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HB1828

Filed without the Governor's Signature
Authored by Angelia Orr (R)
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Caption: Relating to legislative leave for correctional officers employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Initially Referred to House Corrections Committee, chaired by a Republican
Last Referred to Senate Criminal Justice Committee, chaired by a Republican

HB 1828 seeks to amend the Government Code to allow correctional officers employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to voluntarily transfer up to eight hours of accrued compensatory or annual leave to a legislative leave pool each year. The legislative leave pool is intended to support correctional officers taking leave for legislative purposes on behalf of associations related to their employment. The bill outlines the administration of this leave pool, including crediting donated time, limitations on hours withdrawable, and rules for its use. The associations supported must have at least 5,000 members and be governed by a board of directors. The bill stipulates operational procedures and limits on usage.

Joint authors: Jones, V. (D); Wharton (R)
Co-authors: Plesa (D)
Sponsors: Flores (R)

Jan 13, 2025

(H) Orr signed onto the bill as Author
(H) Filed

Feb 19, 2025

(H) Wharton signed onto the bill as Joint Author

Mar 14, 2025

(H) Read first time
(H) Referred to the House Corrections, chaired by a Republican

Apr 9, 2025

(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 15, 2025

(H) Jones, V. signed onto the bill as Joint Author

Apr 16, 2025

(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

Apr 29, 2025

(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
(H) Committee report distributed
(H) Committee report sent to Calendars

May 2, 2025

(H) Considered in Calendars

May 5, 2025

(H) Plesa signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Placed on General State Calendar
(H) Read 2nd time
(H) Passed to engrossment

May 6, 2025

(H) Read 3rd time
(H) Passed
(H) Record vote

RV#1471: Yea 118 (R 57, D 61) - Nay 30 (R 30, D 0)
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Yea - Allen; Anchia; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Gonzalez, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Holt; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Munoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodriguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Simmons; Smithee; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener
Nay - Alders; Bumgarner; Cain; Cook; Dorazio; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hickland; Hopper; Kerwin; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; Luther; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Patterson; Pierson; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Virdell
Present, Not Voting - Burrows
Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.
Joanne Shofner: "When Record No. 1471 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)
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(H) Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
(H) Reported engrossed

May 7, 2025

(S) Received from the House

May 20, 2025

(S) Read first time
(S) Referred to the Senate Criminal Justice, chaired by a Republican

May 22, 2025

(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
(S) Considered in public hearing
(S) Vote taken in committee

May 23, 2025

(S) Reported favorably w/o amendments
(S) Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
(S) Committee report printed and distributed

May 26, 2025

(H) Senate passage reported
(H) Reported enrolled

May 27, 2025

(H) Signed in the House

May 28, 2025

(E) Sent to the Governor

(H) Flores signed onto the bill as Sponsor

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

For

(Wed 4/9/2025) Testifying before H Corrections as Jeff Ormsby for Texas correctional employees council
(Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before H Corrections as Brian Hawthorne for Sheriffs' Association of Texas (SAT)
(Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before H Corrections as Bryan Flatt for Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA)
(Thu 5/22/2025) Registering before S Criminal Justice as James Parnell for self (with Dallas Police Association)
(Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before H Corrections as Marshall Kenderdine for Texas Correctional Employees Council
(Thu 5/22/2025) Registering before S Criminal Justice as Marshall Kenderdine for Texas Correctional Employees Council
(Thu 5/22/2025) Registering before S Criminal Justice as Marshall Kenderdine for Texas Public Employees Association (TPEA)
(Thu 5/22/2025) Registering before S Criminal Justice as Ray Hunt for self (with Houston Police Officers Union (HPOU))

(Wed 4/9/2025) Registering before H Corrections as Mary Babcock for Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ)