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HB796
3rd Reading in Other Chamber Authored by Cecil Bell (R) View at Source
Caption: Relating to the Texas Sovereignty Act. Initially Referred to House State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican Last Referred to Senate State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
RPT Priority #8: End Federal Overreach ENDORSED TXCE Priority #1: 2025 Legislative Agenda ENDORSED GAWTP Priority #1: Liberty Bills ENDORSED
Joint authors: Gerdes (R); Leo Wilson (R); Metcalf (R); Spiller (R) Co-authors: Alders (R); Hayes (R); Holt (R); Little (R); Oliverson (R) Sponsors: King (R) Co-sponsors: A. Hinojosa (R); Creighton (R); Kolkhorst (R); Middleton (R)
(H) A. Hinojosa signed onto the bill as (H) Creighton signed onto the bill as (H) King signed onto the bill as (H) Kolkhorst signed onto the bill as (H) Middleton signed onto the bill as
Nov 12, 2024
(H) Bell, C. signed onto the bill as Author (H) Filed
Feb 20, 2025
(H) Gerdes signed onto the bill as Joint Author (H) Spiller signed onto the bill as Joint Author
Mar 5, 2025
(H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House State Affairs, chaired by a Republican
Mar 24, 2025
(H) Leo Wilson signed onto the bill as Joint Author
Mar 26, 2025
(H) Metcalf signed onto the bill as Joint Author (H) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (H) Considered in public hearing (H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee (H) Left pending in committee
Apr 2, 2025
(H) Holt signed onto the bill as Coauthor (H) House State Affairs met. (H) Considered in public hearing (H) Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Apr 8, 2025
(H) Hayes signed onto the bill as Coauthor
Apr 9, 2025
(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator (H) Committee report distributed
Apr 10, 2025
(H) Committee report sent to Calendars
Apr 15, 2025
(H) Little signed onto the bill as Coauthor
Apr 17, 2025
(H) Oliverson signed onto the bill as Coauthor
Apr 22, 2025
(H) Considered in Calendars
Apr 23, 2025
(H) Alders signed onto the bill as Coauthor
Apr 24, 2025
(H) Placed on General State Calendar (H) Read 2nd time (H) Point of order sustained (H) Returned to committee
Apr 25, 2025
(H) Considered in public hearing (H) Committee substitute considered in committee (H) Reported favorably as substituted
Apr 28, 2025
(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator (H) Committee report distributed
Apr 29, 2025
(H) Committee report sent to Calendars
May 2, 2025
(H) Considered in Calendars
May 5, 2025
(H) Placed on General State Calendar
May 6, 2025
(H) Read 2nd time (H) A Republican amendment (No. 1) from Tinderholt amended the bill. (H) Passed to engrossment as amended (H) Record vote
RV#1522: Yea 86 (R 83, D 3) - Nay 61 (R 2, D 59) View Source
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(H) Reported engrossed (S) Received from the House
May 13, 2025
(S) Read first time (S) Referred to the Senate State Affairs, chaired by a Republican
May 15, 2025
(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (S) Considered in public hearing (S) Testimony taken in committee (S) Left pending in committee
May 19, 2025
(S) Co-sponsor authorized
May 27, 2025
(S) Considered in public hearing (S) Vote taken in committee (S) Reported favorably as substituted (S) Committee report printed and distributed
May 28, 2025
(S) Co-sponsor authorized (S) Placed on intent calendar (S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business (S) Record vote (S) Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading (S) Record vote
20250528_HB796_2R: Yea 19 (R 19, D 0) - Nay 12 (R 1, D 11)
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Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill
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(Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Abdurrahman Kharbat for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Abrianne Steele for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Aleah Heilman for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Alec Fletcher for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Alessandra Ray for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Alex Nam for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Alexandra Harris for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Alexandria Connor for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Alexey Arkhipov for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Alexis Dillon for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Alexis Pappas for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Amanda McLaughlin for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Andrew Hendrickson for American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Angela Dai for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Austin Hounsel for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Brandi Nalley for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Carmen Bofill for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Caroline Fleming for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Cassandra Villalpando for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Chelsea Williams for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Chris Montgomery for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Ciera Lehman for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Clinton Burgos for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Dana Schult for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Daniel Brooks for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Daniel Kolenberg for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Daniel Nichols for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Deena Masson for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Denise Zamora for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Donald Gamblin for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Efren Esparza for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Emily Deptula for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Emma Liggett for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Estela Rodriguez for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Ewan Douglas for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Frances Sepulveda for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Gabriel Ovalle for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Gabriel Torres for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Gordy Carmona for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Hallie Seyer for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Hannah Hospital for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Harmony Vanscoy for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Hunter Allyn for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Ian Lee for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Isley Lambert for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as James Matherne for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Jaxon Bailey for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Jay Eilers for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Jenna Clifton for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Jennifer Solomon for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Jessica Lewis for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Jessica Plasters for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Jewel Massei for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as John Frohlichstein for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as John Madden for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as John Witt for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Jordan Auzenne for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Julia Lorenz for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Juliette Thurber for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Kaci Erwin for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Kaitlin Fuqua for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Kassandra Allbright for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Kathleen Trindade for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Kendall Farris for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Kierra Lewis for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Kirsty Brewster-Arnold for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Kohen Sisler for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Lauren McCool for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Logan Potter for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Logan Severin for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Lorenzo Mantia for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as M Meyer for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as MaryAnn McConnell for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Mayur Santani for self (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Melodia Gutierrez for self (with Human Rights Campaign) (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Meriem Layadi for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Michael Johnson for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Michael Muelhaupt for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Michael Roussy for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Michael Willhelm-Waid for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Nicolas Sheppard for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Omar Leal for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Patrick Camp for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Philip Leach for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Pranav Jayaraman for self (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Ren Morris for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Richard Matey for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Sabina Savelyeva for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Santiago Rodriguez for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Sara Ramirez for self (with 50501 - San Antonio) (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Sarah May for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Sezgi Sanders for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Shani Baum for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Simon Cox for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Spenser Cook for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Steven Deline for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Tatiana Klein for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Tay Moore for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Thomas Lauderbaugh for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Tinu Thomas for self (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Tory Morris for self (Thu 5/15/2025) Registering before S State 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