Mon 3/20/2023) Testifying before Senate Local Government as Lewis, Spencer for self (with Galveston County)
(Mon 3/20/2023) Testifying before Senate Local Government as Long, Nick for self (with League City)
(Mon 3/20/2023) Testifying before Senate Local Government as Saunders, Sean for self (with City of League City)
(Mon 3/20/2023) Testifying before Senate Local Government as West, Justin for self (with Galveston County Precinct 4 Constable)



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