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SJR74   Passed by the House and Senate
This bill would cost taxpayers $1,000,204,406.00 over five years, according to the Legislative Budget Bureau.
Referred to House Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the centennial parks conservation fund.
Republican Bill, authored by Parker
Co-authors: Blanco; Eckhardt; Kolkhorst; Menéndez
Sponsors: Walle; Holland
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Mon 3/6/2023


(S) Filed
(S) Tan Parker signed onto the bill as Author
 

Thu 3/16/2023


(S) Referred to the Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Tue 4/11/2023


(S) César Blanco signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Thu 4/13/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Wed 4/19/2023


(S) Placed on intent calendar
(S) Sarah Eckhardt signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Thu 4/20/2023


(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 26 (R 14, D 12) - Nays 3 (R 3, D 0)

Yea - Alvarado; Bettencourt; Blanco; Campbell; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hancock; Hinojosa; Huffman; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; LaMantia; Menéndez; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Springer; West; Whitmire; Zaffirini

Nay - Hall; Hughes; Middleton

(S) José Menéndez signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Lois Kolkhorst signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Tue 4/25/2023


(H) Referred to the House Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Tue 5/2/2023


(H) House Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Ashby; Bailes; Flores; Holland; Morrison; Troxclair) Absents (Martinez; Collier; Garcia)
 

Tue 5/9/2023


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

Mon 5/15/2023


(H) A Democrat amendment (No. 1) from Walle amended the bill.
(H) Record Vote No. 1690 (CSSJR 74, as amended, was adopted)

RV#1690: Yeas 123 (R 62, D 61) - Nays 21 (R 21, 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; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; DeAyala; 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.; Hernandez; Herrero; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hunter; 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; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Orr; Ortega; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Stucky; Talarico; Thierry; Thimesch; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Cain; Dean; Dorazio; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hull; Isaac; Leo-Wilson; Patterson; Schaefer; Schatzline; Shaheen; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut

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

Stucky: "When Record No. 1690 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Tepper: "When Record No. 1690 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Troxclair: "When Record No. 1690 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Wilson: "When Record No. 1690 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Mon 5/22/2023


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


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

For

(Thu 4/13/2023) Testifying before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Metzger, Luke for self (with Environment Texas)
(Thu 4/13/2023) Testifying before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Sreenivasan, Rahul for Texas 2036
(Thu 4/13/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Good, Kevin for self (with Texans for State Parks)
(Thu 4/13/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Hinkle, Ron for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
(Thu 4/13/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Reed, Cyrus for Lone star chapter sierra club
(Thu 4/13/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Shepperd, John for self (with Texas Foundation for Conservation)
 

On

(Thu 4/13/2023) Testifying before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Goshen, Danielle for National Wildlife Federation
(Thu 4/13/2023) Testifying before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Olson, Lori for Texas Land Trust Council
(Thu 4/13/2023) Registering before Senate Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs as Franklin, Rodney for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department



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