FIFTY-THIRD DAY --- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2025
The house met at 10 a.m. and was called to order by the speaker.
The roll of the house was called and a quorum was announced present (Record 938).
Present — Mr. Speaker(C); Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Vo.
The invocation was offered by Scot Wall, state minister, Capitol Commission, Austin.
The chair recognized Representative Lalani who led the house in the pledges of allegiance to the United States and Texas flags.
LEAVES OF ABSENCE GRANTED
The following member was granted leave of absence for today because of important business in the district:
Bernal on motion of Turner.
The following member was granted leave of absence temporarily for today because of important business in the district:
Vo on motion of Wu.
PASTOR OF THE DAY
The chair presented Abdul Hakim Hamid, imam, North Austin Muslim Community Center, Austin, as the "Pastor of the Day."
CAPITOL PHYSICIAN
The chair presented Dr. Roseanne Popp of Houston as the "Doctor for the Day."
The house welcomed Dr. Popp and thanked them for their participation in the Physician of the Day Program sponsored by the Texas Academy of Family Physicians.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE GRANTED
The following member was granted leave of absence temporarily for today because of important business:
Schoolcraft on motion of Richardson.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
A message from the senate was received at this time (see the addendum to the daily journal, Messages from the Senate, Message No. 1).
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS SIGNED BY THE SPEAKER
Notice was given at this time that the speaker had signed bills and resolutions in the presence of the house (see the addendum to the daily journal, Signed by the Speaker, House List No. 5).
REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS SUSPENDED
On motion of Representative Geren and by unanimous consent, the reading and referral of bills was postponed until just prior to adjournment.
COMMITTEES GRANTED PERMISSION TO MEET
Representative Harless moved that the house grant permission for all committees and subcommittees to meet while the house is in session, pursuant to their committee postings or recess motions. For purposes of this motion, committees and subcommittees scheduled to meet or reconvene today upon final adjournment or recess or during bill referral if permission is granted are authorized to convene upon adoption by the house of today's adjournment motion.
Permission to meet was granted.
HR 399 - PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED
(by Muñoz)
The chair laid out the following previously adopted resolution:
HR 399, Commending Battalion Chief Sergio Vasquez and engineers Jesus Gonzalez and Charlie Cavazos of the Pharr Fire Department for deploying to California to battle the 2025 wildfires.
INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS
The chair recognized Representative Muñoz who introduced representatives of the Pharr Fire Department.
INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS
The chair recognized Representative Shofner who introduced representatives of Stephen F. Austin State University.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE GRANTED
Pursuant to a previous motion, the following member was granted leave of absence temporarily for today to attend a meeting of the Conference Committee on SB 1:
Orr on motion of Harris.
(Harris in the chair)
HB 1006 - NOTICE GIVEN
At 10:36 a.m., pursuant to the provisions of Rule 7, Section 37(c), of the House Rules, Representative Virdell gave notice that he would, in one hour, move to reconsider the vote by which HB 1006 failed to pass to engrossment by Record No. 877.
GENERAL STATE CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS
THIRD READING
The following bills were laid before the house and read third time:
SB 1806 ON THIRD READING
(Craddick and Darby - House Sponsors)
SB 1806, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the inspection, purchase, sale, possession, storage, transportation, and disposal of petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, and oil and gas waste; creating criminal offenses and increasing the punishment for an existing criminal offense.
SB 1806 was passed by (Record 939): 143 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr.
Absent — Little.
SB 783 ON THIRD READING
(Hernandez and Darby - House Sponsors)
SB 783, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to certain regulations adopted by governmental entities for the construction or alteration of residential or commercial buildings.
SB 783 was passed by (Record 940): 112 Yeas, 29 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; 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; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shaheen; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Bumgarner; Cain; Cook; Dorazio; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hopper; Isaac; LaHood; Louderback; Lowe; Luther; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schofield; Shofner; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Wilson.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr.
Absent — Gates; Lozano; Slawson.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 940 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Craddick
When Record No. 940 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Curry
When Record No. 940 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.
Gates
When Record No. 940 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Morgan
When Record No. 940 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Patterson
When Record No. 940 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Schofield
When Record No. 940 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted no.
Slawson
SB 1271 ON THIRD READING
(Frank and Buckley - House Sponsors)
SB 1271, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of this state over United States military installations with respect to certain subject matters.
SB 1271 was passed by (Record 941): 134 Yeas, 8 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Moody; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu.
Nays — Bryant; Canales; Goodwin; Jones, J.; Meza; Morales, C.; Rodríguez Ramos; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr.
Absent — Garcia, L.; Lopez, R.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 941 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Goodwin
SB 326 ON THIRD READING
(Capriglione, McQueeney, Metcalf, and Raymond - House Sponsors)
SB 326, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the procedure for determining whether a student's violation of a public school's or public institution of higher education's student code of conduct was motivated by antisemitism.
SB 326 was passed by (Record 942): 129 Yeas, 8 Nays, 4 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, E.; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Richardson; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Bryant; Goodwin; Jones, J.; Lalani; Manuel; Morales, C.; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C); Howard; Morales Shaw.
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr.
Absent — Bowers; Isaac; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Vasut.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 942 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote present, not voting.
Bryant
When Record No. 942 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote present, not voting.
Goodwin
When Record No. 942 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote present, not voting.
C. Morales
When Record No. 942 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Rose
When Record No. 942 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Vasut
SB 1637 ON THIRD READING
(Hefner - House Sponsor)
SB 1637, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the prosecution of the offense of deadly conduct.
SB 1637 was passed by (Record 943): 102 Yeas, 41 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cole; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, M.; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Moody; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Richardson; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.
Nays — Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Canales; Collier; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; Goodwin; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lalani; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Simmons; Spiller; Talarico; Thompson; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr.
Absent — Lopez, R.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 943 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Allen
When Record No. 943 was taken, I was excused for important business in the district. I would have voted no.
Bernal
When Record No. 943 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Bowers
When Record No. 943 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Martinez
When Record No. 943 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Spiller
LEAVE OF ABSENCE GRANTED
Pursuant to a previous motion, the following member was granted leave of absence temporarily for today to attend a meeting of the Conference Committee on SB 1:
Walle on motion of Harris.
SB 769 ON THIRD READING
(M. González and Manuel - House Sponsors)
SB 769, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to a report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding enrollment and success in higher education for students with disabilities.
SB 769 was passed by (Record 944): 97 Yeas, 43 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Ashby; Cain; Canales; Cook; Dorazio; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Wharton.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr; Walle.
Absent — Davis, A.; LaHood; Virdell.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 944 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Patterson
When Record No. 944 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Spiller
When Record No. 944 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.
Virdell
SB 897 ON THIRD READING
(R. Lopez - House Sponsor)
SB 897, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the administration of a grant program to support community mental health programs assisting veterans and their families.
SB 897 was passed by (Record 945): 142 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr; Walle.
Absent — Flores.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 945 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Flores
SB 1035 ON THIRD READING
(Spiller, Harris, Ashby, Cain, et al. - House Sponsors)
SB 1035, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to equitable relief from the enforcement of certain governmental requirements that affect agricultural operations.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE GRANTED
The following member was granted leave of absence temporarily for today because of important business:
Hinojosa on motion of Goodwin.
SB 1035 - (consideration continued)
SB 1035 was passed by (Record 946): 140 Yeas, 2 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Meza; Rodríguez Ramos.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr; Walle.
(Orr now present)
SB 1706 ON THIRD READING
(Ordaz, Bonnen, Paul, J. Lopez, Capriglione, et al. - House Sponsors)
SB 1706, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority of the governing board of a state governmental body to conduct a closed meeting to deliberate an issue involving certain defense, military, or aerospace issues.
SB 1706 was passed by (Record 947): 120 Yeas, 20 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, M.; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Moody; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Richardson; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Bryant; Cain; Canales; Cook; González, J.; Goodwin; Harrison; Hopper; Isaac; Leo Wilson; Luther; Manuel; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morgan; Olcott; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Swanson.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Walle.
Absent — Buckley; Orr; Slawson.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 947 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted no.
Slawson
SB 1185 ON THIRD READING
(Metcalf - House Sponsor)
SB 1185, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to an exemption from boiler registration and inspection requirements for certain boilers in medical equipment and autoclaves.
SB 1185 was passed by (Record 948): 135 Yeas, 6 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — González, J.; Harrison; Hopper; Manuel; Money; Olcott.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Walle.
Absent — Buckley; Orr.
SB 1194 ON THIRD READING
(Buckley, Hickland, Curry, and Spiller - House Sponsors)
SB 1194, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to creating the Central Texas Water Alliance; providing authority to issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain; providing authority to impose fees.
SB 1194 was passed by (Record 949): 121 Yeas, 20 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Cain; Canales; Dorazio; Harris Davila; Harrison; Isaac; Kerwin; Leo Wilson; Lowe; Luther; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Pierson; Schatzline; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Walle.
Absent — Flores; Virdell.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 949 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Flores
When Record No. 949 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Shofner
When Record No. 949 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.
Virdell
SB 384 ON THIRD READING
(Orr and Vasut - House Sponsors)
SB 384, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to making a donation to the operation game thief fund when applying for a hunting or fishing license.
SB 384 was passed by (Record 950): 143 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Walle.
SB 1426 ON THIRD READING
(Vasut, Bonnen, and Barry - House Sponsors)
SB 1426, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to operation and management of the first capitol state historic site and replica by the Texas Historical Commission.
SB 1426 was passed by (Record 951): 134 Yeas, 7 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Cain; Harrison; Little; Lowe; Olcott; Tinderholt; Toth.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C); Turner.
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Walle.
Absent — LaHood.
SB 1468 ON THIRD READING
(Dyson, Guillen, Harris, Wilson, and Lalani - House Sponsors)
SB 1468, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System to construct, acquire, improve, extend, and equip utility systems located on university system property.
SB 1468 was passed by (Record 952): 142 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Walle.
Absent — Bhojani.
SB 1215 ON THIRD READING
(Villalobos - House Sponsor)
SB 1215, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the placement of a cultivated oyster in a natural oyster bed, a private oyster bed, or coastal waters.
SB 1215 was passed by (Record 953): 142 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Walle.
Absent — Kerwin.
SB 1066 ON THIRD READING
(Metcalf - House Sponsor)
SB 1066, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the requirement for performance and payment bonds from certain contractors of the Parks and Wildlife Department.
SB 1066 was passed by (Record 954): 143 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Walle.
SB 599 ON THIRD READING
(A. Davis - House Sponsor)
SB 599, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate a licensed, registered, or listed group day-care home or family home.
SB 599 was passed by (Record 955): 135 Yeas, 6 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Cain; Hopper; Luther; Money; Olcott; Schatzline.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Walle.
Absent — DeAyala; Morales Shaw.
SB 1930 ON THIRD READING
(Metcalf - House Sponsor)
SB 1930, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the use of proceeds from the sale of saltwater fishing stamps issued by the Parks and Wildlife Department.
SB 1930 was passed by (Record 956): 142 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Walle.
Absent — Slawson.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 956 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.
Slawson
SB 2065 ON THIRD READING
(Bonnen and Bumgarner - House Sponsors)
SB 2065, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System.
SB 2065 was passed by (Record 957): 140 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Walle.
Absent — Allen; Hunter; Slawson.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 957 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.
Slawson
SB 767 ON THIRD READING
(Fairly, King, and Smithee - House Sponsors)
SB 767, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to creating a database of the firefighting equipment in the state available for use in responding to wildfires.
SB 767 was passed by (Record 958): 140 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Walle.
Absent — Allen; Leach; Slawson.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 958 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Allen
When Record No. 958 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.
Slawson
SB 1619 ON THIRD READING
(Cortez and Leo Wilson - House Sponsors)
SB 1619, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the use of an epinephrine delivery device by certain entities.
SB 1619 was passed by (Record 959): 140 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Walle.
Absent — Allen; Hayes; Orr.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 959 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Allen
SB 1738 ON THIRD READING
(Bonnen - House Sponsor)
SB 1738, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the Judicial Retirement System Plan Two, including resuming service in the retirement system and contributions to the retirement system.
SB 1738 was passed by (Record 960): 141 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Walle.
Absent — Jones, V.; Vasut.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 960 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
V. Jones
When Record No. 960 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.
Vasut
(Landgraf in the chair)
MAJOR STATE CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS
THIRD READING
The following bills were laid before the house and read third time:
HB 1500 ON THIRD READING
(by K. Bell, Canales, Hull, Kitzman, and Shaheen)
HB 1500, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the continuation and functions of the Department of Information Resources, including the composition of the governing body of the department.
HB 1500 was passed by (Record 961): 139 Yeas, 1 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Harrison.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Landgraf(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Walle.
Absent — Harris; Richardson; Tepper.
GENERAL STATE CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS
THIRD READING
The following bills were laid before the house and read third time:
HB 718 ON THIRD READING
(by C. Bell)
HB 718, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to prohibiting a public institution of higher education from partnering with certain private entities for the construction of a student housing facility.
HB 718 was passed by (Record 962): 131 Yeas, 6 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Cain; Canales; Frank; Harrison; Schatzline; Vasut.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Landgraf(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Walle.
Absent — Cortez; Gerdes; Harris; Morgan; Reynolds; Schofield.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 962 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Cain
When Record No. 962 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.
Gerdes
When Record No. 962 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Olcott
When Record No. 962 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Reynolds
When Record No. 962 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Vasut
HB 23 ON THIRD READING
(by Harris, Hunter, Gates, Metcalf, et al.)
HB 23, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority of certain persons to obtain third-party review of plats and property development plans, permits, and similar documents, and the inspection of an improvement related to such a document.
Representative Harris moved to postpone consideration of HB 23 until 11:15 a.m. today.
The motion prevailed.
HB 34 ON THIRD READING
(by Metcalf, Hefner, Bonnen, Capriglione, et al.)
HB 34, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to prohibiting the investment of state money in certain countries and in certain private business entities in those countries.
HB 34 - POINT OF ORDER
Representative Wu raised a point of order against further consideration of HB 34 under Article III, Section 35(b), of the Texas Constitution on the grounds that the caption fails to give reasonable notice of the proposed measure. The point of order was withdrawn.
HB 34 was passed by (Record 963): 119 Yeas, 20 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, M.; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Moody; Morales, E.; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Raymond; Richardson; Romero; Rose; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.
Nays — Anchía; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Collier; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, J.; Goodwin; Howard; Jones, J.; Manuel; Morales, C.; Plesa; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Rosenthal; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Landgraf(C); Morales Shaw.
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Walle.
Absent — Garcia, J.; Meza; Pierson.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 963 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
J. Garcia
When Record No. 963 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Pierson
POSTPONED BUSINESS
The following bills were laid before the house as postponed business:
HB 23 ON THIRD READING
(by Harris, Hunter, Gates, Metcalf, et al.)
HB 23, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority of certain persons to obtain third-party review of plats and property development plans, permits, and similar documents, and the inspection of an improvement related to such a document.
HB 23 was read third time earlier today and was postponed until this time.
Amendment No. 1
Representative Harris offered the following amendment to HB 23:
Amend HB 23 on third reading as follows:
(1) On page 4, line 10, strike "REGULATORY AUTHORITY LIABILITY." and substitute "LIABILITY. (a)".
(2) On page 4, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:
(b) A person reviewing a development document or conducting a development inspection under Section 247.002 is liable for damages resulting from the person's acts or omissions in conducting the review or inspection.
Amendment No. 1 was adopted.
Amendment No. 2
Representative Leach offered the following amendment to HB 23:
Amend HB 23 on third reading in the SECTION of the bill adding a new Section to Chapter 247, Local Government Code, in Subdivision (2) of that new Section, as added by Amendment No. 3 by Leach, as follows:
(1) Between "inspection" and "is", insert "under Section 247.002".
(2) Strike "under investigation" and substitute "under a felony criminal investigation or an investigation for violating fundamental constitutional rights".
Amendment No. 2 was adopted.
HB 23, as amended, was passed by (Record 964): 78 Yeas, 58 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Garcia, J.; Gates; Gerdes; Guillen; Harris; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hull; Hunter; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf(C); Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lujan; Martinez; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Muñoz; Noble; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Schofield; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Tepper; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.
Nays — Allen; Anchía; Bhojani; Bowers; Bumgarner; Cole; Collier; Cunningham; Davis, A.; Dutton; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Harless; Harrison; Hernandez; Hopper; Howard; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lalani; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Manuel; Martinez Fischer; Moody; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Plesa; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shaheen; Simmons; Smithee; Talarico; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Swanson.
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Walle.
Absent — Davis, Y.; Gámez; Geren; Lopez, J.; Morgan; Schatzline; Thompson.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 964 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Campos
When Record No. 964 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Flores
When Record No. 964 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
R. Lopez
When Record No. 964 was taken, I was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote yes.
Swanson
GENERAL STATE CALENDAR
(consideration continued)
HB 119 ON THIRD READING
(by Gerdes, Bonnen, Capriglione, Metcalf, Troxclair, et al.)
HB 119, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the registration as a lobbyist of persons who engage in certain lobbying activities on behalf of a foreign adversary and to prohibitions on the receipt of compensation related to those lobbying activities; providing a civil penalty.
HB 119 was passed by (Record 965): 132 Yeas, 8 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, M.; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Moody; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Richardson; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu.
Nays — Davis, A.; González, J.; Goodwin; Manuel; Morales, C.; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Landgraf(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Walle.
Absent — Harris; Lopez, J.; Meza.
HB 128 ON THIRD READING
(by Orr, Hefner, McLaughlin, et al.)
HB 128, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to certain sister-city agreements between governmental entities and foreign countries and communities.
HB 128 was passed by (Record 966): 104 Yeas, 32 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Kerwin; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Richardson; Rose; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.
Nays — Allen; Anchía; Bowers; Bryant; Collier; Davis, A.; Flores; Garcia Hernandez; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; Goodwin; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lalani; Lopez, R.; Manuel; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Ordaz; Perez, V.; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rosenthal; Simmons; Thompson; Turner; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Landgraf(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Walle.
Absent — Button; Davis, Y.; Dutton; González, M.; Hernandez; King; Meza.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 966 was taken, I was excused for important business in the district. I would have voted no.
Bernal
When Record No. 966 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Bhojani
When Record No. 966 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Bucy
When Record No. 966 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Button
When Record No. 966 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Campos
When Record No. 966 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Gámez
When Record No. 966 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
J. Garcia
When Record No. 966 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Howard
When Record No. 966 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Johnson
When Record No. 966 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Plesa
When Record No. 966 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Rose
When Record No. 966 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Talarico
(Harris in the chair)
HB 130 ON THIRD READING
(by Bonnen, Orr, et al.)
HB 130, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to genetic information security for residents of this state; providing a civil penalty; providing a private cause of action.
HB 130 was passed by (Record 967): 141 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Walle.
Absent — Landgraf; Money.
HB 132 ON THIRD READING
(by R. Lopez, Dorazio, et al.)
HB 132, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the confidentiality of information used to prevent, detect, respond to, or investigate a hostile act of a foreign adversary of the United States.
HB 132 was passed by (Record 968): 140 Yeas, 1 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Jones, J.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Flores; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Walle.
Absent — Meza.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 968 was taken, I was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote yes.
Flores
When Record No. 968 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
J. Jones
LEAVE OF ABSENCE GRANTED
Pursuant to a previous motion, the following member was granted leave of absence temporarily for today to attend a meeting of the Conference Committee on SB 1:
Orr on motion of Harris.
HB 2756 ON THIRD READING
(by Thompson, Ward Johnson, et al.)
HB 2756, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to training on de-escalation, crisis intervention, and behavioral health for correctional officers and certain other employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
HB 2756 - REMARKS
REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON: Mr. Speaker, members, I think there's some misunderstanding about this bill among a few of you, and I want to share with you this situation. You may recall I mentioned to you yesterday, on November 13, 2023, one of my constituents worked at TDCJ as a prison guard. He was a part of an extraction team to go and get an inmate out of his cell. As a result of that, there was a five-member team who went in there. The prisoner had already knocked out his light. His cell was dark. And he went in to get this guy out with the other four people. After getting him out, the team members came out, but he didn't. And going back into the cell—they're looking for him—they found him on the floor, dead.
I know how you would feel if you had a 27-year-old child, who had not married, and you were expecting one day to be a grandparent—to hold that grandbaby in your arms from your son. I know how you would feel if your child was working in TDCJ for the State of Texas—to make sure that the persons who were there were secure in their cells and doing what they were supposed to do—and got killed.
When the parents learned about the death, over a period of time, they got three or four versions of what may have happened. But today, they don't know, and there is no closure. They don't know how their child died. I know that you would want to give this parent closure. I contacted TDCJ and worked with them on this bill to make sure that we were putting just some things in place that may be helpful for other persons who are going to be working in our prisons and our penal institutions. We can't give this family closure, but we can prevent other persons who may work for us in TDCJ an opportunity to do their job without having to lose their lives.
HB 2756 was passed by (Record 969): 140 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr; Walle.
Absent — Jones, V.; Virdell.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 969 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Conference Committee on SB 1. I would have voted yes.
Orr
When Record No. 969 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Virdell
HB 166 ON THIRD READING
(by Capriglione)
HB 166, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to committing the criminal offense of endangering a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual by engaging in certain conduct involving a controlled substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B of the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
HB 166 was passed by (Record 970): 140 Yeas, 1 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Jones, J.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr; Walle.
Absent — Virdell.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 970 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
J. Jones
When Record No. 970 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Virdell
HB 406 ON THIRD READING
(by Ordaz)
HB 406, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to notification of the execution of certain local economic development agreements by a municipality or county to local workforce development boards.
HB 406 was passed by (Record 971): 108 Yeas, 33 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McQueeney; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Patterson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Cook; Cunningham; DeAyala; Dorazio; Harrison; Hayes; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; Leo Wilson; Louderback; Luther; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Paul; Pierson; Schatzline; Shofner; Slawson; Swanson; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Wharton.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr; Walle.
Absent — Virdell.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 971 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.
Virdell
LEAVE OF ABSENCE GRANTED
Pursuant to a previous motion, the following member was granted leave of absence temporarily for today to attend a meeting of the Conference Committee on SB 1:
Kitzman on motion of Harris.
(Orr now present)
HB 186 ON THIRD READING
(by Patterson, Fairly, M. González, K. Bell, et al.)
HB 186, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to prohibiting use of social media platforms by children.
HB 186 - REMARKS
REPRESENTATIVE ZWIENER: I just want to ask some questions about how this bill will function. So currently, right now, in Texas, if you're going to create a profile on a social media account, do you have to upload your government ID—
REPRESENTATIVE PATTERSON: No, you do not.
ZWIENER: —or submit to a facial scan?
PATTERSON: You may have a facial scan, whether you want it or not, but you don't have to submit your photo ID.
ZWIENER: So under this bill, isn't it true that every single Texan is going to end up needing to find some way to prove their age to join a social media site?
PATTERSON: Not necessarily. In the bill it asks for—social companies can use a commercially reasonable method that relies on public or private transactional data. So it could potentially be your photo ID that you would upload. I would contend that the social media companies know far more about you than what's on your photo ID. But it could be another method, as well.
ZWIENER: So the thing I'm concerned about is, you know, there are some social media companies where it's very public who we are. Most of us on Facebook—and I suspect you, with me, remember that shift. When we were younger, the Internet was not a place where you were ever publicly who you are. You were supposed to be very careful. Facebook popularized it, and it became common for people who were on the site to use their full name. But there are other websites, other social media sites, that use a different dynamic, where the opportunity to cloak your identity—for whatever reason—is there. So let's say if somebody was opening a new Reddit account under this, wouldn't that require this person to prove exactly who they are to that company and eliminate some option of privacy?
PATTERSON: I think the company, more often than not, knows who their users are. They are not in the business of content-sharing between users. They are in the business of data collection on their users. That is their product—we are their product. And so they know everything about their product. So I don't believe that this bill prescribes that every user of a social media platform would have to state in their profile what their name is. I mean, there could still be the random accounts. But the social media companies would have to know who's creating that account, yes.
ZWIENER: So somebody could not have an account with a social media company without that company knowing precisely who they are?
PATTERSON: One hundred percent—well, yes, that they were 18 or older.
ZWIENER: Is there a way for them to demonstrate they're above 18 without confirming their identity?
PATTERSON: I don't believe so.
ZWIENER: What happens to Texans who don't have a current ID or some other way to be able to confirm who they are?
PATTERSON: The bill allows for that. It doesn't have to be a photo ID.
ZWIENER: What about the concern that this is helping these social media companies collect even more data on us and have that available—and potentially insecurely?
PATTERSON: I don't know how they could collect more data on us than they already do. They know when you're happy. They know where you're sad. They know when you're hungry. They know when you break up with your boyfriend. They know everything about you. They know where you plug in your phone at night. They know who else's phones are nearby when you plug in your phone at night. They know more about you than you know about yourself.
ZWIENER: So why should we give them more? Why should we require adult Texans to give them more information?
PATTERSON: I don't believe we are. They can use commercially public or private data to verify their users. I don't believe that there's anything on my driver's license that the social media company doesn't know about me already.
ZWIENER: Theoretically, most social media companies don't actually have our driver's license number, correct? We're not giving them that.
PATTERSON: We may not give them that, but there's nothing that says that they can't cross-reference that—the data that they collect on us—with other public data that's out there. These things aren't run by a group of engineers in the back room anymore. Oftentimes, these are AI-operated programs that—they're pulling data in from all over the Internet. They know who their users are. I guarantee you that.
ZWIENER: Is it not true that Arkansas' Act 689, which also has an age-verification requirement, was recently permanently enjoined?
PATTERSON: That could be true. I'm not familiar with Arkansas. But what I will tell you is that this body, last session, passed a bill creating age-verification requirements for pornography websites. Now, the definition of that was—I think it was predominantly used for pornography. I think that we could stretch that a little bit and say that Twitter, or X, for example, has pornography on their website. Other social media platforms have pornography on their websites. That case is being heard before the Supreme Court and is expected to be released this summer; I believe in June. And so we'll know more about that this summer in June in terms of age verification on websites for the State of Texas.
ZWIENER: To be clear, your bill doesn't just apply to sites where there may or may not be porn, correct?
PATTERSON: Any social media platform.
ZWIENER: So if a child wants to use a social media platform for a legitimate purpose—like accessing educational materials, coordinating assignments, or connecting with relatives—are they going to be able to do that under this bill?
PATTERSON: No, no one under the age of 18 would be able to access it. And let's talk about that real quick because I think that's an important point. Back in the day, as my kids love to hear me say, you had social media, and you were connected to the people that you were connected with, and you only saw the material that they put forward. So if I wanted to have a social media platform and I wanted to connect with my grandparents that lived in another state or my aunts and uncles that lived in a different area, I could do that, and we could stay in touch for that purpose. But a lot of these social media platforms now have what some call a "For You" page or other ways to get you to stay on their platforms longer or to connect with other material longer, and that's the most dangerous part of this. Because that's where you're starting to see the pornography. That's where you're starting to see the videos about self-harm and suicide. That's where you're starting to see the images about drug use. That's where you're starting to see these rabbit holes that they take our kids down about anorexia and other forms of mental health disorders. And so it's not a safe product for children. It's just not. It would be if all we could do is connect with people that we know and connect with our family members. It would absolutely be a safe product. It is not that anymore. That's not what this is.
ZWIENER: Representative Patterson, I want to be clear. I think I agree with a lot of your goals here. It does concern me—the different way a lot of our youth interact with social media and even the way adults interact with social media. I think we should see more regulation of that space, particularly around data, particularly around having some good practices that do protect youth. I still am struggling with this outright ban and both the effect it has on adult's privacy and on minors' right to connect. Now, could you talk about why your bill sets the limit at age 18 instead of allowing older minors some ability to use these tools?
PATTERSON: We set the age of 18 just because we have a number of laws in place in this state, most of which are 18—some of them moved recently to 21—but to protect their physical well-being. So for example, you can't buy a handgun if you're under the age of 18. You can't buy alcohol if you're under the age of 18. You can't buy tobacco. You can't do drugs. There's a number of things that children aren't allowed to do that adults are allowed to do. And the age of adulthood in Texas is 18, and so that's why we stuck with that age.
ZWIENER: But we have used lower age limits for other things—driving coming to mind, for one.
PATTERSON: One hundred percent.
ZWIENER: I know you've talked about this bill, too, in terms of rights for parents to control what their kids have access to. Do parents not already have a lot of that control in choosing whether or not to give their kid a device or set up certain safety settings—which apps to allow children to download?
PATTERSON: Yeah, that's a great question. Yes, in this bill, it is prescribed that a parent has the right to take down their child's—if they can prove that it's their child, they have the right to take down their child's social media page, as well, if one is created. As it relates to those other issues, I don't believe that parents stand a chance against social media companies that hire child psychologists to better hook their users onto their platforms. I don't believe that parents stand a chance to the addictive nature of these social media platforms. I think that's why the surgeon general in 2024 compared social media to cigarettes. I believe that this is the modern-day cigarette. I think that we're going to wake up at some point in this country and realize what we have done to an entire generation of kids that are on this highly addictive product called social media. And I think that that's why there's a lot of concern about that. I think that's why there are documentaries made about this issue. I think that's why there are books written about this issue, because it is a dangerous product that our kids have access to. I believe, personally, that it is the most dangerous product that our kids have legal access to in the State of Texas.
REPRESENTATIVE WU: Representative Patterson, I absolutely agree with you with your last statements about how dangerous I think social media has become. But my issue, sort of, is, number one, that we're doing this just in Texas. I think we should be doing this at a national level, so we have a consistent rule throughout all states instead of just state by state. But here is, I think—for me as a civil libertarian—the bigger issue: In your bill, adults would need to verify that they are adults, correct?
PATTERSON: The social media companies would have to verify that their users are adults.
WU: And those users would be required to give those companies their personal information?
PATTERSON: They do that willingly already.
WU: But I mean like submit government records, things—
PATTERSON: Not necessarily. It's any commercially—I mean, in the bill, it's written so you don't have to—it's not necessarily a photo ID, a government-issued ID. It says they may "use a commercially reasonable method that relies on public or private transactional data to verify the age." They could require you to upload a photo ID, as many of us have. If we have political ads on Facebook, let's say, we have to upload a photo ID to Facebook to verify who we are. Then they have to send us a letter. But there are other means to verify.
WU: Absolutely.
PATTERSON: There's financial data out there. There's facial recognition software. They know who their users are. I guarantee you that.
WU: If somebody wants to—let's say for the purposes of political speech, they want to create an anonymous account or a parity account and say, I'm not actually this person. I'm a fake person or pretending to be this other person as a joke. They would not be able to create those accounts unless they put in their personal information and verified it?
PATTERSON: That's correct, but—and this is a caveat to that whole thing. Yes, the social media company would have to verify that it is an adult creating the account. But nowhere in this bill does it prescribe that you have to use your name on your profile. You could use—there's a host of fake accounts on Twitter, you know, that only talk about what we do in this chamber, and they don't have someone's name. That would not have to change. It would just be that the social media company has to verify that that is someone that is 18 years old or older.
WU: What if they choose a cartoon character as their avatar or as their profile?
PATTERSON: There's no changes to that in this bill. You don't have to have your picture on your profile. You don't have to have your name on your profile. You could have what I would commonly refer to as a "fake account" that doesn't have any identifying information on you. It's just that the company would have to know—Facebook or X or whoever would have to know—that that person creating that account is an adult behind the scenes.
WU: What I'm asking is: If somebody, for their own safety—because they're going to make political statements that may get them in trouble for their day job or whatever—they go out of their way to make sure that there's nothing linking them personally to the account, they would no longer be able to create that account?
PATTERSON: The social media company would have to verify that it's someone 18 years or older. And then in this bill, it is prescribed that they have to delete that information once they verify that it's an adult. And so that information is not stored anywhere. The social media company deletes it. Unless they didn't abide by this—what could be—law, there would be no information out there for anyone in the public to find.
WU: Can you imagine a situation where someone who looks out into the world and sees the number of times that Facebook, that Bank of America, or whoever else has had data breaches and has information stolen from them—that they say, I'm afraid to even give them that much. And they say that because of this law and because of these requirements and because of the fear that I might be exposed, that now they're pulling back their political speech. Can you see that situation?
PATTERSON: I can absolutely see that situation. I would sympathize with someone in that situation. But what I would suggest—and I think that this is a true statement—the social media companies know far more information about you than what they could possibly use to verify who you are as a person. They know everything about you. They know where you are. They know your interests. They know where you shop. They know your likes, your dislikes. They know when you're happy and when you're sad. They know more about you—and this is the scariest part, especially for our kids. A kid that goes through a traumatic event at school or a breakup or whatever, that social media company is salivating at that opportunity to get that kid to have that one sad moment so that they spend three extra seconds hovered over that image or that video about something sad so that that algorithm then changes and shifts to give that child the opportunity to see more of that content and more of that content. I laid out the statistics yesterday—
WU: I absolutely agree with you.
PATTERSON: They know more about us than we know about ourselves. I don't have any concerns whatsoever about the point that you raised.
WU: Thank you very much. And I appreciate your discussion on this. This is an interesting topic.
REMARKS ORDERED PRINTED
Representative Wu moved to print all remarks on HB 186.
The motion prevailed.
HB 186 was passed by (Record 972): 116 Yeas, 25 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Cole; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Moody; Morales, E.; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Romero; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson.
Nays — Cain; Capriglione; Collier; Davis, A.; Gates; González, J.; Harrison; Hopper; Kerwin; Little; Lowe; Luther; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales Shaw; Olcott; Oliverson; Rodríguez Ramos; Rose; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman; Walle.
Absent — Simmons.
HB 1006 - MOTION TO RECONSIDER
Representative Virdell moved to reconsider the vote by which HB 1006 failed to pass to engrossment by Record No. 877 on Tuesday, April 29.
The motion to reconsider was lost by (Record 973): 61 Yeas, 80 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bumgarner; Cain; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Frank; Gates; Geren; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hunter; Isaac; LaHood; Lambert; Little; Lopez, J.; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; McLaughlin; Money; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Paul; Pierson; Plesa; Richardson; Schatzline; Schofield; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton.
Nays — Allen; Anchía; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hefner; Hernandez; Howard; Hull; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; Lalani; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shaheen; Simmons; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman; Walle.
Absent — King.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 973 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Curry
When Record No. 973 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Kerwin
When Record No. 973 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Leo Wilson
GENERAL STATE CALENDAR
(consideration continued)
HB 331 ON THIRD READING
(by Patterson, Simmons, M. Perez, Longoria, Lujan, et al.)
HB 331, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to certain presumptions applicable to claims for benefits or compensation for certain medical conditions brought by certain first responders.
HB 331 was passed by (Record 974): 140 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Swanson; Talarico; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman; Walle.
Absent — Spiller; Tepper.
HB 380 ON THIRD READING
(by Guillen, Cook, Rodríguez Ramos, Bumgarner, et al.)
HB 380, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to certain statutes of limitations for criminal offenses, including the statute of limitations for the offense of improper relationship between educator and student, and to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements for the offense of improper relationship between educator and student.
HB 380 was passed by (Record 975): 142 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman; Walle.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 975 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote present, not voting.
Morales Shaw
HB 1583 ON THIRD READING
(by Hull, Louderback, and Hefner)
HB 1583, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the peace officer's notification of emergency detention form for persons evidencing mental illness and retention of that form.
HB 1583 was passed by (Record 976): 141 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman; Walle.
Absent — Jones, V.
HB 1584 ON THIRD READING
(by Hull, Metcalf, et al.)
HB 1584, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the creation of a list of priority facilities by electric utilities.
HB 1584 was passed by (Record 977): 141 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman; Walle.
Absent — Vasut.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 977 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Vasut
HB 621 ON THIRD READING
(by Patterson)
HB 621, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority of a property owners' association to regulate the assembly, association, and speech of property owners or residents related to governmental officials or candidates for political office.
HB 621 was passed by (Record 978): 139 Yeas, 1 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Canales.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman; Walle.
Absent — Money; Tinderholt.
HB 303 ON THIRD READING
(by Vasut, et al.)
HB 303, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority of a Type A or Type B general-law municipality to change to a Type C general-law municipality.
HB 303 was passed by (Record 979): 141 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman; Walle.
Absent — Rosenthal.
HB 552 ON THIRD READING
(by M. González)
HB 552, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to a study by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service to determine standards for the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of certain agricultural land used to raise or keep bees.
HB 552 was passed by (Record 980): 95 Yeas, 47 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hefner; Hernandez; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Noble; Ordaz; Patterson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Barry; Bonnen; Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Capriglione; Cook; Cunningham; DeAyala; Dorazio; Gerdes; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Money; Morgan; Muñoz; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Virdell; Wharton.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman; Walle.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 980 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Gates
HB 366 ON THIRD READING
(by Phelan)
HB 366, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to required disclosures on certain political advertising that contains altered media; creating a criminal offense.
Amendment No. 1
Representative Phelan offered the following amendment to HB 366:
Amend HB 366 (house committee report) on third reading on page 2, line 2, by striking "unless" and substituting the following:
unless:
(1) the image or video recording has only been altered to change the saturation, brightness, contrast, color, or any other superficial quality of the image or video; or
(2)
Amendment No. 1 was adopted.
Amendment No. 2
Representative Hopper offered the following amendment to HB 366:
Amend HB 366 on third reading by inserting the following on page 1, between line 18 and line 19:
(a-1) This section does not apply to political advertising for which the subject of the advertising is a member of the legislature.
Amendment No. 2 failed of adoption by (Record 981): 25 Yeas, 112 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Bumgarner; Cain; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Isaac; LaHood; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Shofner; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut.
Nays — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Howard; Hull; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman; Walle.
Absent — DeAyala; Harrison; Hunter; McLaughlin; Slawson.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 981 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Kerwin
When Record No. 981 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Virdell
LEAVES OF ABSENCE GRANTED
Pursuant to a previous motion, the following member was granted leave of absence temporarily for today to attend a meeting of the Conference Committee on SB 1:
Bonnen on motion of Harris.
(Speaker in the chair)
The following member was granted leave of absence for the remainder of today because of illness in the family:
Holt on motion of C. Bell.
(Walle now present)
HB 366 - (consideration continued)
HB 366, as amended, was passed by (Record 982): 102 Yeas, 40 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; 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; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Hefner; Hernandez; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shaheen; Simmons; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Bumgarner; Cain; Cook; Dorazio; Gates; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hickland; Hopper; Isaac; Kerwin; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; McLaughlin; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schofield; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell; Wharton.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Hinojosa; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Bonnen; Kitzman.
REMARKS ORDERED PRINTED
Representative Plesa moved to print all remarks on HB 366.
The motion prevailed. [The text of the debate was not available at the time of printing.]
(Hinojosa now present)
HB 463 ON THIRD READING
(by J. Jones, Curry, Little, LaHood, Plesa, et al.)
HB 463, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to certain pretrial hearings for defendants charged with certain controlled substance offenses and the expunction of all records and files related to arrests for certain controlled substance offenses.
Representative J. Jones moved to postpone consideration of HB 463 until the end of the third reading calendar.
The motion prevailed.
(Bonnen now present)
HB 1211 ON THIRD READING
(by Lujan, Bhojani, Lalani, LaHood, M. González, et al.)
HB 1211, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain students who were under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
HB 1211 was passed by (Record 983): 114 Yeas, 26 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shaheen; Simmons; Smithee; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Cain; Canales; Cook; Dorazio; Harrison; Hayes; Hopper; Kerwin; Leo Wilson; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Pierson; Schatzline; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Virdell.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Cortez; Little; Richardson; Schofield.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 983 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Leo Wilson
HB 1327 ON THIRD READING
(by Harless)
HB 1327, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the continuation of a health care provider participation program by the Harris County Hospital District.
HB 1327 was passed by (Record 984): 109 Yeas, 31 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Cole; Collier; Cook; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Lalani; Lambert; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shaheen; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Bonnen; Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Capriglione; Cunningham; Dorazio; Harrison; Hickland; Hopper; Isaac; Kerwin; Landgraf; Little; Lowe; Luther; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schofield; Shofner; Slawson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Wilson.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Cortez; LaHood; Simmons; Virdell.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 984 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Cook
When Record No. 984 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.
Virdell
When Record No. 984 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Wilson
COMMITTEE GRANTED PERMISSION TO MEET
Representative Buckley requested permission for the Committee on Public Education to meet while the house is in session, at 2 p.m. today, in 1W.14, to consider pending, referred, and committee business.
Permission to meet was granted.
COMMITTEE MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
The following committee meeting was announced:
Public Education, 2 p.m. today, 1W.14, for a formal meeting, to consider pending, referred, and committee business.
HB 1461 ON THIRD READING
(by Frank)
HB 1461, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the confinement or detention of certain individuals in a county jail or other facility operated by or for the county and to the compensation to the county for the costs of that confinement or detention.
HB 1461 was passed by (Record 985): 142 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Bhojani; Cortez.
HB 923 ON THIRD READING
(by Garcia Hernandez and Leach)
HB 923, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the Texas Medical Disclosure Panel.
HB 923 was passed by (Record 986): 109 Yeas, 29 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rosenthal; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Ashby; Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Cook; Cunningham; Harrison; Hopper; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Rose; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Slawson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Virdell.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Bhojani; Cortez; Jones, V.; Orr; Plesa; Tepper.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 986 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
V. Jones
HB 1760 ON THIRD READING
(by Leach, Cook, Leo Wilson, Olcott, et al.)
HB 1760, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter.
HB 1760 was passed by (Record 987): 129 Yeas, 12 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Cole; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Moody; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Richardson; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu.
Nays — Bonnen; Capriglione; Collier; Flores; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; Meza; Morales, C.; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Thompson; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Reynolds; Virdell; Walle.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 987 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Bonnen
When Record No. 987 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Capriglione
When Record No. 987 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Reynolds
When Record No. 987 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Virdell
HB 2467 ON THIRD READING
(by VanDeaver)
HB 2467, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the compensation and benefits for certain peace officers commissioned by the state fire marshal.
HB 2467 was passed by (Record 988): 140 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Capriglione; Hunter; Jones, V.; Walle.
HB 5333 ON THIRD READING
(by Bonnen)
HB 5333, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the establishment of the STEM Excellence Graduate Fellowship program.
HB 5333 was passed by (Record 989): 121 Yeas, 19 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Cain; Dorazio; Harrison; Hopper; Little; Luther; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Pierson; Schatzline; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Capriglione; Hunter; Virdell; Walle.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 989 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.
Virdell
HB 1592 ON THIRD READING
(by Plesa, Ashby, M. González, et al.)
HB 1592, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to an alert system for dangerous plant and wildlife pests and diseases administered by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.
HB 1592 was passed by (Record 990): 110 Yeas, 27 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Bumgarner; Cain; DeAyala; Frank; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hefner; Hickland; Hopper; Kerwin; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Money; Morgan; Muñoz; Olcott; Paul; Richardson; Schatzline; Slawson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Bonnen; Capriglione; Cook; Hayes; Moody; Oliverson; Pierson.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 990 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted no.
Cook
When Record No. 990 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Leo Wilson
When Record No. 990 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Muñoz
When Record No. 990 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.
Pierson
HB 1576 ON THIRD READING
(by Oliverson, et al.)
HB 1576, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to a grant program for hurricane and windstorm loss mitigation for single-family residential property.
HB 1576 was passed by (Record 991): 120 Yeas, 21 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Capriglione; Cole; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Cain; Canales; Collier; Cook; Dorazio; Frank; Harrison; Hayes; Isaac; Lowe; Luther; Olcott; Patterson; Richardson; Schatzline; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Campos; Davis, Y.; Walle.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 991 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Campos
HB 1552 ON THIRD READING
(by Paul, Rodríguez Ramos, and Capriglione)
HB 1552, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to changing the name of the offense of child pornography to child sexual abuse material and to updating references to conform to that terminology.
HB 1552 was passed by (Record 992): 143 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C); Little.
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
HB 2018 ON THIRD READING
(by Ashby, Flores, et al.)
HB 2018, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program.
HB 2018 was passed by (Record 993): 142 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Garcia, L.; Geren.
HB 3511 ON THIRD READING
(by Anchía, Hunter, Bhojani, and Hernandez)
HB 3511, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the participation of electric vehicles in the ERCOT market.
HB 3511 was passed by (Record 994): 103 Yeas, 36 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Cain; Cook; Cunningham; DeAyala; Dorazio; Gates; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hickland; Hopper; Isaac; Kerwin; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Luther; McLaughlin; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell; Wharton.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Bell, C.; Hull; Johnson; Schofield; Swanson.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 994 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Schatzline
HB 1781 ON THIRD READING
(by M. González, VanDeaver, Geren, Harless, LaHood, et al.)
HB 1781, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the Texas Livestock and Rodeo Education and Continuation Grant Program.
HB 1781 was passed by (Record 995): 108 Yeas, 30 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Swanson; Talarico; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Cain; Cunningham; DeAyala; Dorazio; Harrison; Hayes; Hopper; Kerwin; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Shaheen; Slawson; Spiller; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Bell, C.; Cook; Hull; Jones, V.; Leo Wilson; Schatzline.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 995 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted no.
Cook
When Record No. 995 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Hickland
When Record No. 995 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.
Schatzline
HB 2013 ON THIRD READING
(by C. Bell)
HB 2013, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority of certain property owners' associations to prohibit or restrict the keeping of chickens.
HB 2013 was passed by (Record 996): 140 Yeas, 1 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Plesa.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Harless; Moody; Shofner.
HB 2340 ON THIRD READING
(by Metcalf)
HB 2340, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the qualifications, communications, and recordkeeping of a child custody evaluator and the admissibility of a child custody evaluation under certain circumstances.
HB 2340 was passed by (Record 997): 140 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Dorazio; Dyson; Jones, V.; Walle.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 997 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Dorazio
When Record No. 997 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
V. Jones
HB 2508 ON THIRD READING
(by Turner, Button, Cook, Cortez, L. Garcia, et al.)
HB 2508, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a veteran who died as a result of a qualifying condition or disease.
HB 2508 - REMARKS
REPRESENTATIVE TURNER: Members, HB 2508, once again, is the enabling legislation for HJR 133, which we passed earlier this week, that expands exemption of property tax afforded to a surviving spouse of a service member who died of a condition caused by their service. Before I move final passage on this, members, I want to reflect on a core truth, and I ask you to reflect with me. We are only able to be here in this beautiful chamber and have these spirited debates that we have and advocate for our constituents and for our beliefs—we're only able to do that because of the sacrifices of the brave men and women who put their country ahead of themselves and risked it all—and in many cases gave it all—for all of us, for that flag up there on that dais over my right shoulder.
One such Texan I want to tell you a little bit about is Army Sergeant Richard Manone. He was in the 101st Airborne Division. Sergeant Manone served our country from 1989 to 1996 in uniform. In 1990 and 1991, he was deployed to Saudi Arabia and Iraq during Operation Desert Storm in the successful effort to liberate Kuwait. It was during this deployment that Sergeant Manone was exposed to toxic, cancer-causing burn pits. Years later, as a result of his service, Sergeant Manone was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. On December 8th, 2021, he bravely completed his last battle.
Members, today we are joined in the gallery by Sergeant Manone's widow, Liesl. And I'd ask, Liesl, if you would please stand. Mrs. Manone drove down to the Capitol early this morning to watch this bill be laid out and passed here in a minute. She came a few weeks ago and shared her powerful story to all of us in the house Ways and Means Committee. But she's not here just to advocate for herself but for other widows and widowers whose spouses made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation. So Liesl, we salute Richard's service and sacrifice. We honor your courage and advocacy by being here today. And it is a small down payment for a debt that we cannot ever repay.
HB 2508 was passed by (Record 998): 144 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
REMARKS ORDERED PRINTED
Representative Martinez Fischer moved to print remarks by Representative Turner on HB 2508.
The motion prevailed.
HB 2970 ON THIRD READING
(by Paul, Martinez, M. Perez, Cain, et al.)
HB 2970, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the implementation of projects by the Gulf Coast Protection District.
HB 2970 was passed by (Record 999): 142 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Darby; Shofner.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 999 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Shofner
HB 865 ON THIRD READING
(by Moody)
HB 865, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to civil liability arising from a firearm hold agreement.
HB 865 was passed by (Record 1000): 140 Yeas, 0 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C); Alders; Harris Davila.
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Orr; Richardson.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1000 was taken, I was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote yes.
Alders
HB 2851 ON THIRD READING
(by Howard)
HB 2851, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to including nursing school applications in a consolidated application service.
HB 2851 was passed by (Record 1001): 114 Yeas, 22 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Dean; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Swanson; Talarico; Thompson; Tinderholt; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Cook; DeAyala; Harrison; Hayes; Hickland; Leo Wilson; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Schatzline; Shaheen; Slawson; Spiller; Tepper; Toth; Wharton.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Davis, Y.; González, M.; Luther; Moody; Noble; Orr; Richardson; Schofield.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1001 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.
Noble
REMARKS ORDERED PRINTED
Representative Romero moved to print remarks by Representative Thompson on HB 2756.
The motion prevailed.
HB 3385 ON THIRD READING
(by King, M. González, Troxclair, et al.)
HB 3385, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the promotion and sale of wine produced in this state; creating a farm winery permit; authorizing a fee.
HB 3385 was passed by (Record 1002): 132 Yeas, 9 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Harrison; Lowe; Noble; Paul; Schatzline; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Cain; Cunningham; Richardson.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1002 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Cunningham
When Record No. 1002 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Kerwin
HB 3336 ON THIRD READING
(by Buckley, Harris, Troxclair, Hickland, Muñoz, et al.)
HB 3336, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to an alcoholic beverage tax credit for certain liquor or malt beverage byproducts donated for agricultural use in this state.
HB 3336 was passed by (Record 1003): 129 Yeas, 10 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Cain; Cunningham; Hopper; Leo Wilson; Luther; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Slawson.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Gámez; Johnson; Longoria; Money; Richardson.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1003 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Cain
When Record No. 1003 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Pierson
HB 3309 ON THIRD READING
(by Canales)
HB 3309, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the use of automated traffic control systems by local authorities and law enforcement agencies.
HB 3309 was passed by (Record 1004): 111 Yeas, 29 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; 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; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Bumgarner; Cain; Cook; Dorazio; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hopper; Isaac; Jones, J.; Kerwin; Leo Wilson; Lowe; Luther; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Shofner; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Hickland; Longoria; Richardson; Schatzline.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1004 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Hickland
HB 1127 ON THIRD READING
(by Gámez and Guerra)
HB 1127, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the promotion of breast-feeding and the prohibition against interference with or restriction of the right to breast-feed.
HB 1127 was passed by (Record 1005): 93 Yeas, 47 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harris; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Orr; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Simmons; Smithee; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Barry; Bell, C.; Bumgarner; Cain; Cook; Cunningham; Dean; DeAyala; Fairly; Gates; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hickland; Hopper; Isaac; Kerwin; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Luther; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Schatzline; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Hefner; Hull; Richardson; Schofield.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1005 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.
Hefner
HB 1232 ON THIRD READING
(by Turner and Capriglione)
HB 1232, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the reporting of violations of law under the whistleblower protection laws.
HB 1232 was passed by (Record 1006): 107 Yeas, 32 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shaheen; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Cook; Dorazio; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hickland; Hopper; Isaac; Kerwin; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Money; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Pierson; Schatzline; Shofner; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Flores; Harris; Richardson; Schofield; Simmons.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1006 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Flores
When Record No. 1006 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Patterson
When Record No. 1006 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Simmons
HB 1397 ON THIRD READING
(by Harris, Metcalf, and Raymond)
HB 1397, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the care, custody, and display of the letter known as the victory or death letter, the Texas Constitution, and the Texas Declaration of Independence.
HB 1397 was passed by (Record 1007): 143 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Richardson.
HB 4236 ON THIRD READING
(by Martinez Fischer, Meyer, Turner, Capriglione, and Noble)
HB 4236, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the creation of a task force to evaluate the school district property value study conducted by the comptroller of public accounts.
HB 4236 was passed by (Record 1008): 129 Yeas, 14 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Cain; Canales; Cook; Harrison; Little; Lowe; Money; Olcott; Schatzline; Slawson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Virdell.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Richardson.
HB 4041 ON THIRD READING
(by E. Morales)
HB 4041, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas to impose an administrative penalty on a propane distribution system retailer.
HB 4041 was passed by (Record 1009): 99 Yeas, 43 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Simmons; Smithee; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Cook; Cunningham; DeAyala; Gerdes; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hickland; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Paul; Pierson; Schatzline; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell; Wharton.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Harris; Richardson.
HB 1965 ON THIRD READING
(by J. Garcia, Dorazio, J. Lopez, Ward Johnson, et al.)
HB 1965, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to a study on mental health services provided to veterans through the Texas Veterans Commission.
HB 1965 was passed by (Record 1010): 128 Yeas, 8 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Cain; Harrison; Leo Wilson; Morgan; Olcott; Pierson; Toth; Vasut.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Hayes; Hull; LaHood; Lowe; Richardson; Schatzline; Slawson; Virdell.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1010 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Pierson
When Record No. 1010 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.
Schatzline
When Record No. 1010 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Slawson
When Record No. 1010 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Virdell
HB 2730 ON THIRD READING
(by Darby, Noble, Landgraf, and Raymond)
HB 2730, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority of the chief appraiser of an appraisal district to require a person allowed an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a residence homestead to file a new application or confirm the person's current qualification for the exemption.
HB 2730 was passed by (Record 1011): 141 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — González, M.; Richardson; Virdell.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1011 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Virdell
HB 3698 ON THIRD READING
(by Vo)
HB 3698, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to participation in reemployment services as a condition of eligibility for unemployment benefits.
HB 3698 was passed by (Record 1012): 138 Yeas, 1 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Harrison.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Lowe; Orr; Richardson; Schatzline; Virdell.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1012 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Schatzline
When Record No. 1012 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Virdell
HB 3699 ON THIRD READING
(by Vo)
HB 3699, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to initial claims under the unemployment compensation system.
HB 3699 was passed by (Record 1013): 142 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman.
Absent — Richardson; Virdell.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1013 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Virdell
(Speaker pro tempore in the chair)
LEAVE OF ABSENCE GRANTED
The following member was granted leave of absence temporarily for today to attend a meeting of the Committee on Public Education:
Hinojosa on motion of M. Perez.
HB 163 ON THIRD READING
(by Cortez)
HB 163, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the possession and administration of an epinephrine auto-injector by certain entities.
HB 163 was passed by (Record 1014): 138 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Hinojosa; Kitzman.
Absent — Bhojani; Frank; Goodwin; Orr.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1014 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Goodwin
HB 201 ON THIRD READING
(by M. Perez)
HB 201, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the financial crimes intelligence center.
HB 201 was passed by (Record 1015): 123 Yeas, 15 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Cain; Canales; Harrison; Hopper; Leo Wilson; Lowe; Luther; Money; Olcott; Oliverson; Richardson; Schatzline; Slawson; Toth; Vasut.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Hinojosa; Kitzman.
Absent — Cunningham; Frank; Kerwin; Lozano.
HB 272 ON THIRD READING
(by M. Perez)
HB 272, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the prosecution of the offense of fraudulent use or possession of credit card or debit card information.
HB 272 was passed by (Record 1016): 121 Yeas, 19 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Cain; Canales; Harrison; Isaac; Leo Wilson; Lowe; Luther; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Schatzline; Shofner; Slawson; Swanson; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Hinojosa; Kitzman.
Absent — DeAyala; Frank.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1016 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.
DeAyala
LEAVE OF ABSENCE GRANTED
The following member was granted leave of absence temporarily for today to attend a meeting of the Committee on Public Education:
Frank on motion of Bonnen.
HB 405 ON THIRD READING
(by Hayes)
HB 405, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to fees on and grants for fuel ethanol, renewable methane, biodiesel, and renewable diesel.
HB 405 was passed by (Record 1017): 132 Yeas, 7 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Dorazio; Harris; Harrison; Lowe; Olcott; Oliverson; Toth.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Gámez; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Frank; Hinojosa; Kitzman.
Absent — Goodwin.
LEAVES OF ABSENCE GRANTED
The following members were granted leaves of absence temporarily for today to attend a meeting of the Committee on Public Education:
Buckley on motion of Muñoz.
Hunter on motion of Muñoz.
HB 519 ON THIRD READING
(by M. González, et al.)
HB 519, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to honey production operations and the harvesting and packaging of honey and honeycomb.
HB 519 was passed by (Record 1018): 105 Yeas, 32 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hernandez; Hopper; Howard; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Ashby; Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Cook; Gates; Harris; Harrison; Hefner; Hickland; Hull; Kerwin; Lambert; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Money; Morgan; Muñoz; Olcott; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Slawson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Wharton.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Buckley; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kitzman.
Absent — Goodwin; Virdell.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1018 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.
Virdell
HB 654 ON THIRD READING
(by Leo Wilson, et al.)
HB 654, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the dismissal of a criminal charge related to the illegal hunting of certain deer; authorizing fees.
HB 654 was passed by (Record 1019): 134 Yeas, 2 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Canales; González, J..
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Buckley; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kitzman.
Absent — Shofner; Simmons; Virdell.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1019 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.
Shofner
When Record No. 1019 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Virdell
LEAVES OF ABSENCE GRANTED
The following members were granted leaves of absence temporarily for today to attend a meeting of the Committee on Public Education:
Ashby on motion of Oliverson.
Cunningham on motion of Oliverson.
HB 694 ON THIRD READING
(by Gervin-Hawkins and Lujan)
HB 694, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the notification of certain persons concerning certain events related to children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
HB 694 was passed by (Record 1020): 136 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kitzman.
Absent — Kerwin.
HB 791 ON THIRD READING
(by Cortez)
HB 791, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the issuance of Central Catholic High School specialty license plates.
HB 791 was passed by (Record 1021): 99 Yeas, 34 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Hefner; Hernandez; Howard; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Orr; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Cook; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hickland; Hopper; Hull; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Shofner; Slawson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Villalobos; Wilson.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kitzman.
Absent — Gerdes; Hayes; Kerwin; Lalani.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1021 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Bumgarner
When Record No. 1021 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted no.
Gerdes
HB 1136 ON THIRD READING
(by Gámez)
HB 1136, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to a study conducted by the Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities regarding parking for certain individuals with disabilities.
HB 1136 was passed by (Record 1022): 96 Yeas, 38 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Hefner; Hernandez; Hopper; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Simmons; Smithee; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Bumgarner; Cain; Cook; DeAyala; Dorazio; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hickland; Isaac; Leo Wilson; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; McLaughlin; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kitzman.
Absent — Hull; Kerwin; Tepper.
HB 1240 ON THIRD READING
(by Guillen)
HB 1240, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to certain governmental operations affecting the border region.
Amendment No. 1
Representative Guillen offered the following amendment to HB 1240:
Amend HB 1240 on third reading as follows by striking SECTION 4 of the bill (page 2, lines 12 through 21) and SECTION 6 of the bill (page 3, lines 1 through 7) and renumbering the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.
Amendment No. 1 was adopted.
HB 1240, as amended, was passed by (Record 1023): 128 Yeas, 7 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bucy; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Richardson; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Bryant; Bumgarner; Collier; Goodwin; Morales, C.; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kitzman.
Absent — Kerwin; Shofner.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1023 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Bumgarner
When Record No. 1023 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
J. González
When Record No. 1023 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.
Shofner
LEAVE OF ABSENCE GRANTED
The following member was granted leave of absence temporarily for today to attend a meeting of the Committee on Public Education:
Kerwin on motion of Richardson.
HB 1266 ON THIRD READING
(by Guillen)
HB 1266, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to expedited credentialing of certain physician assistants and advanced practice nurses by managed care plan issuers.
HB 1266 was passed by (Record 1024): 133 Yeas, 1 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Luther.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — Bumgarner; Shofner.
HB 1275 ON THIRD READING
(by M. González)
HB 1275, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the issuance of permits for bovine producer dairy farms in certain areas of this state.
HB 1275 was passed by (Record 1025): 109 Yeas, 25 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Bumgarner; Cain; Cook; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hickland; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Leo Wilson; Lowe; Luther; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Paul; Schatzline; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Louderback; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — Pierson.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1025 was taken, I was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote no.
Louderback
HB 1437 ON THIRD READING
(by M. González, et al.)
HB 1437, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the task force on pollinator health.
HB 1437 was passed by (Record 1026): 86 Yeas, 50 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hayes; Hernandez; Howard; Hull; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McQueeney; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Ordaz; Orr; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Simmons; Smithee; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Bumgarner; Cain; Cook; Craddick; Curry; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Gates; Gerdes; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hefner; Hickland; Hopper; Isaac; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1026 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Shofner
When Record No. 1026 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Wilson
HB 1532 ON THIRD READING
(by Cunningham, Walle, Dutton, and Swanson)
HB 1532, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the creation of the Lake Houston Dredging and Maintenance District; providing the authority to issue bonds.
HB 1532 was passed by (Record 1027): 114 Yeas, 19 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Cook; Harris; Harrison; Hickland; Hopper; Leo Wilson; Lowe; Lozano; Money; Olcott; Schatzline; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — Fairly; Gates; Richardson.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1027 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Gates
When Record No. 1027 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Swanson
HB 1675 ON THIRD READING
(by Campos, J. Garcia, Ordaz, LaHood, and Johnson)
HB 1675, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the interment of certain cremated animal remains with human remains in perpetual care cemeteries.
HB 1675 was passed by (Record 1028): 99 Yeas, 36 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Howard; Hull; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Bumgarner; Cain; Cook; Dean; Gates; Gerdes; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hickland; Hopper; Isaac; Lowe; Luther; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — Bell, C.
HB 1842 ON THIRD READING
(by Guillen, et al.)
HB 1842, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the sale of charitable raffle tickets by certain nonprofit wildlife conservation associations.
HB 1842 was passed by (Record 1029): 101 Yeas, 35 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hefner; Hernandez; Howard; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Ordaz; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Cook; Dorazio; Gerdes; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hickland; Hopper; Hull; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; Luther; Money; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Shofner; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
HB 1868 ON THIRD READING
(by Leo Wilson, V. Perez, et al.)
HB 1868, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to a study on changes to performance tier funding for dual credit or dual enrollment courses under the public junior college state finance program and the capacity of the state's workforce to teach dual credit or dual enrollment courses.
HB 1868 was passed by (Record 1030): 103 Yeas, 30 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harris Davila; Hefner; Hernandez; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Cook; Dean; Gates; Gerdes; Harless; Harris; Harrison; Hayes; Hickland; Hopper; Little; Lowe; Luther; McQueeney; Money; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Slawson; Tinderholt; Toth.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Campos; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — Vasut; Virdell.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1030 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted no.
Vasut
When Record No. 1030 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.
Virdell
HB 1894 ON THIRD READING
(by Metcalf)
HB 1894, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to designating November as Veterans Month.
HB 1894 was passed by (Record 1031): 135 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — Orr.
HB 1943 ON THIRD READING
(by Landgraf)
HB 1943, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to compensation for the members of the Winkler County Juvenile Board.
HB 1943 was passed by (Record 1032): 112 Yeas, 23 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hickland; Hopper; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; Luther; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Slawson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — Orr.
HB 1990 ON THIRD READING
(by Guillen)
HB 1990, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to limitation of certain liability of owners, lessees, and occupants of nonagricultural land.
HB 1990 was passed by (Record 1033): 133 Yeas, 2 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Cain; Canales.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — Cortez.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1033 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Cain
HB 2029 ON THIRD READING
(by Noble)
HB 2029, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to vehicle safety inspections of certain travel trailers.
HB 2029 was passed by (Record 1034): 125 Yeas, 10 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, M.; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Canales; Gámez; González, J.; Goodwin; Johnson; Jones, J.; Manuel; Reynolds; Romero; Ward Johnson.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — Campos.
HB 2061 ON THIRD READING
(by Holt, et al.)
HB 2061, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 242 in Montgomery County as the Lance Corporal Armando Hernandez Memorial Bridge.
HB 2061 was passed by (Record 1035): 133 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — Fairly; Jones, V.; Virdell.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1035 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Virdell
HB 2286 ON THIRD READING
(by Craddick)
HB 2286, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the renewal of a certificate of registration by certain interior designers.
HB 2286 was passed by (Record 1036): 135 Yeas, 1 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Harrison.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
HB 2523 ON THIRD READING
(by J. Lopez, Gámez, Guillen, Longoria, and Curry)
HB 2523, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 48 in Cameron County as the Deputy Constable Ruben Garcia Memorial Highway.
HB 2523 was passed by (Record 1037): 134 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — Dean; Morgan.
HB 2622 ON THIRD READING
(by Metcalf)
HB 2622, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the transport of female patients to a mental health facility or residential care facility.
HB 2622 was passed by (Record 1038): 135 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — Bell, C.
HB 2652 ON THIRD READING
(by Ordaz, Moody, M. González, E. Morales, and V. Perez)
HB 2652, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to establishing a certified caregiver pilot program in the Borderplex workforce development area.
HB 2652 was passed by (Record 1039): 88 Yeas, 43 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hefner; Hernandez; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Simmons; Smithee; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Cook; DeAyala; Dorazio; Fairly; Gates; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hickland; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Wharton.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — Bell, C.; Bowers; Lopez, R.; Orr; Virdell.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1039 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.
Virdell
HB 2692 ON THIRD READING
(by Guillen)
HB 2692, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the San Antonio River Authority.
HB 2692 was passed by (Record 1040): 104 Yeas, 32 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Hefner; Hernandez; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Cain; Canales; Cook; Dorazio; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hickland; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; Luther; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Shofner; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell; Wilson.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
HB 2842 ON THIRD READING
(by Zwiener, Cole, Flores, Metcalf, and Vasut)
HB 2842, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the control by lethal means of white-tailed deer in certain areas.
HB 2842 was passed by (Record 1041): 106 Yeas, 28 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Mr. Speaker; Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Cook; Craddick; Curry; Fairly; Harrison; Hickland; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Little; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Money; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut.
Present, not voting — Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — Harris; LaHood; Louderback.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1041 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted no.
Louderback
When Record No. 1041 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Troxclair
When Record No. 1041 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Vasut
HB 2885 ON THIRD READING
(by Gerdes)
HB 2885, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to allowing the governing bodies of certain political subdivisions to call for a local option election relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages.
HB 2885 was passed by (Record 1042): 112 Yeas, 22 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Orr; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Cain; Canales; Fairly; Harris Davila; Harrison; Isaac; Leo Wilson; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Schatzline; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — LaHood; Troxclair.
HB 3016 ON THIRD READING
(by Lujan, Longoria, Guillen, Bhojani, and Gámez)
HB 3016, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the circumstances in which a rental company may void a damage waiver for a rental vehicle.
HB 3016 was passed by (Record 1043): 136 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
HB 3096 ON THIRD READING
(by Cunningham)
HB 3096, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to designating March 17 as Profound Autism Awareness Day.
HB 3096 was passed by (Record 1044): 135 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — Shofner.
HB 3248 ON THIRD READING
(by Cortez, Dorazio, Lujan, and R. Lopez)
HB 3248, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority of a defense base development authority to employ and commission peace officers.
HB 3248 was passed by (Record 1045): 133 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — Orr; Paul; Simmons.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1045 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Paul
HB 3255 ON THIRD READING
(by Paul and Bumgarner)
HB 3255, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority of a development corporation created by the Gulf Coast Authority to finance certain projects.
HB 3255 was passed by (Record 1046): 120 Yeas, 14 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Harrison; Hickland; Hopper; Little; Lowe; Luther; Money; Olcott; Patterson; Pierson; Schatzline; Slawson; Tinderholt; Toth.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — Cain; Virdell.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1046 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.
Virdell
HB 3479 ON THIRD READING
(by Morgan)
HB 3479, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the Rio Grande vegetative management program.
HB 3479 was passed by (Record 1047): 127 Yeas, 9 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Ordaz; Orr; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Cain; Fairly; Harris; Leo Wilson; Oliverson; Patterson; Plesa; Toth; Vasut.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1047 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Cain
When Record No. 1047 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Harris
When Record No. 1047 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Plesa
When Record No. 1047 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Schatzline
When Record No. 1047 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Vasut
HB 3611 ON THIRD READING
(by Curry, Simmons, M. Perez, Craddick, Rose, et al.)
HB 3611, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the civil penalty for certain signs placed on the right-of-way of a public road.
HB 3611 was passed by (Record 1048): 112 Yeas, 23 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Cain; Fairly; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hopper; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; Luther; Money; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Pierson; Schatzline; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Wilson.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — Morgan.
HB 3623 ON THIRD READING
(by McQueeney)
HB 3623, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the manner of solicitation of bids for certain purchases by the comptroller of public accounts and state agencies.
HB 3623 was passed by (Record 1049): 133 Yeas, 1 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — King.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — Virdell; Wharton.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1049 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
King
When Record No. 1049 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Virdell
HB 3803 ON THIRD READING
(by Lambert)
HB 3803, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the confidentiality and disclosure of certain financial information of perpetual care cemeteries and perpetual care trust funds.
HB 3803 was passed by (Record 1050): 135 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — Isaac.
HB 3804 ON THIRD READING
(by Lambert)
HB 3804, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the regulation of state banks.
HB 3804 was passed by (Record 1051): 135 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — Bowers.
HB 3805 ON THIRD READING
(by Lambert)
HB 3805, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to certain enforcement powers of the banking commissioner regarding the regulation of money services businesses.
HB 3805 was passed by (Record 1052): 135 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — Davis, Y.
HB 3806 ON THIRD READING
(by Lambert)
HB 3806, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to prohibited activities of a state trust company under supervision.
HB 3806 was passed by (Record 1053): 131 Yeas, 0 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C); Simmons.
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; King; McQueeney.
HB 3810 ON THIRD READING
(by Alders)
HB 3810, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the dissolution of the Rose City Municipal Utility District.
HB 3810 was passed by (Record 1054): 133 Yeas, 0 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C); Simmons.
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — Davis, Y.; King.
HB 3816 ON THIRD READING
(by Metcalf)
HB 3816, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to prosecution of the criminal offense of cruelty to livestock animals.
HB 3816 was passed by (Record 1055): 135 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman.
Absent — King.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE GRANTED
Pursuant to a previous motion, the following member was granted leave of absence for the remainder of today to attend a meeting of the Conference Committee on SB 1:
Orr on motion of Harris.
HB 4129 ON THIRD READING
(by A. Davis)
HB 4129, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the contract requirements for a contract between a single source continuum contractor and the Department of Family and Protective Services.
HB 4129 was passed by (Record 1056): 135 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman; Orr.
HB 4163 ON THIRD READING
(by Guillen and Cain)
HB 4163, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority of a city to impose certain governmental requirements on an agricultural operation.
HB 4163 was passed by (Record 1057): 117 Yeas, 18 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morales, E.; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Romero; Rose; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Zwiener.
Nays — Allen; Anchía; Bowers; Bryant; Collier; Flores; Garcia Hernandez; González, J.; Leo Wilson; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales Shaw; Rodríguez Ramos; Rosenthal; Swanson; Turner; Walle; Wu.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman; Orr.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1057 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Swanson
HB 4187 ON THIRD READING
(by Metcalf)
HB 4187, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority and responsibilities of the Texas Historical Commission; authorizing fees.
HB 4187 was passed by (Record 1058): 135 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman; Orr.
HB 4238 ON THIRD READING
(by Meyer, Plesa, and Lambert)
HB 4238, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the collection of consumer debt incurred by certain individuals as a result of identity theft.
HB 4238 was passed by (Record 1059): 135 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Ashby; Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman; Orr.
(Ashby now present)
HB 4454 ON THIRD READING
(by Vo)
HB 4454, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to solicitation of patients and other prohibited marketing practices, the establishment of the task force on patient solicitation, and the prosecution of certain related criminal offenses.
HB 4454 was passed by (Record 1060): 101 Yeas, 34 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hernandez; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McQueeney; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Cook; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Hopper; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Money; Olcott; Patterson; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Shofner; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Davis, A.; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman; Orr.
HB 4588 ON THIRD READING
(by Orr)
HB 4588, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the regulation of aquatic vegetation management by the Parks and Wildlife Department; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.
HB 4588 was passed by (Record 1061): 109 Yeas, 24 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Bumgarner; Cain; Cook; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hopper; Little; Lowe; Luther; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schofield; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Wharton; Wilson.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman; Orr.
Absent — Leo Wilson; Troxclair; Virdell.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1061 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Hickland
When Record No. 1061 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.
Leo Wilson
When Record No. 1061 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.
Virdell
HB 4643 ON THIRD READING
(by Dorazio)
HB 4643, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to access to criminal history record information that relates to providers and provider applicants under Medicaid and other public benefits programs administered by the Health and Human Services Commission.
HB 4643 was passed by (Record 1062): 133 Yeas, 1 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Meza.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman; Orr.
Absent — Leo Wilson; Simmons.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1062 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Leo Wilson
When Record No. 1062 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Rose
HB 4738 ON THIRD READING
(by Geren)
HB 4738, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the elimination of the portion of the Loan Administration Fee remitted to the comptroller.
HB 4738 was passed by (Record 1063): 133 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman; Orr.
Absent — Leo Wilson; Morgan; Paul.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1063 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Leo Wilson
HB 4739 ON THIRD READING
(by Geren)
HB 4739, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the elimination of the portion of the Retail Charge Agreement Delinquency Fee remitted to the comptroller.
HB 4739 was passed by (Record 1064): 135 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Buckley; Cunningham; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman; Orr.
Absent — Jones, J.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1064 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
J. Jones
(Cunningham now present)
HB 4945 ON THIRD READING
(by Ashby and Bumgarner)
HB 4945, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to a study by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas on the feasibility of offering alternative service retirement benefits to certain members of the retirement system engaged in wildland firefighting or employed in positions related to wildland firefighting.
HB 4945 was passed by (Record 1065): 117 Yeas, 16 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Cain; Canales; Dorazio; Harrison; Hickland; Isaac; Leo Wilson; Luther; Money; Olcott; Richardson; Schatzline; Shofner; Slawson; Swanson; Vasut.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Buckley; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman; Orr.
Absent — Cunningham; Guerra; Lopez, R.; Virdell.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1065 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Cunningham
When Record No. 1065 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Guerra
When Record No. 1065 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.
Virdell
HB 5015 ON THIRD READING
(by Geren)
HB 5015, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to participation by certain retirement systems in the proportionate retirement program.
HB 5015 was passed by (Record 1066): 133 Yeas, 2 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Cain; Luther.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Buckley; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman; Orr.
Absent — Guerra; Leo Wilson.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1066 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Cain
When Record No. 1066 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Leo Wilson
HB 5616 ON THIRD READING
(by Howard, Meyer, Dyson, Kerwin, and E. Morales)
HB 5616, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the Texas presidential library promotion program and fund.
HB 5616 was passed by (Record 1067): 90 Yeas, 45 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hefner; Hernandez; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Simmons; Smithee; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Cook; Cunningham; DeAyala; Dorazio; Gates; Gerdes; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hickland; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; LaHood; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Buckley; Frank; Hinojosa; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman; Orr.
Absent — Bhojani; Lopez, J.
POSTPONED BUSINESS
The following bills were laid before the house as postponed business:
HB 463 ON THIRD READING
(by J. Jones, Curry, Little, LaHood, Plesa, et al.)
HB 463, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to certain pretrial hearings for defendants charged with certain controlled substance offenses and the expunction of all records and files related to arrests for certain controlled substance offenses.
HB 463 was read third time earlier today and was postponed until this time.
(Hinojosa now present)
Amendment No. 1
Representative J. Jones offered the following amendment to HB 463:
Amend HB 463 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) Strike "that is the subject of the charged offense" in each of the following instances:
(A) on page 3, lines 1 and 2;
(B) on page 3, line 5; and
(C) on page 3, lines 11 and 12.
(2) Strike "that is the subject of the offense" in each of the following instances:
(A) on page 3, line 16;
(B) on page 3, line 20;
(C) on page 4, line 7; and
(D) on page 5, lines 14 and 15.
(3) On page 9, line 20, strike "that was the subject of the offense".
Amendment No. 1 was adopted.
HB 463, as amended, was passed by (Record 1068): 133 Yeas, 1 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harrison; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Harris Davila.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Moody(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Buckley; Frank; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman; Orr.
Absent — Cook; Hayes; Louderback; Ward Johnson.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1068 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.
Louderback
When Record No. 1068 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Patterson
When Record No. 1068 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Shofner
When Record No. 1068 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Ward Johnson
(Frank now present)
SB 304 ON SECOND READING
(Darby - House Sponsor)
SB 304, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the jurisdiction of municipal courts over health and safety and nuisance abatement ordinances.
SB 304 was considered in lieu of HB 1749.
SB 304 was read second time and was passed to third reading by (Record 1069): 109 Yeas, 25 Nays, 4 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Cain; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Hopper; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Money; Olcott; Patterson; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Shofner; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Meza; Moody(C); Virdell.
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Buckley; Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman; Orr.
Absent — Harris; Morgan; Simmons.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1069 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Swanson
HB 1749 - LAID ON THE TABLE SUBJECT TO CALL
Representative Darby moved to lay HB 1749 on the table subject to call.
The motion prevailed.
(Speaker in the chair)
(Buckley now present)
SB 608 ON SECOND READING
(Howard - House Sponsor)
SB 608, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to reporting information regarding certain evidence collection kits.
SB 608 was considered in lieu of HB 1775.
SB 608 was read second time and was passed to third reading by (Record 1070): 139 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman; Orr.
Absent — Leach; Phelan.
HB 1775 - LAID ON THE TABLE SUBJECT TO CALL
Representative Howard moved to lay HB 1775 on the table subject to call.
The motion prevailed.
SB 2312 ON SECOND READING
(Hefner, et al. - House Sponsors)
SB 2312, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the establishment and powers and duties of the Texas Advisory Committee on Geopolitical Conflict.
SB 2312 was considered in lieu of CSHB 118.
SB 2312 was read second time.
Amendment No. 1
Representative Hefner offered the following amendment to SB 2312:
Amend SB 2312 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 4, line 3, between "CONFLICT." and "The", insert "(a)".
(2) On page 4, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:
(b) The advisory committee is administratively attached to the Texas Military Department.
(3) On page 5, strike lines 11 through 17 and substitute the following:
Sec. 438.104. ADVISORY COMMITTEE OFFICERS. (a) The adjutant general or the adjutant general's designee serving on the advisory committee under Section 438.102(a)(5) shall serve as chair of the advisory committee.
(4) On page 7, line 5, strike ""May 29" and substitute "October 1".
(5) On page 7, line 18, strike "May 29" and substitute "October 1".
(6) On page 10, line 7, strike "May 29" and substitute "October 1".
(7) On page 10, line 17, strike "May 29" and substitute "October 1".
(8) On page 13, line 1, strike "31" and substitute "1".
Amendment No. 1 was adopted.
Amendment No. 2
Representative Wu offered the following amendment to SB 2312:
Amend SB 2312 (house committee report) in SECTION 1 of the bill, immediately following added Section 438.206, Government Code, by inserting the following:
Sec. 438.2065. STUDY ON IMPACT OF RETALIATORY TARIFFS AND TRADE WARS ON TEXAS ECONOMY. (a) The advisory committee shall study the impact on the Texas economy of retaliatory tariffs imposed and trade wars commenced on or after February 1, 2025, by the United States related to the imports of one or more foreign nations or by foreign nations on the exports of the United States.
(b) After conducting the study under Subsection (a), the advisory committee shall produce and submit a report of the committee's findings to the governor not later than May 29, 2026.
Representative Hefner moved to table Amendment No. 2.
The motion to table prevailed by (Record 1071): 88 Yeas, 51 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, L.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guerra; Guillen; Harris; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson.
Nays — Allen; Anchía; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Garcia, J.; Garcia Hernandez; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Harless; Harrison; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Lopez, R.; Lowe; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, V.; Plesa; Reynolds; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Walle; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman; Orr.
Absent — Jones, V.; Simmons.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1071 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Flores
When Record No. 1071 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Harless
SB 2312, as amended, was passed to third reading by (Record 1072): 128 Yeas, 10 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, M.; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Wilson.
Nays — Bryant; González, J.; Harrison; Hinojosa; Lowe; Morales, C.; Rodríguez Ramos; Turner; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman; Orr.
Absent — Goodwin; Ward Johnson; Wharton.
CSHB 118 - LAID ON THE TABLE SUBJECT TO CALL
Representative Hefner moved to lay CSHB 118 on the table subject to call.
The motion prevailed.
HB 1762 ON SECOND READING
(by Leach, et al.)
HB 1762, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to changing the eligibility of certain persons to receive community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision.
HB 1762 was read second time on April 28 and was postponed until 10 a.m. today.
Representative Leach moved to postpone consideration of HB 1762 until 9 a.m. Friday, May 2.
The motion prevailed.
HB 2520 ON SECOND READING
(by Johnson, Cain, Olcott, Simmons, and Leo Wilson)
HB 2520, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the open meetings law.
HB 2520 was read second time on April 29 and was postponed until 10 a.m. today.
HB 2520 was passed to engrossment by (Record 1073): 139 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Hunter; Kerwin; Kitzman; Orr.
Absent — Lozano; Vasut.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1073 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Lozano
When Record No. 1073 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Vasut
MAJOR STATE CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS
SECOND READING
The following bills were laid before the house and read second time:
CSHB 24 ON SECOND READING
(by Orr, Hickland, Vasut, R. Lopez, Lalani, et al.)
CSHB 24, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to procedures for changes to a zoning regulation or district boundary.
Representative Hickland moved to postpone consideration of CSHB 24 until 10 a.m. Monday, May 5.
The motion prevailed.
(Hunter now present)
CSHB 45 ON SECOND READING
(by Hull, Noble, Leach, Metcalf, Patterson, et al.)
CSHB 45, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the duty of the attorney general to represent the state in the prosecution of the criminal offense of trafficking of persons.
Representative Meyer moved to postpone consideration of CSHB 45 until 3:30 p.m. today.
The motion prevailed.
GENERAL STATE CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS
SECOND READING
The following bills were laid before the house and read second time:
CSHB 15 ON SECOND READING
(by Meyer, Leach, Schofield, Anchía, Longoria, et al.)
CSHB 15, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the formation, governance, and internal management of domestic entities.
Representative Meyer moved to postpone consideration of CSHB 15 until 5:30 p.m. today.
The motion prevailed.
CSHB 35 ON SECOND READING
(by Thompson)
CSHB 35, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to a peer support network for first responders.
CSHB 35 was passed to engrossment by (Record 1074): 109 Yeas, 28 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shaheen; Simmons; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Bumgarner; Cain; DeAyala; Harrison; Hayes; Hickland; Hopper; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Morgan; Olcott; Richardson; Schatzline; Schofield; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Wilson.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C); Frank.
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kerwin; Kitzman; Orr.
Absent — Darby; McQueeney; Shofner; Smithee.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1074 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
McQueeney
When Record No. 1074 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Pierson
When Record No. 1074 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.
Shofner
CSHB 38 ON SECOND READING
(by Bucy, Frank, Capriglione, and Pierson)
CSHB 38, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to improvements to the Texas Information and Referral Network.
Representative Bucy moved to postpone consideration of CSHB 38 until 9 a.m. Friday, May 2.
The motion prevailed.
HB 47 ON SECOND READING
(by Howard, Oliverson, Hull, and Cook)
HB 47, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to sexual assault and other sex offenses.
HB 47 was passed to engrossment by (Record 1075): 139 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kerwin; Kitzman; Orr.
Absent — Shofner; Spiller; Virdell.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1075 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.
Shofner
When Record No. 1075 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Virdell
CSHB 318 ON SECOND READING
(by Guillen, E. Morales, et al.)
CSHB 318, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the establishment of grant programs to provide financial assistance to qualified sheriff's departments in certain rural counties.
Amendment No. 1
Representative Guillen offered the following amendment to CSHB 318:
Amend CSHB 318 (house committee report) by striking all below the enacting clause and substituting the following:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 130, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Section 130.9115 to read as follows:
Sec. 130.9115. RURAL SHERIFF'S DEPUTY SHORTAGE RELIEF GRANT PROGRAM. (a) In this section:
(1) "Deputy-to-resident ratio" means the ratio of the number of deputy sheriffs to the number of residents of the unincorporated areas of the county, as determined by the population estimates provided by the state demographer under Section 468.004, Government Code.
(2) "Grant" means a grant authorized to be awarded by the comptroller under the rural sheriff's deputy shortage relief grant program established by this section.
(3) "Investigative tool" means equipment, including software, used by a sheriff's office that is necessary for the investigation of cases. The term does not include services unless the services are purchased in connection with the purchase of tangible equipment.
(4) "Investigator-to-patrol ratio" means the ratio of the number of deputy sheriffs who primarily conduct case investigations in the routine performance of the deputy's duties to the number of deputy sheriffs who primarily make motor vehicle stops in the routine performance of the deputy's duties.
(5) "Qualified county" means a county:
(A) with a population of 300,000 or less; and
(B) for which on January 1, 2025:
(i) the deputy-to-resident ratio is less than 15 to 10,000; or
(ii) the investigator-to-patrol ratio is less than one to five.
(6) "Qualified deputy position" means a deputy sheriff position in a qualified county that:
(A) is held or will be held by a deputy sheriff who primarily makes motor vehicle stops in the routine performance of the deputy's duties;
(B) is in addition to a deputy sheriff position held in the county on January 1, 2025;
(C) is not considered a qualified investigator position; and
(D) when aggregated with each other qualified deputy position would result in a deputy-to-resident ratio of 15 to 10,000, determined as of January 1, 2025.
(7) "Qualified emergency dispatcher" means a person who primarily provides communication support services for a sheriff's office by responding to requests for assistance in emergencies.
(8) "Qualified investigative support staff member" means a person who primarily provides technical support services for a qualified investigator in the investigation of an offense, including a person who provides evidence testing or analysis services.
(9) "Qualified investigator position" means a deputy sheriff position in a qualified county that:
(A) is held or will be held by a deputy sheriff who primarily conducts case investigations in the routine performance of the deputy's duties;
(B) is in addition to a deputy sheriff position held in the county on January 1, 2025; and
(C) when aggregated with each other qualified investigator position would result in an investigator-to-patrol ratio of one to five, determined as of January 1, 2025.
(b) The comptroller shall establish and administer the rural sheriff's deputy shortage relief grant program to support the state purpose of ensuring professional law enforcement throughout the state by providing financial assistance to sheriff's departments in qualified counties.
(c) Not later than the 30th day after the first day of a qualified county's fiscal year, the county may submit an application for a grant to the comptroller. The county must indicate in the application the number of qualified deputy positions, qualified investigator positions, qualified emergency dispatcher positions, and qualified investigative support staff member positions the county is requesting for inclusion in the determination of the amount of the grant for that fiscal year and the number of qualified deputy positions and qualified investigator positions for which the county is requesting additional funds described by Subsections (d)(2) and (4). A county may submit only one application each fiscal year.
(d) Subject to Subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), and (k), the comptroller shall award a grant to a qualified county that applies for the grant using money appropriated to the comptroller for that purpose. The grant must be in the following amount:
(1) $50,000 for each qualified deputy position indicated by the county in the application for that fiscal year;
(2) an additional $50,000 for each qualified deputy position indicated in the application for that fiscal year, unless the county has received a grant under this subdivision for that position in a preceding fiscal year;
(3) $50,000 for each qualified investigator position indicated by the county in the application for that fiscal year necessary for an investigator-to-patrol ratio of one to five after filling the qualified deputy positions under the grant;
(4) an additional $50,000 for each qualified investigator position indicated in the application for that fiscal year, unless the county has received a grant under this subdivision for that position in a preceding fiscal year;
(5) $35,000 for each qualified emergency dispatcher indicated by the county in the application for that fiscal year; and
(6) $35,000 for each qualified investigative support staff member indicated by the county in the application for that fiscal year.
(e) This subsection applies only to a fiscal year of a qualified county that meets the deputy-to-resident ratio described by Subsection (a)(5)(B)(i) during a calendar year that begins on or after January 1, 2025, but before the calendar year in which the fiscal year begins. A qualified county is not eligible to receive a grant under this section for a fiscal year unless the county adopts a budget for the fiscal year that provides for the employment of a number of deputy sheriffs necessary to meet the deputy-to-resident ratio of at least 15 to 10,000, determined as of January 1 of the calendar year in which the fiscal year begins.
(f) This subsection applies only to a fiscal year of a qualified county for which the number of qualified deputy positions the county is otherwise entitled to receive a grant for under this section is greater than the number of qualified deputy positions the county would be entitled to receive a grant for under this section if the deputy-to-resident ratio described by Subsection (a)(5)(B)(i) is determined as of January 1 of the calendar year in which the fiscal year begins instead of January 1, 2025. A qualified county is entitled to receive a grant under this section only for the number of qualified deputy positions the county would be entitled to receive a grant for if the deputy-to-resident ratio described by Subsection (a)(5)(B)(i) is determined as of January 1 of the calendar year in which the fiscal year begins instead of January 1, 2025.
(g) This subsection applies only to a fiscal year of a qualified county that meets the investigator-to-patrol ratio described by Subsection (a)(5)(B)(ii) during a calendar year that begins on or after January 1, 2025, but before the calendar year in which the fiscal year begins. A qualified county is not eligible to receive a grant under this section for a fiscal year unless the county adopts a budget for the fiscal year that provides for the employment of a number of deputy sheriffs necessary to meet the investigator-to-patrol ratio of at least one to five, determined as of January 1 of the calendar year in which the fiscal year begins.
(h) This subsection applies only to a fiscal year of a qualified county for which the number of qualified investigator positions the county is otherwise entitled to receive a grant for under this section is greater than the number of qualified investigator positions the county would be entitled to receive a grant for under this section if the investigator-to-patrol ratio described by Subsection (a)(5)(B)(ii) is determined as of January 1 of the calendar year in which the fiscal year begins instead of January 1, 2025. A qualified county is entitled to receive a grant under this section only for the number of qualified investigator positions the county would be entitled to receive a grant for if the investigator-to-patrol ratio described by Subsection (a)(5)(B)(ii) is determined as of January 1 of the calendar year in which the fiscal year begins instead of January 1, 2025.
(i) A county that is awarded a grant shall use or authorize the use of the grant money only:
(1) to provide to each deputy sheriff who fills a qualified deputy position a minimum annual salary of at least $45,000;
(2) to provide to each deputy sheriff who fills a qualified investigator position a minimum annual salary of at least $45,000;
(3) to provide to each dispatcher who fills a qualified emergency dispatcher position a minimum annual salary of at least $30,000;
(4) to provide to each investigative support staff member who fills a qualified investigative support staff position a minimum salary of at least $30,000;
(5) to purchase vehicles, firearms, and safety equipment for the use of a deputy sheriff who fills a qualified deputy position; and
(6) to purchase vehicles, firearms, investigative tools, and safety equipment for the use of a deputy sheriff who fills a qualified investigator position.
(j) A county that is awarded a grant may not reduce the sheriff's department budget for the county's fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the comptroller awards the grant.
(k) The total dollar amount awarded under this section may not exceed $150 million in a state fiscal year. If the total dollar amount of grants to which counties are entitled under this section exceeds the limitation under this subsection in a state fiscal year, the comptroller shall proportionally reduce the amount of each grant awarded so the limitation is not exceeded.
(l) The comptroller shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section, including rules that establish:
(1) a standardized application process, including the form to be used to apply for a grant and the manner of submitting the form;
(2) deadlines for:
(A) applying for the grant;
(B) disbursement of grant money; and
(C) spending grant money;
(3) procedures for:
(A) monitoring the disbursement of grant money to ensure compliance with this section; and
(B) the return of grant money that was not used by a county for a purpose authorized by this section; and
(4) standards to determine if an emergency dispatcher is a qualified emergency dispatcher.
SECTION 2. A qualified county, as defined by Section 130.9115, Local Government Code, as added by this Act, may not apply for a grant under that section before September 1, 2026.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Amendment No. 1 was adopted.
CSHB 318, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 1076): 112 Yeas, 27 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Barry; Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Collier; Cook; DeAyala; Dorazio; Goodwin; Harris; Harrison; Hickland; Hopper; Isaac; Little; Lowe; Luther; Money; Olcott; Richardson; Schatzline; Slawson; Swanson; Toth; Vasut; Wilson.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft; Vo.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kerwin; Kitzman; Orr.
Absent — Darby; Shofner; Virdell.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1076 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.
Shofner
When Record No. 1076 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Slawson
(Vo now present)
(Harris in the chair)
HB 349 ON SECOND READING
(by Flores, Leach, Bumgarner, Plesa, Buckley, et al.)
HB 349, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to civil liability for removing certain individuals or animals from a motor vehicle.
HB 349 was passed to engrossment by (Record 1077): 93 Yeas, 45 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Hayes; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Leach; Little; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Patterson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Simmons; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Cain; Canales; Cook; Cunningham; DeAyala; Dorazio; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hefner; Hickland; Hopper; Isaac; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Louderback; Lowe; Luther; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Paul; Richardson; Schatzline; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kerwin; Kitzman; Orr.
Absent — Hull; Longoria; McLaughlin; Romero.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1077 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Public Education. I would have voted yes.
Kerwin
When Record No. 1077 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
King
When Record No. 1077 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Metcalf
When Record No. 1077 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Pierson
(Kerwin now present)
HB 554 ON SECOND READING
(by Leo Wilson, Manuel, J. Jones, Bonnen, Isaac, et al.)
HB 554, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the sale of fireworks on and before the Juneteenth holiday in certain counties.
Amendment No. 1
Representatives Manuel, Thompson, Y. Davis, Isaac, Cain, Rose, Ward Johnson, Allen, Gervin-Hawkins, Bowers, J. Jones, Cole, A. Davis, Simmons, V. Jones, Dutton, Cunningham, Pierson, and Reynolds offered the following amendment to HB 554:
Amend HB 554 (house committee report) on page 1 by striking lines 10 through 12 and substituting the following:
(1) beginning on June 14 and ending at midnight on June 19;
Amendment No. 1 was adopted.
HB 554, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 1078): 134 Yeas, 7 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Olcott; Ordaz; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Collier; Harless; Noble; Oliverson; Patterson; Rosenthal; Slawson.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman; Orr.
Absent — Lozano; Moody.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1078 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Oliverson
CSHB 1359 ON SECOND READING
(by Hernandez, Hunter, Thompson, Darby, Moody, et al.)
CSHB 1359, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to a program to provide assistance for certain retail electric customers.
Amendment No. 1
Representative Hernandez offered the following amendment to CSHB 1359:
Amend CSHB 1359 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 2, lines 2 and 3, after "39.157(e)" strike ", [and] 39.203, and 39.9035" and substitute "and 39.203".
(2) On page 6, line 18, between "provider" and "or", insert ", electric cooperative, municipally owned utility,".
Amendment No. 1 was adopted.
CSHB 1359, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 1079): 92 Yeas, 50 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Noble; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shaheen; Simmons; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Cook; Cunningham; DeAyala; Dorazio; Frank; Gates; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Hopper; Isaac; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; McLaughlin; Money; Morgan; Muñoz; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schofield; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Kitzman; Orr.
Absent — Moody.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1079 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Morgan
When Record No. 1079 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Wilson
(Kitzman now present)
HB 1373 ON SECOND READING
(by Raymond and Villalobos)
HB 1373, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the designation of a portion of Farm to Market Road 70 in Nueces County as the Los Robles Trail.
Amendment No. 1
Representative Raymond offered the following amendment to HB 1373:
Amend HB 1373 (house committee report) on page 1, line 13, between "construct" and "markers", by inserting "four".
Amendment No. 1 was adopted.
HB 1373, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 1080): 143 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr.
Absent — Meza.
SB 494 ON SECOND READING
(Landgraf, R. Lopez, E. Morales, and Darby - House Sponsors)
SB 494, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the establishment of a theft of petroleum products task force.
SB 494 was considered in lieu of HB 1647.
Amendment No. 1
Representative Landgraf offered the following amendment to SB 494:
Amend SB 494 (house committee report) by striking page 2, line 22, through page 3, line 1, and substituting the following:
section, the members of the task force may consult with any organization, governmental entity, or person the task force considers necessary.
Amendment No. 1 was adopted.
SB 494, as amended, was passed to third reading by (Record 1081): 136 Yeas, 8 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Cain; Harrison; Hopper; Money; Olcott; Richardson; Schatzline; Toth.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr.
HB 1647 - LAID ON THE TABLE SUBJECT TO CALL
Representative Landgraf moved to lay HB 1647 on the table subject to call.
The motion prevailed.
HB 2254 ON SECOND READING
(by Hull)
HB 2254, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to certain health care services contract arrangements entered into by insurers and health care providers.
Amendment No. 1
Representative Hull offered the following amendment to HB 2254:
Amend HB 2254 (house committee report) on page 2, line 3, between "for" and "health", by inserting "primary".
Amendment No. 1 was adopted.
HB 2254, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 1082): 141 Yeas, 0 Nays, 4 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C); Jones, J.; Reynolds.
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr.
Absent — Harrison.
HB 2259 ON SECOND READING
(by DeAyala)
HB 2259, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the instructions for an application form for an early voting ballot.
HB 2259 was passed to engrossment by (Record 1083): 138 Yeas, 5 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Cain; Canales; Harrison; Little; Olcott.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr.
Absent — Plesa.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1083 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Cain
When Record No. 1083 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Plesa
HB 2853 ON SECOND READING
(by V. Perez, Moody, E. Morales, and Ordaz)
HB 2853, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to student union building fees at The University of Texas at El Paso.
HB 2853 was passed to engrossment by (Record 1084): 90 Yeas, 51 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Ordaz; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Bell, C.; Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Capriglione; Cook; Cunningham; Dean; DeAyala; Gates; Gerdes; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Wharton.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr.
Absent — Dorazio; Kerwin; Lopez, J.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1084 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Dorazio
CSHB 3073 ON SECOND READING
(by Howard, Troxclair, Johnson, and Cook)
CSHB 3073, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault.
Amendment No. 1
Representative Johnson offered the following amendment to CSHB 3073:
Amend CSHB 3073 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. This Act may be cited as the Summer Willis Act.
Amendment No. 1 was adopted.
CSHB 3073, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 1085): 143 Yeas, 1 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Harrison.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr.
REMARKS ORDERED PRINTED
Representative Zwiener moved to print all remarks on CSHB 3073.
The motion prevailed. [The text of the debate was not available at the time of printing.]
CSHB 3088 ON SECOND READING
(by Orr, Kerwin, Flores, DeAyala, Gervin-Hawkins, et al.)
CSHB 3088, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority of the Parks and Wildlife Department to procure goods and services related to items for resale by the department.
CSHB 3088 was passed to engrossment by (Record 1086): 139 Yeas, 3 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Cain; Harrison; Schofield.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr.
Absent — Gerdes; Lowe.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1086 was taken, I was temporarily out of the house chamber. I would have voted yes.
Gerdes
CSHB 353 ON SECOND READING
(by Patterson)
CSHB 353, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to creating the criminal offense of trespass on or near school or day-care center property.
CSHB 353 was passed to engrossment by (Record 1087): 131 Yeas, 10 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Moody; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu.
Nays — Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; Hinojosa; Meza; Morales, C.; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Thompson; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr.
Absent — Canales; Kerwin; Simmons.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1087 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Hinojosa
When Record No. 1087 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
C. Morales
HB 355 ON SECOND READING
(by Craddick)
HB 355, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the period within which the Texas Juvenile Justice Department must accept custody of a person committed to the department and to the consequences for the failure of the department to accept custody of the person within that period.
HB 355 was passed to engrossment by (Record 1088): 143 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr.
Absent — Hopper.
HB 786 ON SECOND READING
(by J. Jones, et al.)
HB 786, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to justice court security in certain counties.
Amendment No. 1
Representative J. Jones offered the following amendment to HB 786:
Amend HB 786 (house committee report) on page 1, by striking lines 12 through 15 and substituting "shall use money from the general revenue fund of the county.".
Amendment No. 1 was adopted.
HB 786, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 1089): 100 Yeas, 40 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hayes; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Leach; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; McQueeney; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Oliverson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Swanson; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Cook; Cunningham; Frank; Gates; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hefner; Hickland; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Lowe; Luther; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Patterson; Paul; Richardson; Schatzline; Slawson; Spiller; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Wharton; Wilson.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr.
Absent — Lopez, R.; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Ordaz.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1089 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Ashby
When Record No. 1089 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
J. Lopez
When Record No. 1089 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Pierson
When Record No. 1089 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Shofner
HB 762 ON SECOND READING
(by Leach, et al.)
HB 762, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to severance pay for political subdivision employees and independent contractors.
HB 762 was passed to engrossment by (Record 1090): 132 Yeas, 10 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Moody; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Richardson; Romero; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Anchía; Bowers; Garcia Hernandez; González, J.; Meza; Morales, C.; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Rose; Thompson.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C); Simmons.
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr.
Absent — Hinojosa.
HB 705 ON SECOND READING
(by Wilson)
HB 705, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the Cosmetology Licensure Compact; authorizing fees.
Amendment No. 1
Representative Wilson offered the following amendment to HB 705:
Amend HB 705 (house committee report) by striking all below the enacting clause and substituting the following:
SECTION 1. Title 9, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Chapter 1604 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 1604. COSMETOLOGY LICENSURE COMPACT
Sec. 1604.001. COSMETOLOGY LICENSURE COMPACT. The Cosmetology Licensure Compact is enacted and entered into with all other jurisdictions that legally join the compact, which reads as follows:
COSMETOLOGY LICENSURE COMPACT
ARTICLE 1- PURPOSE
The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate the interstate practice and regulation of Cosmetology with the goal of improving public access to, and the safety of, Cosmetology Services and reducing unnecessary burdens related to Cosmetology licensure. Through this Compact, the Member States seek to establish a regulatory framework which provides for a new multistate licensing program. Through this new licensing program, the Member States seek to provide increased value and mobility to licensed Cosmetologists in the Member States, while ensuring the provision of safe, effective, and reliable services to the public.
This Compact is designed to achieve the following objectives, and the Member States hereby ratify the same intentions by subscribing hereto:
A. Provide opportunities for interstate practice by Cosmetologists who meet uniform requirements for multistate licensure;
B. Enhance the abilities of Member States to protect public health and safety, and prevent fraud and unlicensed activity within the profession;
C. Ensure and encourage cooperation between Member States in the licensure and regulation of the Practice of Cosmetology;
D. Support relocating military members and their spouses;
E. Facilitate the exchange of information between Member States related to the licensure, investigation, and discipline of the Practice of Cosmetology;
F. Provide for the licensure and mobility of the workforce in the profession, while addressing the shortage of workers and lessening the associated burdens on the Member States.
ARTICLE 2- DEFINITIONS
As used in this Compact, and except as otherwise provided, the following definitions shall govern the terms herein:
A. "Active Military Member" means any person with full-time duty status in the armed forces of the United States, including members of the National Guard and Reserve.
B. "Adverse Action" means any administrative, civil, equitable, or criminal action permitted by a Member State's laws which is imposed by a State Licensing Authority or other regulatory body against a Cosmetologist, including actions against an individual's license or Authorization to Practice such as revocation, suspension, probation, monitoring of the Licensee, limitation of the Licensee's practice, or any other Encumbrance on a license affecting an individual's ability to participate in the Cosmetology industry, including the issuance of a cease and desist order.
C. "Authorization to Practice" means a legal authorization associated with a Multistate License permitting the Practice of Cosmetology in that Remote State, which shall be subject to the enforcement jurisdiction of the State Licensing Authority in that Remote State.
D. "Alternative Program" means a non-disciplinary monitoring or prosecutorial diversion program approved by a Member State's State Licensing Authority.
E. "Background Check" means the submission of information for an applicant for the purpose of obtaining that applicant's criminal history record information, as further defined in 28 C.F.R. § 20.3(d), from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the agency responsible for retaining State criminal or disciplinary history in the applicant's Home State.
F. "Charter Member State" means Member States who have enacted legislation to adopt this Compact where such legislation predates the effective date of this Compact as defined in Article 13.
G. "Commission" means the government agency whose membership consists of all States that have enacted this Compact, which is known as the Cosmetology Licensure Compact Commission, as defined in Article 9, and which shall operate as an instrumentality of the Member States.
H. "Cosmetologist" means an individual licensed in their Home State to practice Cosmetology.
I. "Cosmetology", "Cosmetology Services", and the "Practice of Cosmetology" mean the care and services provided by a Cosmetologist as set forth in the Member State's statutes and regulations in the State where the services are being provided.
J. "Current Significant Investigative Information" means:
1. Investigative Information that a State Licensing Authority, after an inquiry or investigation that complies with a Member State's due process requirements, has reason to believe is not groundless and, if proved true, would indicate a violation of that State's laws regarding fraud or the Practice of Cosmetology; or
2. Investigative Information that indicates that a Licensee has engaged in fraud or represents an immediate threat to public health and safety, regardless of whether the Licensee has been notified and had an opportunity to respond.
K. "Data System" means a repository of information about Licensees, including, but not limited to, license status, Investigative Information, and Adverse Actions.
L. "Disqualifying Event" means any event which shall disqualify an individual from holding a Multistate License under this Compact, which the Commission may by Rule or order specify.
M. "Encumbered License" means a license in which an Adverse Action restricts the Practice of Cosmetology by a Licensee, or where said Adverse Action has been reported to the Commission.
N. "Encumbrance" means a revocation or suspension of, or any limitation on, the full and unrestricted Practice of Cosmetology by a State Licensing Authority.
O. "Executive Committee" means a group of delegates elected or appointed to act on behalf of, and within the powers granted to them by, the Commission.
P. "Home State" means the Member State which is a Licensee's primary State of residence, and where that Licensee holds an active and unencumbered license to practice Cosmetology.
Q. "Investigative Information" means information, records, or documents received or generated by a State Licensing Authority pursuant to an investigation or other inquiry.
R. "Jurisprudence Requirement" means the assessment of an individual's knowledge of the laws and rules governing the Practice of Cosmetology in a State.
S. "Licensee" means an individual who currently holds a license from a Member State to practice as a Cosmetologist.
T. "Member State" means any State that has adopted this Compact.
U. "Multistate License" means a license issued by and subject to the enforcement jurisdiction of the State Licensing Authority in a Licensee's Home State, which authorizes the Practice of Cosmetology in Member States and includes Authorizations to Practice Cosmetology in all Remote States pursuant to this Compact.
V. "Remote State" means any Member State, other than the Licensee's Home State.
W. "Rule" means any rule or regulation promulgated by the Commission under this Compact which has the force of law.
X. "Single-State License" means a Cosmetology license issued by a Member State that authorizes practice of Cosmetology only within the issuing State and does not include any authorization outside of the issuing State.
Y. "State" means a State, territory, or possession of the United States and the District of Columbia.
Z. "State Licensing Authority" means a Member State's regulatory body responsible for issuing Cosmetology licenses or otherwise overseeing the Practice of Cosmetology in that State.
ARTICLE 3- MEMBER STATE REQUIREMENTS
A. To be eligible to join this Compact, and to maintain eligibility as a Member State, a State must:
1. License and regulate Cosmetology;
2. Have a mechanism or entity in place to receive and investigate complaints about Licensees practicing in that State;
3. Require that Licensees within the State pass a Cosmetology competency examination prior to being licensed to provide Cosmetology Services to the public in that State;
4. Require that Licensees satisfy educational or training requirements in Cosmetology prior to being licensed to provide Cosmetology Services to the public in that State;
5. Implement procedures for considering one or more of the following categories of information from applicants for licensure: criminal history; disciplinary history; or Background Check. Such procedures may include the submission of information by applicants for the purpose of obtaining an applicant's Background Check as defined herein;
6. Participate in the Data System, including through the use of unique identifying numbers;
7. Share information related to Adverse Actions with the Commission and other Member States, both through the Data System and otherwise;
8. Notify the Commission and other Member States, in compliance with the terms of the Compact and Rules of the Commission, of the existence of Investigative Information or Current Significant Investigative Information in the State's possession regarding a Licensee practicing in that State;
9. Comply with such Rules as may be enacted by the Commission to administer the Compact; and
10. Accept Licensees from other Member States as established herein.
B. Member States may charge a fee for granting a license to practice Cosmetology.
C. Individuals not residing in a Member State shall continue to be able to apply for a Member State's Single-State License as provided under the laws of each Member State. However, the Single-State License granted to these individuals shall not be recognized as granting a Multistate License to provide services in any other Member State.
D. Nothing in this Compact shall affect the requirements established by a Member State for the issuance of a Single-State License.
E. A Multistate License issued to a Licensee by a Home State to a resident of that State shall be recognized by each Member State as authorizing a Licensee to practice Cosmetology in each Member State.
F. At no point shall the Commission have the power to define the educational or professional requirements for a license to practice Cosmetology. The Member States shall retain sole jurisdiction over the provision of these requirements.
ARTICLE 4- MULTISTATE LICENSE
A. To be eligible to apply to their Home State's State Licensing Authority for an initial Multistate License under this Compact, a Licensee must hold an active and unencumbered Single-State License to practice Cosmetology in their Home State.
B. Upon the receipt of an application for a Multistate License, according to the Rules of the Commission, a Member State's State Licensing Authority shall ascertain whether the applicant meets the requirements for a Multistate License under this Compact.
C. If an applicant meets the requirements for a Multistate License under this Compact and any applicable Rules of the Commission, the State Licensing Authority in receipt of the application shall, within a reasonable time, grant a Multistate License to that applicant, and inform all Member States of the grant of said Multistate License.
D. A Multistate License to practice Cosmetology issued by a Member State's State Licensing Authority shall be recognized by each Member State as authorizing the practice thereof as though that Licensee held a Single-State License to do so in each Member State, subject to the restrictions herein.
E. A Multistate License granted pursuant to this Compact may be effective for a definite period of time, concurrent with the licensure renewal period in the Home State.
F. To maintain a Multistate License under this Compact, a Licensee must:
1. Agree to abide by the rules of the State Licensing Authority, and the State scope of practice laws governing the Practice of Cosmetology, of any Member State in which the Licensee provides services;
2. Pay all required fees related to the application and process, and any other fees which the Commission may by Rule require; and
3. Comply with any and all other requirements regarding Multistate Licenses which the Commission may by Rule provide.
G. A Licensee practicing in a Member State is subject to all scope of practice laws governing Cosmetology Services in that State.
H. The Practice of Cosmetology under a Multistate License granted pursuant to this Compact will subject the Licensee to the jurisdiction of the State Licensing Authority, the courts, and the laws of the Member State in which the Cosmetology Services are provided.
ARTICLE 5- REISSUANCE OF A MULTISTATE LICENSE BY A NEW HOME STATE
A. A Licensee may hold a Multistate License, issued by their Home State, in only one Member State at any given time.
B. If a Licensee changes their Home State by moving between two Member States:
1. The Licensee shall immediately apply for the reissuance of their Multistate License in their new Home State. The Licensee shall pay all applicable fees and notify the prior Home State in accordance with the Rules of the Commission.
2. Upon receipt of an application to reissue a Multistate License, the new Home State shall verify that the Multistate License is active, unencumbered and eligible for reissuance under the terms of the Compact and the Rules of the Commission. The Multistate License issued by the prior Home State will be deactivated and all Member States notified in accordance with the applicable Rules adopted by the Commission.
3. If required for initial licensure, the new Home State may require a Background Check as specified in the laws of that State, or the compliance with any Jurisprudence Requirements of the new Home State.
4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Compact, if a Licensee does not meet the requirements set forth in this Compact for the reissuance of a Multistate License by the new Home State, then the Licensee shall be subject to the new Home State requirements for the issuance of a Single-State License in that State.
C. If a Licensee changes their primary state of residence by moving from a Member State to a non-Member State, or from a non-Member State to a Member State, then the Licensee shall be subject to the State requirements for the issuance of a Single-State License in the new Home State.
D. Nothing in this Compact shall interfere with a Licensee's ability to hold a Single-State License in multiple States; however, for the purposes of this Compact, a Licensee shall have only one Home State, and only one Multistate License.
E. Nothing in this Compact shall interfere with the requirements established by a Member State for the issuance of a Single-State License.
ARTICLE 6- AUTHORITY OF THE COMPACT COMMISSION AND MEMBER STATE LICENSING AUTHORITIES
A. Nothing in this Compact, nor any Rule or regulation of the Commission, shall be construed to limit, restrict, or in any way reduce the ability of a Member State to enact and enforce laws, regulations, or other rules related to the Practice of Cosmetology in that State, where those laws, regulations, or other rules are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Compact.
B. Insofar as practical, a Member State's State Licensing Authority shall cooperate with the Commission and with each entity exercising independent regulatory authority over the Practice of Cosmetology according to the provisions of this Compact.
C. Discipline shall be the sole responsibility of the State in which Cosmetology Services are provided. Accordingly, each Member State's State Licensing Authority shall be responsible for receiving complaints about individuals practicing Cosmetology in that State, and for communicating all relevant Investigative Information about any such Adverse Action to the other Member States through the Data System in addition to any other methods the Commission may by Rule require.
ARTICLE 7- ADVERSE ACTIONS
A. A Licensee's Home State shall have exclusive power to impose an Adverse Action against a Licensee's Multistate License issued by the Home State.
B. A Home State may take Adverse Action on a Multistate License based on the Investigative Information, Current Significant Investigative Information, or Adverse Action of a Remote State.
C. In addition to the powers conferred by State law, each Remote State's State Licensing Authority shall have the power to:
1. Take Adverse Action against a Licensee's Authorization to Practice Cosmetology through the Multistate License in that Member State, provided that:
a. Only the Licensee's Home State shall have the power to take Adverse Action against the Multistate License issued by the Home State; and
b. For the purposes of taking Adverse Action, the Home State's State Licensing Authority shall give the same priority and effect to reported conduct received from a Remote State as it would if such conduct had occurred within the Home State. In so doing, the Home State shall apply its own State laws to determine the appropriate action.
2. Issue cease and desist orders or impose an Encumbrance on a Licensee's Authorization to Practice within that Member State.
3. Complete any pending investigations of a Licensee who changes their primary state of residence during the course of such an investigation. The State Licensing Authority shall also be empowered to report the results of such an investigation to the Commission through the Data System as described herein.
4. Issue subpoenas for both hearings and investigations that require the attendance and testimony of witnesses, as well as the production of evidence. Subpoenas issued by a State Licensing Authority in a Member State for the attendance and testimony of witnesses or the production of evidence from another Member State shall be enforced in the latter State by any court of competent jurisdiction, according to the practice and procedure of that court applicable to subpoenas issued in proceedings before it. The issuing State Licensing Authority shall pay any witness fees, travel expenses, mileage, and other fees required by the service statutes of the State in which the witnesses or evidence are located.
5. If otherwise permitted by State law, recover from the affected Licensee the costs of investigations and disposition of cases resulting from any Adverse Action taken against that Licensee.
6. Take Adverse Action against the Licensee's Authorization to Practice in that State based on the factual findings of another Remote State.
D. A Licensee's Home State shall complete any pending investigation(s) of a Cosmetologist who changes their primary state of residence during the course of the investigation(s). The Home State shall also have the authority to take appropriate action(s) and shall promptly report the conclusions of the investigations to the Data System.
E. If an Adverse Action is taken by the Home State against a Licensee's Multistate License, the Licensee's Authorization to Practice in all other Member States shall be deactivated until all Encumbrances have been removed from the Home State license. All Home State disciplinary orders that impose an Adverse Action against a Licensee's Multistate License shall include a statement that the Cosmetologist's Authorization to Practice is deactivated in all Member States during the pendency of the order.
F. Nothing in this Compact shall override a Member State's authority to accept a Licensee's participation in an Alternative Program in lieu of Adverse Action. A Licensee's Multistate License shall be suspended for the duration of the Licensee's participation in any Alternative Program.
G. Joint Investigations
1. In addition to the authority granted to a Member State by its respective scope of practice laws or other applicable State law, a Member State may participate with other Member States in joint investigations of Licensees.
2. Member States shall share any investigative, litigation, or compliance materials in furtherance of any joint or individual investigation initiated under the Compact.
ARTICLE 8- ACTIVE MILITARY MEMBERS AND THEIR SPOUSES
Active Military Members, or their spouses, shall designate a Home State where the individual has a current license to practice Cosmetology in good standing. The individual may retain their Home State designation during any period of service when that individual or their spouse is on active duty assignment.
ARTICLE 9- ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF THE COSMETOLOGY LICENSURE COMPACT COMMISSION
A. The Compact Member States hereby create and establish a joint government agency whose membership consists of all Member States that have enacted the Compact known as the Cosmetology Licensure Compact Commission. The Commission is an instrumentality of the Compact Member States acting jointly and not an instrumentality of any one State. The Commission shall come into existence on or after the effective date of the Compact as set forth in Article 13.
B. Membership, Voting, and Meetings
1. Each Member State shall have and be limited to one (1) delegate selected by that Member State’s State Licensing Authority.
2. The delegate shall be an administrator of the State Licensing Authority of the Member State or their designee.
3. The Commission shall by Rule or bylaw establish a term of office for delegates and may by Rule or bylaw establish term limits.
4. The Commission may recommend removal or suspension of any delegate from office.
5. A Member State’s State Licensing Authority shall fill any vacancy of its delegate occurring on the Commission within 60 days of the vacancy.
6. Each delegate shall be entitled to one vote on all matters that are voted on by the Commission.
7. The Commission shall meet at least once during each calendar year. Additional meetings may be held as set forth in the bylaws. The Commission may meet by telecommunication, video conference or other similar electronic means.
C. The Commission shall have the following powers:
1. Establish the fiscal year of the Commission;
2. Establish code of conduct and conflict of interest policies;
3. Adopt Rules and bylaws;
4. Maintain its financial records in accordance with the bylaws;
5. Meet and take such actions as are consistent with the provisions of this Compact, the Commission’s Rules, and the bylaws;
6. Initiate and conclude legal proceedings or actions in the name of the Commission, provided that the standing of any State Licensing Authority to sue or be sued under applicable law shall not be affected;
7. Maintain and certify records and information provided to a Member State as the authenticated business records of the Commission, and designate an agent to do so on the Commission's behalf;
8. Purchase and maintain insurance and bonds;
9. Borrow, accept, or contract for services of personnel, including, but not limited to, employees of a Member State;
10. Conduct an annual financial review;
11. Hire employees, elect or appoint officers, fix compensation, define duties, grant such individuals appropriate authority to carry out the purposes of the Compact, and establish the Commission's personnel policies and programs relating to conflicts of interest, qualifications of personnel, and other related personnel matters;
12. As set forth in the Commission Rules, charge a fee to a Licensee for the grant of a Multistate License and thereafter, as may be established by Commission Rule, charge the Licensee a Multistate License renewal fee for each renewal period. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent a Home State from charging a Licensee a fee for a Multistate License or renewals of a Multistate License, or a fee for the jurisprudence requirement if the Member State imposes such a requirement for the grant of a Multistate License;
13. Assess and collect fees;
14. Accept any and all appropriate gifts, donations, grants of money, other sources of revenue, equipment, supplies, materials, and services, and receive, utilize, and dispose of the same; provided that at all times the Commission shall avoid any appearance of impropriety or conflict of interest;
15. Lease, purchase, retain, own, hold, improve, or use any property, real, personal, or mixed, or any undivided interest therein;
16. Sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, abandon, or otherwise dispose of any property real, personal, or mixed;
17. Establish a budget and make expenditures;
18. Borrow money;
19. Appoint committees, including standing committees, composed of members, State regulators, State legislators or their representatives, and consumer representatives, and such other interested persons as may be designated in this Compact and the bylaws;
20. Provide and receive information from, and cooperate with, law enforcement agencies;
21. Elect a Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer and such other officers of the Commission as provided in the Commission's bylaws;
22. Establish and elect an Executive Committee, including a chair and a vice chair;
23. Adopt and provide to the Member States an annual report.
24. Determine whether a State's adopted language is materially different from the model Compact language such that the State would not qualify for participation in the Compact; and
25. Perform such other functions as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Compact.
D. The Executive Committee
1. The Executive Committee shall have the power to act on behalf of the Commission according to the terms of this Compact. The powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Executive Committee shall include:
a. Overseeing the day-to-day activities of the administration of the Compact including compliance with the provisions of the Compact, the Commission's Rules and bylaws, and other such duties as deemed necessary;
b. Recommending to the Commission changes to the Rules or bylaws, changes to this Compact legislation, fees charged to Compact Member States, fees charged to Licensees, and other fees;
c. Ensuring Compact administration services are appropriately provided, including by contract;
d. Preparing and recommending the budget;
e. Maintaining financial records on behalf of the Commission;
f. Monitoring Compact compliance of Member States and providing compliance reports to the Commission;
g. Establishing additional committees as necessary;
h. Exercising the powers and duties of the Commission during the interim between Commission meetings, except for adopting or amending Rules, adopting or amending bylaws, and exercising any other powers and duties expressly reserved to the Commission by Rule or bylaw; and
i. Other duties as provided in the Rules or bylaws of the Commission.
2. The Executive Committee shall be composed of up to seven voting members:
a. The chair and vice chair of the Commission and any other members of the Commission who serve on the Executive Committee shall be voting members of the Executive Committee; and
b. Other than the chair, vice-chair, secretary and treasurer, the Commission shall elect three voting members from the current membership of the Commission.
c. The Commission may elect ex-officio, nonvoting members from a recognized national Cosmetology professional association as approved by the Commission. The Commission's bylaws shall identify qualifying organizations and the manner of appointment if the number of organizations seeking to appoint an ex officio member exceeds the number of members specified in this Article.
3. The Commission may remove any member of the Executive Committee as provided in the Commission's bylaws.
4. The Executive Committee shall meet at least annually.
a. Annual Executive Committee meetings, as well as any Executive Committee meeting at which it does not take or intend to take formal action on a matter for which a Commission vote would otherwise be required, shall be open to the public, except that the Executive Committee may meet in a closed, non-public session of a public meeting when dealing with any of the matters covered under Article 9.F.4.
b. The Executive Committee shall give five business days advance notice of its public meetings, posted on its website and as determined to provide notice to persons with an interest in the public matters the Executive Committee intends to address at those meetings.
5. The Executive Committee may hold an emergency meeting when acting for the Commission to:
a. Meet an imminent threat to public health, safety, or welfare;
b. Prevent a loss of Commission or Member State funds; or
c. Protect public health and safety.
E. The Commission shall adopt and provide to the Member States an annual report.
F. Meetings of the Commission
1. All meetings of the Commission that are not closed pursuant to Article 9.F.4 shall be open to the public. Notice of public meetings shall be posted on the Commission's website at least thirty (30) days prior to the public meeting.
2. Notwithstanding Article 9.F.1, the Commission may convene an emergency public meeting by providing at least twenty-four (24) hours prior notice on the Commission's website, and any other means as provided in the Commission's Rules, for any of the reasons it may dispense with notice of proposed rulemaking under Article 11.L. The Commission's legal counsel shall certify that one of the reasons justifying an emergency public meeting has been met.
3. Notice of all Commission meetings shall provide the time, date, and location of the meeting, and if the meeting is to be held or accessible via telecommunication, video conference, or other electronic means, the notice shall include the mechanism for access to the meeting.
4. The Commission may convene in a closed, non-public meeting for the Commission to discuss:
a. Non-compliance of a Member State with its obligations under the Compact;
b. The employment, compensation, discipline or other matters, practices or procedures related to specific employees or other matters related to the Commission's internal personnel practices and procedures;
c. Current or threatened discipline of a Licensee by the Commission or by a Member State's Licensing Authority;
d. Current, threatened, or reasonably anticipated litigation;
e. Negotiation of contracts for the purchase, lease, or sale of goods, services, or real estate;
f. Accusing any person of a crime or formally censuring any person;
g. Trade secrets or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential;
h. Information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy;
i. Investigative records compiled for law enforcement purposes;
j. Information related to any investigative reports prepared by or on behalf of or for use of the Commission or other committee charged with responsibility of investigation or determination of compliance issues pursuant to the Compact;
k. Legal advice;
l. Matters specifically exempted from disclosure to the public by federal or Member State law; or
m. Other matters as promulgated by the Commission by Rule.
5. If a meeting, or portion of a meeting, is closed, the presiding officer shall state that the meeting will be closed and reference each relevant exempting provision, and such reference shall be recorded in the minutes.
6. The Commission shall keep minutes that fully and clearly describe all matters discussed in a meeting and shall provide a full and accurate summary of actions taken, and the reasons therefore, including a description of the views expressed. All documents considered in connection with an action shall be identified in such minutes. All minutes and documents of a closed meeting shall remain under seal, subject to release only by a majority vote of the Commission or order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
G. Financing of the Commission
1. The Commission shall pay, or provide for the payment of, the reasonable expenses of its establishment, organization, and ongoing activities.
2. The Commission may accept any and all appropriate sources of revenue, donations, and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials, and services.
3. The Commission may levy on and collect an annual assessment from each Member State and impose fees on Licensees of Member States to whom it grants a Multistate License to cover the cost of the operations and activities of the Commission and its staff, which must be in a total amount sufficient to cover its annual budget as approved each year for which revenue is not provided by other sources. The aggregate annual assessment amount for Member States shall be allocated based upon a formula that the Commission shall promulgate by Rule.
4. The Commission shall not incur obligations of any kind prior to securing the funds adequate to meet the same; nor shall the Commission pledge the credit of any Member States, except by and with the authority of the Member State.
5. The Commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the Commission shall be subject to the financial review and accounting procedures established under its bylaws. All receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the Commission shall be subject to an annual financial review by a certified or licensed public accountant, and the report of the financial review shall be included in and become part of the annual report of the Commission.
H. Qualified Immunity, Defense, and Indemnification
1. The members, officers, executive director, employees and representatives of the Commission shall be immune from suit and liability, both personally and in their official capacity, for any claim for damage to or loss of property or personal injury or other civil liability caused by or arising out of any actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred, or that the person against whom the claim is made had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of Commission employment, duties or responsibilities; provided that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to protect any such person from suit or liability for any damage, loss, injury, or liability caused by the intentional or willful or wanton misconduct of that person. The procurement of insurance of any type by the Commission shall not in any way compromise or limit the immunity granted hereunder.
2. The Commission shall defend any member, officer, executive director, employee, and representative of the Commission in any civil action seeking to impose liability arising out of any actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred within the scope of Commission employment, duties, or responsibilities, or as determined by the Commission that the person against whom the claim is made had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of Commission employment, duties, or responsibilities; provided that nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit that person from retaining their own counsel at their own expense; and provided further, that the actual or alleged act, error, or omission did not result from that person's intentional or willful or wanton misconduct.
3. The Commission shall indemnify and hold harmless any member, officer, executive director, employee, and representative of the Commission for the amount of any settlement or judgment obtained against that person arising out of any actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred within the scope of Commission employment, duties, or responsibilities, or that such person had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of Commission employment, duties, or responsibilities, provided that the actual or alleged act, error, or omission did not result from the intentional or willful or wanton misconduct of that person.
4. Nothing herein shall be construed as a limitation on the liability of any Licensee for professional malpractice or misconduct, which shall be governed solely by any other applicable State laws.
5. Nothing in this Compact shall be interpreted to waive or otherwise abrogate a Member State's State action immunity or State action affirmative defense with respect to antitrust claims under the Sherman Act, Clayton Act, or any other State or federal antitrust or anticompetitive law or regulation.
6. Nothing in this Compact shall be construed to be a waiver of sovereign immunity by the Member States or by the Commission.
ARTICLE 10- DATA SYSTEM
A. The Commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, operation, and utilization of a coordinated database and reporting system.
B. The Commission shall assign each applicant for a Multistate License a unique identifier, as determined by the Rules of the Commission.
C. Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the contrary, a Member State shall submit a uniform data set to the Data System on all individuals to whom this Compact is applicable as required by the Rules of the Commission, including:
1. Identifying information;
2. Licensure data;
3. Adverse Actions against a license and information related thereto;
4. Non-confidential information related to Alternative Program participation, the beginning and ending dates of such participation, and other information related to such participation;
5. Any denial of application for licensure, and the reason(s) for such denial (excluding the reporting of any criminal history record information where prohibited by law);
6. The existence of Investigative Information;
7. The existence of Current Significant Investigative Information; and
8. Other information that may facilitate the administration of this Compact or the protection of the public, as determined by the Rules of the Commission.
D. The records and information provided to a Member State pursuant to this Compact or through the Data System, when certified by the Commission or an agent thereof, shall constitute the authenticated business records of the Commission, and shall be entitled to any associated hearsay exception in any relevant judicial, quasi-judicial or administrative proceedings in a Member State.
E. The existence of Current Significant Investigative Information and the existence of Investigative Information pertaining to a Licensee in any Member State will only be available to other Member States.
F. It is the responsibility of the Member States to monitor the database to determine whether Adverse Action has been taken against such a Licensee or License applicant. Adverse Action information pertaining to a Licensee or License applicant in any Member State will be available to any other Member State.
G. Member States contributing information to the Data System may designate information that may not be shared with the public without the express permission of the contributing State.
H. Any information submitted to the Data System that is subsequently expunged pursuant to federal law or the laws of the Member State contributing the information shall be removed from the Data System.
ARTICLE 11- RULEMAKING
A. The Commission shall promulgate reasonable Rules in order to effectively and efficiently implement and administer the purposes and provisions of the Compact. A Rule shall be invalid and have no force or effect only if a court of competent jurisdiction holds that the Rule is invalid because the Commission exercised its rulemaking authority in a manner that is beyond the scope and purposes of the Compact, or the powers granted hereunder, or based upon another applicable standard of review.
B. The Rules of the Commission shall have the force of law in each Member State, provided however that where the Rules of the Commission conflict with the laws of the Member State that establish the Member State's scope of practice laws governing the Practice of Cosmetology as held by a court of competent jurisdiction, the Rules of the Commission shall be ineffective in that State to the extent of the conflict.
C. The Commission shall exercise its rulemaking powers pursuant to the criteria set forth in this Article and the Rules adopted thereunder. Rules shall become binding as of the date specified by the Commission for each Rule.
D. If a majority of the legislatures of the Member States rejects a Rule or portion of a Rule, by enactment of a statute or resolution in the same manner used to adopt the Compact within four (4) years of the date of adoption of the Rule, then such Rule shall have no further force and effect in any Member State or to any State applying to participate in the Compact.
E. Rules shall be adopted at a regular or special meeting of the Commission.
F. Prior to adoption of a proposed Rule, the Commission shall hold a public hearing and allow persons to provide oral and written comments, data, facts, opinions, and arguments.
G. Prior to adoption of a proposed Rule by the Commission, and at least thirty (30) days in advance of the meeting at which the Commission will hold a public hearing on the proposed Rule, the Commission shall provide a notice of proposed rulemaking:
1. On the website of the Commission or other publicly accessible platform;
2. To persons who have requested notice of the Commission's notices of proposed rulemaking; and
3. In such other way(s) as the Commission may by Rule specify.
H. The notice of proposed rulemaking shall include:
1. The time, date, and location of the public hearing at which the Commission will hear public comments on the proposed Rule and, if different, the time, date, and location of the meeting where the Commission will consider and vote on the proposed Rule;
2. If the hearing is held via telecommunication, video conference, or other electronic means, the Commission shall include the mechanism for access to the hearing in the notice of proposed rulemaking;
3. The text of the proposed Rule and the reason therefor;
4. A request for comments on the proposed Rule from any interested person; and
5. The manner in which interested persons may submit written comments.
I. All hearings will be recorded. A copy of the recording and all written comments and documents received by the Commission in response to the proposed Rule shall be available to the public.
J. Nothing in this Article shall be construed as requiring a separate hearing on each Rule. Rules may be grouped for the convenience of the Commission at hearings required by this Article.
K. The Commission shall, by majority vote of all members, take final action on the proposed Rule based on the rulemaking record and the full text of the Rule.
1. The Commission may adopt changes to the proposed Rule provided the changes do not enlarge the original purpose of the proposed Rule.
2. The Commission shall provide an explanation of the reasons for substantive changes made to the proposed Rule as well as reasons for substantive changes not made that were recommended by commenters.
3. The Commission shall determine a reasonable effective date for the Rule. Except for an emergency as provided in Article 11.L, the effective date of the Rule shall be no sooner than forty-five (45) days after the Commission issuing the notice that it adopted or amended the Rule.
L. Upon determination that an emergency exists, the Commission may consider and adopt an emergency Rule with five (5) days' notice, with opportunity to comment, provided that the usual rulemaking procedures provided in the Compact and in this Article shall be retroactively applied to the Rule as soon as reasonably possible, in no event later than ninety (90) days after the effective date of the Rule. For the purposes of this provision, an emergency Rule is one that must be adopted immediately to:
1. Meet an imminent threat to public health, safety, or welfare;
2. Prevent a loss of Commission or Member State funds;
3. Meet a deadline for the promulgation of a Rule that is established by federal law or rule; or
4. Protect public health and safety.
M. The Commission or an authorized committee of the Commission may direct revisions to a previously adopted Rule for purposes of correcting typographical errors, errors in format, errors in consistency, or grammatical errors. Public notice of any revisions shall be posted on the website of the Commission. The revision shall be subject to challenge by any person for a period of thirty (30) days after posting. The revision may be challenged only on grounds that the revision results in a material change to a Rule. A challenge shall be made in writing and delivered to the Commission prior to the end of the notice period. If no challenge is made, the revision will take effect without further action. If the revision is challenged, the revision may not take effect without the approval of the Commission.
N. No Member State's rulemaking requirements shall apply under this Compact.
ARTICLE 12- OVERSIGHT, DISPUTE RESOLUTION, AND ENFORCEMENT
A. Oversight
1. The executive and judicial branches of State government in each Member State shall enforce this Compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to implement the Compact.
2. Venue is proper and judicial proceedings by or against the Commission shall be brought solely and exclusively in a court of competent jurisdiction where the principal office of the Commission is located. The Commission may waive venue and jurisdictional defenses to the extent it adopts or consents to participate in alternative dispute resolution proceedings. Nothing herein shall affect or limit the selection or propriety of venue in any action against a Licensee for professional malpractice, misconduct or any such similar matter.
3. The Commission shall be entitled to receive service of process in any proceeding regarding the enforcement or interpretation of the Compact and shall have standing to intervene in such a proceeding for all purposes. Failure to provide the Commission service of process shall render a judgment or order void as to the Commission, this Compact, or promulgated Rules.
B. Default, Technical Assistance, and Termination
1. If the Commission determines that a Member State has defaulted in the performance of its obligations or responsibilities under this Compact or the promulgated Rules, the Commission shall provide written notice to the defaulting State. The notice of default shall describe the default, the proposed means of curing the default, and any other action that the Commission may take, and shall offer training and specific technical assistance regarding the default.
2. The Commission shall provide a copy of the notice of default to the other Member States.
3. If a State in default fails to cure the default, the defaulting State may be terminated from the Compact upon an affirmative vote of a majority of the delegates of the Member States, and all rights, privileges and benefits conferred on that State by this Compact may be terminated on the effective date of termination. A cure of the default does not relieve the offending State of obligations or liabilities incurred during the period of default.
4. Termination of membership in the Compact shall be imposed only after all other means of securing compliance have been exhausted. Notice of intent to suspend or terminate shall be given by the Commission to the governor, the majority and minority leaders of the defaulting State's legislature, the defaulting State's State Licensing Authority and each of the Member States' State Licensing Authority.
5. A State that has been terminated is responsible for all assessments, obligations, and liabilities incurred through the effective date of termination, including obligations that extend beyond the effective date of termination.
6. Upon the termination of a State's membership from this Compact, that State shall immediately provide notice to all Licensees who hold a Multistate License within that State of such termination. The terminated State shall continue to recognize all licenses granted pursuant to this Compact for a minimum of one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of said notice of termination.
7. The Commission shall not bear any costs related to a State that is found to be in default or that has been terminated from the Compact, unless agreed upon in writing between the Commission and the defaulting State.
8. The defaulting State may appeal the action of the Commission by petitioning the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or the federal district where the Commission has its principal offices. The prevailing party shall be awarded all costs of such litigation, including reasonable attorney's fees.
C. Dispute Resolution
1. Upon request by a Member State, the Commission shall attempt to resolve disputes related to the Compact that arise among Member States and between Member and non-Member States.
2. The Commission shall promulgate a Rule providing for both mediation and binding dispute resolution for disputes as appropriate.
D. Enforcement
1. The Commission, in the reasonable exercise of its discretion, shall enforce the provisions of this Compact and the Commission's Rules.
2. By majority vote as provided by Commission Rule, the Commission may initiate legal action against a Member State in default in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or the federal district where the Commission has its principal offices to enforce compliance with the provisions of the Compact and its promulgated Rules. The relief sought may include both injunctive relief and damages. In the event judicial enforcement is necessary, the prevailing party shall be awarded all costs of such litigation, including reasonable attorney's fees. The remedies herein shall not be the exclusive remedies of the Commission. The Commission may pursue any other remedies available under federal or the defaulting Member State's law.
3. A Member State may initiate legal action against the Commission in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or the federal district where the Commission has its principal offices to enforce compliance with the provisions of the Compact and its promulgated Rules. The relief sought may include both injunctive relief and damages. In the event judicial enforcement is necessary, the prevailing party shall be awarded all costs of such litigation, including reasonable attorney's fees.
4. No individual or entity other than a Member State may enforce this Compact against the Commission.
ARTICLE 13- EFFECTIVE DATE, WITHDRAWAL, AND AMENDMENT
A. The Compact shall come into effect on the date on which the Compact statute is enacted into law in the seventh Member State.
1. On or after the effective date of the Compact, the Commission shall convene and review the enactment of each of the Charter Member States to determine if the statute enacted by each such Charter Member State is materially different than the model Compact statute.
a. A Charter Member State whose enactment is found to be materially different from the model Compact statute shall be entitled to the default process set forth in Article 12.
b. If any Member State is later found to be in default, or is terminated or withdraws from the Compact, the Commission shall remain in existence and the Compact shall remain in effect even if the number of Member States should be less than seven (7).
2. Member States enacting the Compact subsequent to the Charter Member States shall be subject to the process set forth in Article 9.C.24 to determine if their enactments are materially different from the model Compact statute and whether they qualify for participation in the Compact.
3. All actions taken for the benefit of the Commission or in furtherance of the purposes of the administration of the Compact prior to the effective date of the Compact or the Commission coming into existence shall be considered to be actions of the Commission unless specifically repudiated by the Commission.
4. Any State that joins the Compact shall be subject to the Commission's Rules and bylaws as they exist on the date on which the Compact becomes law in that State. Any Rule that has been previously adopted by the Commission shall have the full force and effect of law on the day the Compact becomes law in that State.
B. Any Member State may withdraw from this Compact by enacting a statute repealing that State's enactment of the Compact.
1. A Member State's withdrawal shall not take effect until one hundred eighty (180) days after enactment of the repealing statute.
2. Withdrawal shall not affect the continuing requirement of the withdrawing State's State Licensing Authority to comply with the investigative and Adverse Action reporting requirements of this Compact prior to the effective date of withdrawal.
3. Upon the enactment of a statute withdrawing from this Compact, a State shall immediately provide notice of such withdrawal to all Licensees within that State. Notwithstanding any subsequent statutory enactment to the contrary, such withdrawing State shall continue to recognize all licenses granted pursuant to this Compact for a minimum of one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of such notice of withdrawal.
C. Nothing contained in this Compact shall be construed to invalidate or prevent any licensure agreement or other cooperative arrangement between a Member State and a non-Member State that does not conflict with the provisions of this Compact.
D. This Compact may be amended by the Member States. No amendment to this Compact shall become effective and binding upon any Member State until it is enacted into the laws of all Member States.
ARTICLE 14- CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITY
A. This Compact and the Commission's rulemaking authority shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes, and the implementation and administration of the Compact. Provisions of the Compact expressly authorizing or requiring the promulgation of Rules shall not be construed to limit the Commission's rulemaking authority solely for those purposes.
B. The provisions of this Compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this Compact is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to the constitution of any Member State, a State seeking participation in the Compact, or of the United States, or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the validity of the remainder of this Compact and the applicability thereof to any other government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.
C. Notwithstanding Article 14.B, the Commission may deny a State's participation in the Compact or, in accordance with the requirements of Article 12, terminate a Member State's participation in the Compact, if it determines that a constitutional requirement of a Member State is a material departure from the Compact. Otherwise, if this Compact shall be held to be contrary to the constitution of any Member State, the Compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining Member States and in full force and effect as to the Member State affected as to all severable matters.
ARTICLE 15- CONSISTENT EFFECT AND CONFLICT WITH OTHER STATE LAWS
A. Nothing herein shall prevent or inhibit the enforcement of any other law of a Member State that is not inconsistent with the Compact.
B. All permissible agreements between the Commission and the Member States are binding in accordance with their terms.
Sec. 1604.002. ADMINISTRATION OF COMPACT. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation is the Cosmetology Licensure Compact administrator for this state.
Sec. 1604.003. RULES. The Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation may adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2026.
Amendment No. 1 was adopted.
HB 705, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 1091): 127 Yeas, 15 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Cain; Harrison; Hayes; Hopper; Little; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Pierson; Schofield; Tinderholt; Toth.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C); Virdell.
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr.
Absent — Alders.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1091 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.
Alders
When Record No. 1091 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Schatzline
When Record No. 1091 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Schofield
When Record No. 1091 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Tinderholt
POSTPONED BUSINESS
The following bills were laid before the house as postponed business:
CSHB 45 ON SECOND READING
(by Hull, Noble, Leach, Metcalf, Patterson, et al.)
CSHB 45, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the duty of the attorney general to represent the state in the prosecution of the criminal offense of trafficking of persons.
CSHB 45 was read second time earlier today and was postponed until this time.
Representative Hull moved to postpone consideration of CSHB 45 until 4:30 p.m. today.
The motion prevailed.
GENERAL STATE CALENDAR
(consideration continued)
HB 932 ON SECOND READING
(by Walle)
HB 932, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact; authorizing fees.
HB 932 was passed to engrossment by (Record 1092): 131 Yeas, 9 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Cain; Hopper; Little; Lowe; Morgan; Olcott; Schofield; Toth; Vasut.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr.
Absent — Alders; Lozano; Richardson; Ward Johnson.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1092 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.
Alders
When Record No. 1092 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Schatzline
When Record No. 1092 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Vasut
HB 849 ON SECOND READING
(by Vasut)
HB 849, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority of a county board of park commissioners to hold a meeting by videoconference call.
HB 849 was passed to engrossment by (Record 1093): 144 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr.
CSHB 1160 ON SECOND READING
(by Hull, Harless, M. Perez, DeAyala, and Hernandez)
CSHB 1160, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of assault committed against certain employees or agents of a utility and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of interference with public duties of those employees or agents; increasing criminal penalties for certain criminal offenses relating to interference with public duties.
Representative Hull moved to postpone consideration of CSHB 1160 until 10 a.m. Monday, May 5.
The motion prevailed.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE GRANTED
Pursuant to a previous motion, the following member was granted leave of absence temporarily for today to attend a meeting of the Conference Committee on SB 1:
Walle on motion of Harris.
CSHB 1119 ON SECOND READING
(by Gámez and Campos)
CSHB 1119, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to a biennial report on the regional allocation of mental health beds.
CSHB 1119 was passed to engrossment by (Record 1094): 108 Yeas, 32 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shaheen; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Cook; Dorazio; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hickland; Hopper; Isaac; Kerwin; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Shofner; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr; Walle.
Absent — Ashby; Hayes; Schofield.
CSHB 1612 ON SECOND READING
(by Frank)
CSHB 1612, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to direct payment for certain health care provided by a hospital.
Representative Frank moved to postpone consideration of CSHB 1612 until 4:45 p.m. today.
The motion prevailed.
(Speaker in the chair)
COMMITTEE GRANTED PERMISSION TO MEET
Representative Harless requested permission for the Committee on Corrections to meet while the house is in session, at 4:15 p.m. today, in 1W.14, to consider pending, referred, and committee business.
Permission to meet was granted.
COMMITTEE MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
The following committee meeting was announced:
Corrections, 4:15 p.m. today, 1W.14, for a formal meeting, to consider pending, referred, and committee business.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
A message from the senate was received at this time (see the addendum to the daily journal, Messages from the Senate, Message No. 2).
CSHB 3041 ON SECOND READING
(by Paul)
CSHB 3041, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to measures to support the enrollment of students with a nontraditional secondary education at public institutions of higher education, including eligibility for certain student financial assistance programs.
Amendment No. 1
Representative Paul offered the following amendment to CSHB 3041:
Amend CSHB 3041 (house committee report) on page 12 as follows:
(1) On line 20, strike "2026" and substitute "2025".
(2) On line 22, strike "2026" and substitute "2025".
Amendment No. 1 was adopted.
CSHB 3041, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 1095): 139 Yeas, 1 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Wharton; Wilson; Wu.
Nays — Hinojosa.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr; Walle.
Absent — Collier; Gates; Ward Johnson; Zwiener.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1095 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.
Gates
HB 713 ON SECOND READING
(by Howard and Johnson)
HB 713, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to an exception to certain reporting requirements for health care providers reviewing selected cases for the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.
HB 713 was passed to engrossment by (Record 1096): 105 Yeas, 33 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Simmons; Smithee; Swanson; Talarico; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Ashby; Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Cook; Gerdes; Harrison; Hayes; Hickland; Hopper; Kerwin; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Pierson; Schatzline; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Virdell; Wharton.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr; Walle.
Absent — Dorazio; Gates; Isaac; Kitzman; LaHood; McLaughlin.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1096 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Dorazio
When Record No. 1096 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.
Gates
When Record No. 1096 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.
Isaac
When Record No. 1096 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted no.
Kitzman
When Record No. 1096 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Paul
CSHB 3104 ON SECOND READING
(by McLaughlin)
CSHB 3104, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the appointment and compensation of a bailiff appointed by the judges of certain district courts in Webb County.
CSHB 3104 was passed to engrossment by (Record 1097): 139 Yeas, 1 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Canales.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr; Walle.
Absent — Dorazio; Dutton; Gates; Martinez.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1097 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Dorazio
When Record No. 1097 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Gates
CSHB 3970 ON SECOND READING
(by Darby)
CSHB 3970, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the interconnection of large loads; providing an administrative penalty.
Amendment No. 1
Representative Darby offered the following amendment to CSHB 3970:
Amend CSHB 3970 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 13, between "means a" and "load", insert "large".
(2) On page 2, line 7, strike "the large load's behind-the-meter generation" and substitute "a generation facility associated with the large load".
(3) On page 2, line 18, add an underlined comma after "processing".
(4) On page 2, line 20, between "megawatts" and "by", insert an underlined comma.
(5) On page 2, line 21, strike "entity" and substitute "electric cooperative, municipally owned utility, or transmission and distribution utility".
(6) On page 2, line 24, strike "contract or agreement" and substitute "binding commitment".
(7) On page 4, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:
(h) The independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region shall consider action taken under this section as a reliability deployment when calculating any price adjustments for reliability deployments.
(8) On page 4, strike lines 8 through 11 and substitute the following:
(i) The commission shall establish financial penalties the commission may impose on an owner or operator of a large load that is approved for expedited interconnection processing but fails to reduce the load or power the load with back-up generation as directed by the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region.
Amendment No. 1 was adopted.
Amendment No. 2
Representative Darby offered the following amendment to CSHB 3970:
Amend CSHB 3970 (house committee report) on page 2, line 6, between "loads" and the underlined period by inserting "that have not entered into a contractual agreement with the electric utility, electric cooperative, or municipally owned utility regarding the provision of electric service".
Amendment No. 2 was adopted.
Amendment No. 3
Representative Guillen offered the following amendment to CSHB 3970:
Amend CSHB 3970 (house committee report) on page 1, line 9 by striking "new".
Amendment No. 3 was adopted.
CSHB 3970, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 1098): 141 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr; Walle.
Absent — Garcia Hernandez; Lozano; Meza.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1098 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Garcia Hernandez
CSHB 3962 ON SECOND READING
(by Geren and Tinderholt)
CSHB 3962, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the eligibility of the INDYCAR Grand Prix of Arlington for funding under the major events reimbursement program.
Representative Geren moved to postpone consideration of CSHB 3962 until 10 a.m. Monday, May 5.
The motion prevailed.
HB 5061 ON SECOND READING
(by Leach, Isaac, et al.)
HB 5061, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to prohibiting certain activities by contractors and vendors of state agencies; providing administrative penalties.
Representative Leach moved to postpone consideration of HB 5061 until 10 a.m. tomorrow.
The motion prevailed.
HB 4042 ON SECOND READING
(by E. Morales)
HB 4042, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the applicability of certain safety provisions and regulatory fees administered by the Railroad Commission of Texas to gas distribution pipelines.
HB 4042 was passed to engrossment by (Record 1099): 118 Yeas, 25 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Ashby; Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Cook; Harrison; Hickland; Hopper; Isaac; Kerwin; Little; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Pierson; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr; Walle.
Absent — Jones, J.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1099 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.
J. Jones
When Record No. 1099 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Schatzline
CSHB 4115 ON SECOND READING
(by Meyer, Button, Anchía, and Capriglione)
CSHB 4115, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the submission and approval of certain proposals by shareholders of nationally listed corporations.
Representative Meyer moved to postpone consideration of CSHB 4115 until 10 a.m. Monday, May 5.
The motion prevailed.
HB 4490 ON SECOND READING
(by Smithee)
HB 4490, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to an exemption from required disclosure of information related to the next of kin of deceased persons.
HB 4490 was passed to engrossment by (Record 1100): 140 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr; Walle.
Absent — DeAyala; Jones, J.; Lopez, J.; Manuel.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1100 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.
J. Jones
CSHB 1731 ON SECOND READING
(by Campos and Oliverson)
CSHB 1731, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the physician assistant licensure compact; authorizing a fee.
CSHB 1731 was passed to engrossment by (Record 1101): 119 Yeas, 21 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Toth; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Cook; Harris Davila; Hickland; Hopper; Lambert; Little; Lowe; Luther; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Schatzline; Swanson; Tinderholt; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr; Walle.
Absent — Ashby; Dean; Jones, J.; Manuel.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1101 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.
Ashby
When Record No. 1101 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Dean
When Record No. 1101 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.
J. Jones
When Record No. 1101 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Lambert
SB 530 ON SECOND READING
(Shofner, et al. - House Sponsors)
SB 530, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the accreditation of certain postsecondary educational institutions in this state or of certain programs offered by those institutions.
SB 530 was considered in lieu of HB 1705.
Amendment No. 1
Representative Shofner offered the following amendment to SB 530:
Amend SB 530 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 61.051(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The board represents the highest authority in the state in matters of public higher education and is charged with the duty to take an active part in promoting quality education throughout the state by:
(1) providing a statewide perspective to ensure the efficient and effective use of higher education resources and to eliminate unnecessary duplication;
(2) developing and evaluating progress toward a long-range master plan for higher education and providing analysis and recommendations to link state spending for higher education with the goals of the long-range master plan;
(3) collecting and making accessible data on higher education in the state and aggregating and analyzing that data to support policy recommendations;
(4) making recommendations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of transitions, including between high school and postsecondary education, between institutions of higher education for transfer purposes, and between postsecondary education and the workforce; [and]
(5) administering programs and trusteed funds for financial aid and other grants as necessary to achieve the state's long-range goals and as directed by the legislature; and
(6) adopting rules or taking other action necessary to ensure that each institution of higher education is properly accredited as required to participate in the federal financial aid program under 20 U.S.C. Section 1070a and other federal student financial assistance programs.
Amendment No. 1 was adopted.
SB 530, as amended, was passed to third reading by (Record 1102): 108 Yeas, 26 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Ashby; Barry; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Garcia, J.; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lujan; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Moody; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Zwiener.
Nays — Anchía; Bhojani; Bryant; Cole; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Goodwin; Hinojosa; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lalani; Martinez; Meza; Morales, C.; Perez, M.; Plesa; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Simmons; Thompson; Turner; Wu.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr; Walle.
Absent — Bell, C.; Bowers; DeAyala; Dorazio; Gates; Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, J.; Lozano; Luther; Manuel.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1102 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted no.
Bowers
When Record No. 1102 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Y. Davis
When Record No. 1102 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.
DeAyala
When Record No. 1102 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Dorazio
When Record No. 1102 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Gates
When Record No. 1102 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Guerra
When Record No. 1102 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Hernandez
When Record No. 1102 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Reynolds
When Record No. 1102 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Rodríguez Ramos
When Record No. 1102 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Zwiener
HB 1705 - LAID ON THE TABLE SUBJECT TO CALL
Representative Shofner moved to lay HB 1705 on the table subject to call.
The motion prevailed.
HB 2607 ON SECOND READING
(by Wharton)
HB 2607, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the terms of the members of the board of hospital managers and leasing authority of the Walker County Hospital District.
HB 2607 was passed to engrossment by (Record 1103): 134 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr; Walle.
Absent — Bell, C.; Bowers; Campos; Capriglione; Davis, A.; Garcia, J.; Lowe; Manuel; Vasut; Ward Johnson.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1103 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.
Bowers
HB 3556 ON SECOND READING
(by Vasut and Metcalf)
HB 3556, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to certain structures located near a National Wildlife Refuge.
HB 3556 - POINT OF ORDER
Representative Zwiener raised a point of order against further consideration of HB 3556 under Rule 8, Section 1(a)(1), of the House Rules.
The speaker sustained the point of order, announcing his decision to the house as follows:
Ms. Zwiener raises a point of order against further consideration of HB 3556 under Rule 8, Section 1(a)(1) on the grounds that the caption fails to give reasonable notice of the subject of the proposed measure.
The caption states that the bill relates to "certain structures located near a National Wildlife Refuge." Ms. Zwiener presented uncontested evidence that the bill would apply to areas that are located over 70 miles from a refuge. The caption's use of the term "near" is misleading and thus does not give reasonable notice to individuals who might be affected by the bill. See 89 H. Jour. 1827 (2025) (caption ruling on HB 2001).
Accordingly, the point of order is well-taken and sustained.
HB 3556 was returned to the Committee on Culture, Recreation, and Tourism.
COMMITTEES GRANTED PERMISSION TO MEET
Representative Hunter requested permission for the Committee on Calendars to meet while the house is in session, at 5 p.m. today, in E2.018, to set a calendar.
Permission to meet was granted.
Representative Leach requested permission for the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence to meet while the house is in session, at 5:15 p.m. today, in 3W.15, to consider pending, referred, and committee business.
Permission to meet was granted.
COMMITTEE MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
The following committee meeting was announced:
Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence, 5:15 p.m. today, 3W.15, for a formal meeting, to consider pending, referred, and committee business.
CSHB 138 ON SECOND READING
(by Dean, Paul, Gerdes, Hull, Leach, et al.)
CSHB 138, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the establishment of the Health Impact, Cost, and Coverage Analysis Program; authorizing a fee.
Representative Dean moved to postpone consideration of CSHB 138 until 5:05 p.m. today.
The motion prevailed.
HB 3689 ON SECOND READING
(by Hunter, Oliverson, Paul, Bonnen, Villalobos, et al.)
HB 3689, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to funding of excess losses and operating expenses of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association; authorizing an assessment; authorizing a surcharge.
Amendment No. 1
Representative Hunter offered the following amendment to HB 3689:
Amend HB 3689 by striking SECTION 1.04 on page 3, lines 17-24 and substituting therefore the following:
SECTION 1.04. Section 2210.071, Insurance Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2210.071. PAYMENT OF EXCESS LOSSES. (a) If, in a catastrophe year before January 1, 2026, an occurrence or series of occurrences in a catastrophe area results in insured losses and operating expenses of the association in excess of premium and other revenue of the association, the excess losses and operating expenses shall be paid as provided by this subchapter.
(b) The association may not pay insured losses and operating expenses resulting from an occurrence or series of occurrences in a catastrophe year in excess of premium and other revenue of the association for that catastrophe year with premium and other revenue earned in a subsequent year
Amend HB 3689 in SECTION 1.08 on page 5, lines 14-17 by striking Subsection (b) in added Sec. 2210.081, Insurance Code, and substituting a new Subsection (b) therefore the following:
(b) The association may not pay insured losses and operating expenses resulting from an occurrence or series of occurrences in a catastrophe year in excess of premium and other revenue of the association for that catastrophe year with premium and other revenue earned in a subsequent year.
Amendment No. 1 was adopted.
Amendment No. 2
Representative Hunter offered the following amendment to HB 3689:
(1) Amend HB 3689 by inserting the words "and the comptroller" in new Sec. 2210.6435(a) on page 12, line 14, after the words "board of directors" and in new Sec. 2210.6435(b) on page 13, line 1, after the words "board of directors".
(2) Amend HB 3689 by striking SECTION 1.10 on page 7, lines 15-25, and substituting therefor the following:
SECTION 1.10. Section 2210.4521, Insurance Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The comptroller shall invest in accordance with the investment standard described by Section 404.024(j), Government Code, the portion of the trust fund balance that exceeds the amount of the sufficient balance determined under Subsection (b).
(b) The comptroller's investment of that portion of the balance is not subject to any other limitation or other requirement provided by Sections 404.024. The comptroller and board of directors may recommend investments to protect the trust fund and create investment income.
(3) Amend HB 3689 by striking SECTION 1.15 on page 15, lines 2-27, and on page 16, lines 1-8, and substituting therefore the following:
SECTION 1.15. Subchapter C, Chapter 404, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 404.0242 to read as follows:
Sec. 404.0242. INVESTMENT IN WINDSTORM CATASTROPHE FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS. (a) The comptroller shall invest certain economic stabilization fund balances to provide a financing arrangement for losses of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association in accordance with this section and Chapter 2210, Insurance Code. For the purpose of investing the assets of the economic stabilization fund under this section, the comptroller may acquire, exchange, sell, supervise, manage, or retain any kind of investment that a prudent investor exercising reasonable care, skill, and caution would acquire, exchange, sell, supervise, manage, or retain in light of the purposes, terms, distribution requirements, and other circumstances then prevailing for the economic stabilization fund, taking into consideration the investment of all the assets of the fund rather than a single investment.
(b) For purposes of this section, the comptroller may enter into an appropriate financing arrangement or debt obligation with the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association to provide the association up to $500 million in funding before a catastrophic event and up to $1 billion in funding after a catastrophic event to fund the losses of the association arising from the catastrophic event. Financing provided under this section must be secured and repaid by catastrophe surcharges under Subchapter M-2, Chapter 2210, Insurance Code. For purposes of this chapter and subchapter, the terms "debt obligation and financing arrangement" includes all outstanding principal, interest, and related financing and administrative expenses in issuing a debt obligation or financing arrangement.
(c) The interest rate charged in connection with a financing arrangement or debt obligation entered into under this section shall be calculated as the sum of:
(1) The current market rate of a United States Treasury Security of comparable maturity, as determined by the comptroller; and,
(2) 2 percent.
(d) A debt obligation or financing arrangement entered into under this section may not exceed 36 months to maturity and may include a contractual coverage amount of at least 1.10 but not greater than 1.25.
(e) Notwithstanding any other law, directly or indirectly through a separately managed account or other investment vehicle, the comptroller may invest up to $1 billion of the economic stabilization fund balance per Catastrophe Year to provide financing under this section.
(f) The aggregate amount of outstanding pre-event and post-event financing provided under this section may not exceed $2 billion.
(g) A person may not bring a civil action against this state, the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company, or an employee, independent contractor, or official of this state, including the comptroller, for any claim, including breach of fiduciary duty or violation of any constitutional, statutory, or regulatory requirement, in connection with any action, inaction, decision, divestment, investment, report, or other determination made or taken in connection with this section. A person who brings an action described by this subsection is liable to the defendant for the defendant's costs and attorney's fees resulting from the action.
(h) The comptroller shall manage the investments required by this section as a separate investment portfolio. The comptroller shall provide separate accounting and reporting for the investments in that portfolio. The comptroller shall credit to that portfolio all payments, distributions, interest, and other earnings on the investments in that portfolio. The comptroller has any power necessary to accomplish the purposes of managing and investing the assets of this separate investment portfolio. In managing the assets of that portfolio, through procedures and subject to restrictions the comptroller considers appropriate, the comptroller may acquire, sell, transfer, or otherwise assign the investments as appropriate, taking into consideration the purposes, terms, distribution requirements, and other circumstances of that portfolio then prevailing.
Amendment No. 2 was adopted.
HB 3689, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 1104): 124 Yeas, 10 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Cook; Harrison; Lowe; Luther; Olcott; Richardson; Schatzline; Smithee; Tinderholt; Toth.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Orr; Walle.
Absent — Bowers; Buckley; Cain; Fairly; Gámez; Hinojosa; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Martinez; Tepper.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1104 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Bowers
When Record No. 1104 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
Pierson
LEAVES OF ABSENCE GRANTED
The following members were granted leaves of absence temporarily for today to attend a meeting of the Committee on Calendars:
Gerdes on motion of Guillen.
Tepper on motion of Guillen.
HB 1788 ON SECOND READING
(by Hernandez and Simmons)
HB 1788, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists on identifying and assisting victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, and human trafficking.
LEAVES OF ABSENCE GRANTED
The following members were granted leaves of absence temporarily for today to attend a meeting of the Committee on Calendars:
Harris on motion of Muñoz.
Hunter on motion of Muñoz.
Leach on motion of Muñoz.
J. Lopez on motion of Muñoz.
HB 1788 - (consideration continued)
HB 1788 was passed to engrossment by (Record 1105): 85 Yeas, 48 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Hayes; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez Fischer; McQueeney; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Perez, V.; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Simmons; Smithee; Swanson; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bryant; Bumgarner; Cain; Cook; Cunningham; Dean; DeAyala; Gates; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hefner; Hickland; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt; Schoolcraft.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Gerdes; Harris; Hunter; Leach; Lopez, J.; Orr; Tepper; Walle.
Absent — Lalani; Lopez, R.; Martinez; Perez, M.; Phelan.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1105 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Calendars. I would have voted yes.
J. Lopez
POSTPONED BUSINESS
The following bills were laid before the house as postponed business:
CSHB 45 ON SECOND READING
(by Hull, Noble, Leach, Metcalf, Patterson, et al.)
CSHB 45, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the duty of the attorney general to represent the state in the prosecution of the criminal offense of trafficking of persons.
CSHB 45 was read second time earlier today, postponed until 3:30 p.m., and was again postponed until this time.
CSHB 45 - POINT OF ORDER
Representative Romero raised a point of order against further consideration of CSHB 45 under Rule 8, Section 1(a)(1), of the House Rules on the grounds that the caption fails to give reasonable notice of the subject of the proposed measure. The point of order was withdrawn.
(Patterson in the chair)
CSHB 45 - POINT OF ORDER
Representative Romero raised a point of order against further consideration of CSHB 45 under Rule 4, Section 32(c)(2), of the House Rules on the grounds that the bill analysis is substantially or materially misleading.
(Speaker in the chair)
The point of order was withdrawn.
(Landgraf in the chair)
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
A message from the senate was received at this time (see the addendum to the daily journal, Messages from the Senate, Message No. 3).
(Gerdes, Harris, Hunter, Leach, Schoolcraft, and Tepper now present)
CSHB 45 - (consideration continued)
Amendment No. 1
Representative Hull offered the following amendment to CSHB 45:
Amend CSHB 45 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 1, lines 18 through 19, strike "information requested" and substitute "requested information that has not been made publicly available".
(2) On page 1, line 22, between the underlined period and "Notwithstanding", insert "(a)".
(3) On page 2, lines 6 through 7, strike "initiated proceedings" and substitute "taken prosecutorial action".
(4) On page 2, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:
(b) A local prosecuting attorney may file a motion in a district court objecting to the attorney general's representation of the state under Subsection (a) in the prosecution of a criminal offense described by Section 402.101. In response to a motion filed under this subsection, the court shall:
(1) make a finding as to whether the local prosecuting attorney has taken prosecutorial action to prosecute the offense; and
(2) determine whether the attorney general or the local prosecuting attorney shall represent the state in the prosecution of the offense.
Amendment No. 1 was adopted.
Amendment No. 2
Representative Moody offered the following amendment to CSHB 45:
Amend CSHB 45 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 15, strike "shall simultaneously" and substitute "may, if the local prosecuting attorney consents,".
(2) On page 1, line 18, strike "or law enforcement agency shall" and substitute "or, if the local prosecuting attorney consents, a law enforcement agency may".
(3) On page 1, line 21, strike "required" and substitute "authorized".
(4) On page 1, line 23, strike "jurisdiction to prosecute and shall" and substitute "concurrent jurisdiction with the local prosecuting attorney to prosecute and may".
(5) On page 2, between lines 1 and 2, insert the following appropriately numbered subdivision to added Section 402.103, Government Code, and renumber subsequent subdivisions of that section accordingly:
(____) the local prosecuting attorney consents;
(6) On page 2, line 11, strike "jurisdiction to prosecute and shall" and substitute "concurrent jurisdiction with the local prosecuting attorney to prosecute and may".
Amendment No. 2 failed of adoption by (Record 1106): 64 Yeas, 74 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bhojani; Bowers; Bucy; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; DeAyala; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lalani; Lambert; Longoria; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Plesa; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Simmons; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Bryant; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; Dorazio; Dyson; Fairly; Gates; Gerdes; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; Lujan; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Raymond; Richardson; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wilson.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Landgraf(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Lopez, J.; Orr; Walle.
Absent — Guillen; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Pierson.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1106 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Bryant
When Record No. 1106 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.
DeAyala
When Record No. 1106 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Calendars. I would have voted no.
J. Lopez
When Record No. 1106 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.
Lozano
CSHB 45, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 1107): 78 Yeas, 62 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Ashby; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Dean; Dorazio; Dyson; Fairly; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; Lujan; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Richardson; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wilson.
Nays — Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, Y.; DeAyala; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lalani; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Plesa; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Simmons; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Landgraf(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Lopez, J.; Orr; Walle.
Absent — Guillen; Louderback; Lozano.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1107 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Calendars. I would have voted yes.
J. Lopez
When Record No. 1107 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.
Lozano
CSHB 1612 ON SECOND READING
(by Frank)
CSHB 1612, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to direct payment for certain health care provided by a hospital.
CSHB 1612 was read second time earlier today and was postponed until this time.
Amendment No. 1
Representatives Frank and Howard offered the following amendment to CSHB 1612:
Amend CSHB 1612 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 3, line 10, strike "change" and substitute "charge".
(2) On page 3, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following:
(e) Nothing in this section precludes a patient from receiving from a hospital charity care that the patient would otherwise qualify for or be entitled to.
Amendment No. 1 was adopted.
Amendment No. 2
Representative Collier offered the following amendment to CSHB 1612:
Amend CSHB 1612 (house committee report) on page 3, line 6, after "provided.", by adding the following:
The bill or other final accounting must notify the patient of the ability to make a request under Subsection (b).
Amendment No. 2 was adopted.
CSHB 1612, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 1108): 132 Yeas, 7 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Lowe; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Ashby; Barry; Cain; Fairly; Harrison; Vasut; Wharton.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Landgraf(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Lopez, J.; Orr; Walle.
Absent — Bonnen; King; Louderback; Lozano.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1108 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Calendars. I would have voted yes.
J. Lopez
When Record No. 1108 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.
Lozano
(Speaker in the chair)
(Walle now present)
CSHB 138 ON SECOND READING
(by Dean, Paul, Gerdes, Hull, Leach, et al.)
CSHB 138, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the establishment of the Health Impact, Cost, and Coverage Analysis Program; authorizing a fee.
CSHB 138 was read second time earlier today and was postponed until this time.
Amendment No. 1
Representative Dean offered the following amendment to CSHB 138:
Amend CSHB 138 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) Strike page 5, line 22, through page 6, line 3, and substitute the following:
Sec. 38.455. FUNDING OF ANALYSIS PROGRAM; FEE. (a) The comptroller shall assess an annual fee on each health maintenance organization and insurer offering health benefit plans subject to Chapter 843 or 1301 in the amount necessary to implement this subchapter.
(2) Reletter subsequent subsections of added Section 38.455, Insurance Code, accordingly.
(3) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. The Center for Health Care Data at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is required to implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not appropriate money for that purpose, the center may, but is not required to, implement a provision of this Act using other money available for that purpose.
Amendment No. 1 was adopted.
Amendment No. 2
Representatives Goodwin and J. González offered the following amendment to CSHB 138:
Amend CSHB 138 (house committee printing) on page 7, between lines 2 and 3, by inserting the following appropriately lettered subsection and relettering subsequent subsections and cross references to those subsections accordingly:
(____) In the estimate of administrative expenses under Subsection (a), a health benefit plan issuer shall separately provide the compensation paid to executive officers, including the chief executive officer and senior executive officers, of the issuer.
Amendment No. 2 failed of adoption by (Record 1109): 52 Yeas, 91 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lopez, R.; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, V.; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Rose; Rosenthal; Simmons; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.
Nays — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Canales; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Phelan; Pierson; Richardson; Romero; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Lopez, J.; Orr.
Absent — Guerra; Lalani.
STATEMENT OF VOTE
When Record No. 1109 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Calendars. I would have voted no.
J. Lopez
CSHB 138, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 1110): 137 Yeas, 4 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Wharton; Wilson; Wu.
Nays — Bucy; Flores; Talarico; Zwiener.
Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).
Absent, Excused — Bernal; Holt.
Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Lopez, J.; Orr.
Absent — Davis, A.; Dutton; González, M.; Ward Johnson.
STATEMENTS OF VOTE
When Record No. 1110 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Calendars. I would have voted yes.
J. Lopez
When Record No. 1110 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Talarico
When Record No. 1110 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.
Zwiener
REMARKS ORDERED PRINTED
Representative L. Garcia moved to print all remarks on HB 45.
The motion prevailed. [The text of the debate was not available at the time of printing.]
HR 963 - ADOPTED
(by Vo)
Representative Vo moved to suspend all necessary rules to take up and consider at this time HR 963.
The motion prevailed.
The following resolution was laid before the house:
HR 963, Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the fall of South Vietnam at the conclusion of the Vietnam War.
HR 963 was adopted.
On motion of Representative Turner, the names of all the members of the house were added to HR 963 as signers thereof.
REMARKS ORDERED PRINTED
Representative J. Jones moved to print all remarks on HB 1612.
The motion prevailed. [The text of the debate was not available at the time of printing.]
REMARKS ORDERED PRINTED
Representative Hefner moved to print remarks by Representative Vo on HR 963.
The motion prevailed. [The text of the debate was not available at the time of printing.]
PROVIDING FOR ADJOURNMENT
At 7:25 p.m., Representative Landgraf moved that, at the conclusion of the reading of bills and resolutions on first reading and referral to committees, the house adjourn until 10 a.m. tomorrow.
The motion prevailed.
(J. Lopez now present)
(Harless in the chair)
BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON FIRST READING
AND REFERRAL TO COMMITTEES
RESOLUTIONS REFERRED TO COMMITTEES
Bills and joint resolutions were at this time laid before the house, read first time, and referred to committees. Resolutions were at this time laid before the house and referred to committees. (See the addendum to the daily journal, Referred to Committees, List Nos. 1 and 2.)
ADJOURNMENT
In accordance with a previous motion, the house, at 7:32 p.m., adjourned until 10 a.m. tomorrow.
ADDENDUM
REFERRED TO COMMITTEES
The following bills and joint resolutions were today laid before the house, read first time, and referred to committees, and the following resolutions were today laid before the house and referred to committees. If indicated, the chair today corrected the referral of the following measures:
List No. 1
SB 227 to Public Health.
SB 401 to Public Education.
SB 407 to Public Health.
SB 467 to Ways and Means.
SB 482 to Criminal Jurisprudence.
SB 512 to Pensions, Investments, and Financial Services.
SB 527 to Insurance.
SB 648 to Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development.
SB 816 to Criminal Jurisprudence.
SB 1055 to Natural Resources.
SB 1137 to Human Services.
SB 1169 to Natural Resources.
SB 1433 to State Affairs.
SB 1490 to Public Education.
SB 1558 to Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence.
SB 1574 to Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence.
SB 1626 to State Affairs.
SB 1718 to Culture, Recreation, and Tourism.
SB 1756 to Ways and Means.
SB 1924 to s/c Juvenile Justice (Criminal Jurisprudence).
SB 1964 to Delivery of Government Efficiency.
SB 2004 to Culture, Recreation, and Tourism.
SB 2018 to Ways and Means.
SB 2031 to Culture, Recreation, and Tourism.
SB 2111 to Criminal Jurisprudence.
SB 2117 to State Affairs.
SB 2206 to Ways and Means.
SB 2253 to Public Education.
SB 2314 to Higher Education.
SB 2322 to Ways and Means.
SB 2351 to Environmental Regulation.
SB 2371 to Pensions, Investments, and Financial Services.
SB 2570 to Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Veterans' Affairs.
SB 2658 to Natural Resources.
SB 2692 to Natural Resources.
SB 2779 to Ways and Means.
SB 2877 to Elections.
SB 2900 to Ways and Means.
SB 2920 to Public Education.
SB 3031 to Criminal Jurisprudence.
SCR 46 to State Affairs.
List No. 2
HR 894 (By Manuel), Congratulating the boys' basketball team of West Brook High School in Beaumont on winning the 2025 UIL 5A Division 1 state championship.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 895 (By Kitzman), Recognizing April 24, 2025, as Austin County Day at the State Capitol.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 896 (By Lujan), In memory of Minh Cong Tu of Pflugerville.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 897 (By Harless), Recognizing May 6, 2025, as Golf Day.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 898 (By Wilson), Commemorating Aggie Muster on April 21, 2025.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 899 (By Thompson), In memory of Jeffery "Julian" Martinez.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 900 (By Flores), Commending Jeannette Valdez Duran for her work at the helm of Mobile Blessings from the Heart.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 901 (By Flores), Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 902 (By Spiller), In memory of Chief Steven Bryce Newkirk of the San Saba Police Department.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 903 (By Martinez Fischer), Congratulating Rudy Bernal on his retirement as head coach of the boys' basketball team at Antonian College Preparatory High School in San Antonio.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 904 (By Martinez Fischer), Congratulating fifth grader Sophia Varela of Franklin Elementary School in San Antonio on being selected to interview civil rights icon Sylvia Mendez.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 905 (By Martinez Fischer), Honoring Ernest Servantes of Burnt Bean Co. in Seguin for his contributions as a pitmaster and restaurateur.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 908 (By Kitzman), Recognizing April 24, 2025, as Fayette County Day at the State Capitol.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 909 (By Button, Vo, and Bhojani), Recognizing May 2025 as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 910 (By Dyson), Recognizing the 2025 Texas A&M University System policy interns.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 911 (By Louderback), In memory of Frankie Faye Stallard Cooper of Palacios.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 912 (By Reynolds), Recognizing April 23, 2025, as Legal Defense Fund Advocacy Day.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 913 (By Guillen), Honoring Dr. Francis H. Wright Jr. of San Antonio for his service as chair of the Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 914 (By Johnson), In memory of Dale Susan Eastman of Houston.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 915 (By Troxclair), Recognizing April 25, 2025, as Dark Sky Day.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 916 (By Plesa), Recognizing April 20 through 26, 2025, as National Infertility Awareness Week.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 917 (By Plesa), Congratulating Karen Maddox on being named the 2025 Teacher of the Year at Mitchell Elementary School in Plano ISD.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 918 (By Plesa), Congratulating Amy Willerson on being named the 2025 Teacher of the Year at Plano ISD Academy High School in Plano ISD.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 919 (By Plesa), Congratulating Randall Curry on being named the 2025 Teacher of the Year at Plano Senior High School in Plano ISD.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 920 (By Plesa), Congratulating Catherine Horak on being named the 2025 Teacher of the Year at Rasor Elementary School in Plano ISD.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 921 (By Plesa), Congratulating Julia Hosid on being named the 2025 Teacher of the Year at Saigling Elementary School in Plano ISD.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 922 (By Plesa), Congratulating Ashley Rael on being named the 2025 Teacher of the Year at Schimelpfenig Middle School in Plano ISD.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 923 (By Plesa), Congratulating Brittney Diamond Muns on being named the 2025 Teacher of the Year at Shepard Elementary School in Plano ISD.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 924 (By Plesa), Congratulating Miriel Govantes Aguilar on being named the 2025 Teacher of the Year at Sigler Elementary School in Plano ISD.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 925 (By Plesa), Congratulating Kathleen Bares on being named the 2025 Teacher of the Year at Skaggs Elementary School in Plano ISD.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 926 (By Plesa), Congratulating Sarah Starr on being named the 2025 Teacher of the Year at Vines High School in Plano ISD.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 927 (By Plesa), Congratulating Alexus Bender on being named the 2025 Teacher of the Year at Weatherford Elementary School in Plano ISD.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 928 (By Plesa), Congratulating Teal Smith on being named the 2025 Teacher of the Year at Wells Elementary School in Plano ISD.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 929 (By Geren), Honoring the American Warrior Association for its contributions to military personnel, veterans, first responders, and their families.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 930 (By Plesa), Congratulating Priscilla Barboza on being named the 2025 Teacher of the Year at Williams High School in Plano ISD.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 931 (By Plesa), Congratulating Kathleen Dobrott on being named the 2025 Teacher of the Year at Wilson Middle School in Plano ISD.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 932 (By Plesa), Congratulating Tammy McCrary on being named the 2025 Teacher of the Year at Wyatt Elementary School in Plano ISD.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 933 (By Vo), In memory of Jennifer Young McNeil of Yorktown, Virginia.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 934 (By Muñoz), In memory of Joe Vera III, assistant city manager for McAllen.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 935 (By Darby), In memory of Robert Travis Wood of Concho County.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 936 (By Leach), Congratulating Kristen Bell on her selection as the 2025 Teacher of the Year at Thomas Elementary School.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 937 (By Leach), Congratulating Katherine Meredith on her selection as the 2025 Teacher of the Year at Hughston Elementary School.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 938 (By Leach), Congratulating Terri Hamilton on her selection as the 2025 Teacher of the Year at Hendrick Middle School.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 939 (By Leach), Congratulating Karen Berry on her selection as the 2025 Teacher of the Year at Hedgcoxe Elementary School.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 940 (By Leach), Congratulating Katherine Mainville on her selection as the 2025 Teacher of the Year at Christie Elementary School.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 941 (By Leach), Congratulating Kimberly Nelson on her selection as the 2025 Teacher of the Year at Beverly Elementary School.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 942 (By Leach), Congratulating Deborah Salinas on her selection as the 2025 Teacher of the Year at Carpenter Middle School.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 943 (By Leach), Congratulating John Hudspeth on his retirement as Dallas deputy district engineer for the Texas Department of Transportation.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 946 (By Manuel), Congratulating Augusta McCray Dixon on her 40th anniversary as a teacher at Booker T. Washington Elementary School in Port Arthur ISD.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 947 (By Cain), Honoring Lee Corso for his 38-year career as an ESPN College GameDay host.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 948 (By Cain), Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Cernosek Wrecker Service.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 949 (By Cain), Recognizing April 29, 2025, as Prison Entrepreneurship Program Day at the State Capitol.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 951 (By Spiller), In memory of Harold James Hardcastle of Vernon.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 952 (By Louderback), Congratulating Sabra Sauer on her retirement from St. Joseph High School in Victoria.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 953 (By Louderback), Congratulating Michael Boyle on his retirement from St. Joseph High School in Victoria.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 954 (By Louderback), Congratulating Gretchen Boyle on her retirement from St. Joseph High School in Victoria.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 955 (By Lujan), Congratulating Mendell D. Morgan Jr. on his retirement from the Live Oak City Council.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 956 (By Raymond), Honoring Smiles from Heaven and Fight Like a Kid for their service to and advocacy in behalf of children living with cancer.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
HR 958 (By Lujan), In memory of Dale Susan Eastman of Houston.
To Local and Consent Calendars.
SIGNED BY THE SPEAKER
The following bills and resolutions were today signed in the presence of the house by the speaker:
House List No. 5
HJR 4
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE
The following messages from the senate were today received by the house:
Message No. 1
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
SENATE CHAMBER
Austin, Texas
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
The Honorable Speaker of the House
House Chamber
Austin, Texas
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has taken the following action:
THE SENATE HAS PASSED THE FOLLOWING MEASURES:
Relating to exceptions to otherwise prohibited abortions based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment.
Relating to the filing or recording of documents or instruments conveying or purporting to convey an interest in real or personal property.
Relating to required generators or other power sources for certain housing developments that receive an allocation of low income housing tax credits.
Relating to the membership of a school district's local school health advisory council.
Relating to loans and grants under the Texas energy fund.
Relating to establishment and enforcement of school safety zones; providing a civil penalty.
Relating to the use of certain tolls and charges imposed by certain counties; authorizing a civil penalty.
Respectfully,
Patsy Spaw
Secretary of the Senate
Message No. 2
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
SENATE CHAMBER
Austin, Texas
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 - 2
The Honorable Speaker of the House
House Chamber
Austin, Texas
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has taken the following action:
THE SENATE HAS PASSED THE FOLLOWING MEASURES:
HCR 35
Ordaz
SPONSOR: Hinojosa, Adam
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Urging Congress to amend the Internal Revenue Code to make spaceports eligible for tax-exempt private activity bonds.
Relating to requirements for certain petitions requesting an election and ballot propositions and to related procedures and provisions.
SB 771
Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"
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Relating to a credit or refund for diesel fuel taxes paid on diesel fuel used in this state by auxiliary power units or power take-off equipment.
Relating to the transfer of certain public school students who are children of peace officers.
Relating to excused absences from public school for the purpose of attending a released time course.
Relating to an annual boarding home facility report for certain counties and municipalities.
Relating to factors the Department of Family and Protective Services must consider when selecting a foster care placement for a child.
Relating to the use of reclaimed water that has been treated to meet certain standards as part of an aquifer storage and recovery project.
Respectfully,
Patsy Spaw
Secretary of the Senate
Message No. 3
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
SENATE CHAMBER
Austin, Texas
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 - 3
The Honorable Speaker of the House
House Chamber
Austin, Texas
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has taken the following action:
THE SENATE HAS PASSED THE FOLLOWING MEASURES:
Relating to the offense of failure to report child abuse or neglect by certain professionals and the statute of limitations for that offense; harmonizing other statute of limitations provisions.
Relating to the responsibility of consumer reporting agencies to ensure compliance with certain consumer reporting laws.
SB 1531
Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"
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Relating to the electronic payment of ad valorem taxes; authorizing a fee.
Relating to the issuance of animal friendly specialty license plates.
Relating to various matters pertaining to certain governmental entities that operate port facilities.
Relating to a limitation on civil liability of business entities in connection with a breach of system security.
Relating to the enforcement of drought contingency plans by water and sewer utilities and the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
Relating to a study of the effectiveness of rules and policies implemented by the Parks and Wildlife Department to manage and contain chronic wasting disease and of cervid resistance to chronic wasting disease.
Respectfully,
Patsy Spaw
Secretary of the Senate
APPENDIX
STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS
Favorable reports have been filed by committees as follows:
April 29
Corrections - HB 1828, HB 3261
Criminal Jurisprudence - HB 1778, HB 2073, HB 2407, HB 2448, HB 2492, HB 2697, HB 3477, HB 4885
Culture, Recreation, and Tourism - SB 1267
Delivery of Government Efficiency - HB 2248, HB 3719, HB 3743, HB 5129, HB 5331, SB 1569
Environmental Regulation - HB 1499, HB 1768, HB 3866
Higher Education - SB 530, SB 1468
Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Veterans' Affairs - HB 3033
Human Services - HB 3984, HB 4273, SB 855
Insurance - HB 2516, HB 4386, HB 5173, SB 916, SB 926, SB 1238, SB 1330, SB 1644
Intergovernmental Affairs - SB 65, SB 1106, SB 1341, SCR 13
Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence - HB 1610, HB 1615, HB 1620, HB 2240, HB 4034, HB 4327
Land and Resource Management - HB 2015, HB 2494, HB 3897, HB 4373, HB 4689, HB 4753, HB 4812, HB 4894, HB 5148, HB 5650, HB 5652, HB 5654, HB 5656, HB 5658, HB 5665, HB 5666, SB 1948
Licensing and Administrative Procedures - HB 1874, HB 2278, HB 2776, HB 2820
Natural Resources - HB 2347, HB 2867, SB 740
Pensions, Investments, and Financial Services - HB 4395
Public Education - HB 123, HB 367, HB 1178, HB 1290, HB 1411, HB 1579, HB 1773, HB 1813, HB 2107, HB 2243, HB 2310, HB 2598, HB 2849, HB 2967, HB 3099, HB 3546, HB 3627, HB 3672, HB 3797
Public Health - HB 514, HB 632, HB 2035, HB 2298, HB 2300, HB 2581, HB 4014, HB 4099, HB 4743, HB 5147, SB 1316
State Affairs - HB 3356, HB 3448, HB 4211, HB 5269, SB 412, SB 1008, SB 1121
Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development - HB 576, HB 2760, HB 3005, HB 4850, HB 4996, SB 372
Ways and Means - HB 3575, HB 5446, HB 5596, SB 266, SB 1023, SB 1025
ENGROSSED
April 29 - HB 33, HB 103, HB 109, HB 114, HB 144, HB 148, HB 205, HB 220, HB 322, HB 388, HB 421, HB 431, HB 499, HB 869, HB 879, HB 1126, HB 1203, HB 1244, HB 1276, HB 1399, HB 1445, HB 1585, HB 1672, HB 1695, HB 1722, HB 1734, HB 1831, HB 1875, HB 1893, HB 1950, HB 2152, HB 2217, HB 2341, HB 2363, HB 2421, HB 2427, HB 2455, HB 2558, HB 2559, HB 2614, HB 2618, HB 2742, HB 2775, HB 2789, HB 2791, HB 2809, HB 2856, HB 2960, HB 3012, HB 3113, HB 3126, HB 3135, HB 3163, HB 3229, HB 3260, HB 3306, HB 3376, HB 3513, HB 3516, HB 3595, HB 3666, HB 3711, HB 3770, HB 3809, HB 3826, HB 4134, HB 4145, HB 4810, HJR 2, HJR 5
ENROLLED
April 29 - HJR 4