SIXTY-THIRD DAY --- TUESDAY, MAY 13, 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 2253).

Present — Mr. Speaker(C); Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; 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; Schoolcraft; 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.

Absent, Excused — Schofield.

Absent — Bell, C.; Holt.

The invocation was offered by Scot Wall, state minister, Capitol Commission, Austin.

The chair recognized Representative Button who led the house in the pledges of allegiance to the United States and Texas flags.

The following member was granted leave of absence for the remainder of today because of important business:

Simmons on motion of V. Jones.

The following member was granted leave of absence for today because of illness:

Schofield on motion of Shofner.

The chair presented Abbott J. (Jay) McCollum, First Baptist Church–Hillsboro, Hillsboro, as the "Pastor of the Day."

On motion of Representative Geren and by unanimous consent, the reading and referral of bills was postponed until just prior to adjournment.

(Harris in the chair)

(Holt now present)

The chair presented Dr. Uzoma Obi-Nwankwo of Rosharon as the "Doctor for the Day."

The house welcomed Dr. Obi-Nwankwo and thanked them for their participation in the Physician of the Day Program sponsored by the Texas Academy of Family Physicians.

Representative Leach 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.

Representative Leach requested permission for the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence to meet while the house is in session, at 12:30 p.m. today, in 1W.14, to consider pending, referred, and committee business.

Permission to meet was granted.

Representative Shaheen requested permission for the Committee on Elections to meet while the house is in session, at 12 p.m. today, in 3W.15, to consider pending, referred, and committee business.

Permission to meet was granted.

Representative M. Perez requested permission for the Committee on Transportation to meet while the house is in session, at 3 p.m. today, in 1W.14, to consider pending, referred, and committee business.

Permission to meet was granted.

The following committee meetings were announced:

Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence, 12:30 p.m. today, 1W.14, for a formal meeting, to consider pending, referred, and committee business.

Elections, 12 p.m. today, 3W.15, for a formal meeting, to consider pending, referred, and committee business.

Transportation, 3 p.m. today, 1W.14, for a formal meeting, to consider pending, referred, and committee business.

Representative Ashby moved to suspend all necessary rules to take up and consider at this time HR 863.

The motion prevailed.

The following resolution was laid before the house:

HR 863, In memory of former state representative James R. Pitts of Waxahachie.

HR 863 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote.

On motion of Representative Geren, the names of all the members of the house were added to HR 863 as signers thereof.

The chair recognized Representative Ashby who introduced family members of the Honorable James R. Pitts.

Representative Anchía moved to suspend all necessary rules to take up and consider at this time HR 1126.

The motion prevailed.

The following resolution was laid before the house:

HR 1126, Welcoming the Leadership Dallas Class of 2025 to the State Capitol and commemorating the 50th anniversary of the program.

HR 1126 was adopted.

Representative Villalobos moved to suspend all necessary rules to take up and consider at this time HR 1124.

The motion prevailed.

The following resolution was laid before the house:

HR 1124, Recognizing May 13, 2025, as General Federation of Women's Clubs of Texas Day at the State Capitol.

HR 1124 was adopted.

Representative Buckley moved to suspend all necessary rules to take up and consider at this time HR 888.

The motion prevailed.

The following resolution was laid before the house:

HR 888, Congratulating the Salado High School boys' soccer team on winning the 2025 UIL 4A Division 1 state championship.

HR 888 was adopted.

Representative Button requested permission for the Committee on Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development to meet while the house is in session, at 12 p.m. today, in 1W.14, to consider pending, referred, and committee business.

Permission to meet was granted.

The following committee meeting was announced:

Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development, 12 p.m. today, 1W.14, for a formal meeting, to consider pending, referred, and committee business.

Representative Thompson called from the journal the motion to reconsider the vote by which HB 4279 failed to pass on May 10.

The motion to reconsider prevailed.

The chair laid before the house, on its third reading and final passage,

HB 4279, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the delivery of unclaimed property to certain urban scholarship funds; authorizing administrative penalties.

HB 4279 was read third time on May 10 and failed to pass by Record No. 2030.

HB 4279 was passed by (Record 2254): 85 Yeas, 57 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bernal; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Lalani; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Smithee; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; DeAyala; Frank; Gerdes; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Virdell; Wharton.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Bell, C.; Bhojani; Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins.

When Record No. 2254 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted no.

C. Bell

When Record No. 2254 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Bhojani

When Record No. 2254 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Gervin-Hawkins

When Record No. 2254 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Landgraf

(C. Bell now present)

The following bills were laid before the house and read third time:

HB 4, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to public school accountability, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement and public school performance ratings under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability.

Representative M. González offered the following amendment to HB 4:

Amend HB 4 (on third reading) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 39.052, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:

(h)  Notwithstanding any other law, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the commissioner may not revoke the accreditation of a school district or order closure of the district based on the district's performance on achievement indicators described by Section 39.053. This subsection expires September 1, 2028.

SECTION ____.  Subchapter A, Chapter 39A, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 39A.0021 to read as follows:

Sec. 39A.0021.  INTERVENTIONS AND SANCTIONS FOR 2025-2026, 2026-2027, AND 2027-2028 SCHOOL YEARS. (a) Notwithstanding Section 39A.001 or any other law, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the commissioner may not take any action otherwise authorized under this chapter, including imposing any interventions or sanctions on or against a school district or open-enrollment charter school, based on a finding by the commissioner that the district or school failed to satisfy, during the applicable school year, any academic performance standards under Section 39.053 or 39.054.

Amendment No. 1 failed of adoption by (Record 2255): 62 Yeas, 81 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lalani; Lambert; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Guillen.

When Record No. 2255 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Gervin-Hawkins

When Record No. 2255 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted no.

Guillen

The following member was granted leave of absence temporarily for today because of important family business:

Fairly on motion of Martinez.

HB 4 was passed by (Record 2256): 143 Yeas, 1 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; 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; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; 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 — Fairly; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Gervin-Hawkins.

When Record No. 2256 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Gervin-Hawkins

HB 46, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis under and the administration of the Texas Compassionate-Use Program; requiring registration.

HB 46 was passed by (Record 2257): 122 Yeas, 21 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; 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; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Shaheen; Smithee; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Cain; Cook; Harrison; Hayes; Hopper; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; Luther; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Paul; Pierson; Schoolcraft; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Toth; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Ashby; Gervin-Hawkins.

When Record No. 2257 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Ashby

When Record No. 2257 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Dorazio

When Record No. 2257 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Gervin-Hawkins

When Record No. 2257 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Harrison

When Record No. 2257 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Hopper

When Record No. 2257 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Kerwin

When Record No. 2257 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Morgan

When Record No. 2257 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Pierson

When Record No. 2257 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Schoolcraft

The following bills were laid before the house and read third time:

HB 3221, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to certain employer contributions to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

HB 3221 was passed by (Record 2258): 116 Yeas, 24 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Frank; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jones, J.; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; 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; Pierson; Raymond; Richardson; Romero; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu.

Nays — Bryant; Davis, Y.; Flores; Gámez; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Harrison; Johnson; Jones, V.; Kerwin; Little; Lowe; Luther; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales Shaw; Plesa; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Rose; VanDeaver; Wharton; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Gervin-Hawkins; Lalani; Shofner; Smithee; Wilson.

When Record No. 2258 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Flores

When Record No. 2258 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Gervin-Hawkins

When Record No. 2258 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

J. Jones

When Record No. 2258 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Luther

When Record No. 2258 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Morgan

When Record No. 2258 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

Shofner

HB 1403, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the collection and confidentiality of information regarding firearms in agency foster homes; creating a civil penalty.

REPRESENTATIVE WU: I apologize. I know this is not your layout. I just have some quick legislative intent questions.

REPRESENTATIVE MANUEL: Sure.

WU: Is this legislation intended to prevent HHSC from upholding their current minimum standards required by federal law for the safety standards of the foster homes?

MANUEL: No, it does not at all. HHSC doesn't require any of this information right now at all by the state.

WU: As a part of the current foster home application, you are required to disclose what kind of weapons you have in the home as a safety concern—whether those weapons are secured, whether they're locked, and whether ammunition is readily available. Is CPS—is DFPS going to continue—would they be able to continue asking those questions?

MANUEL: Yes.

WU: And it is not the intent of this bill to prevent that?

MANUEL: No. The intent of this legislation is to not allow third-party individuals to have serial numbers, to have private information from Texas citizens that could be released out to someone else without their knowledge. And also, currently, the State of Texas does not mandate that any of this at all is even within HHSC. It's not even a part of HHSC's adoption. This is not a part of anyone else. This is just individual third-party people who are currently taking this information. And we're trying to protect people's information on this one, for safety reasons as well as safety concerns and data.

WU: So to be clear, the legislative intent of this bill is not to affect anything in the application process or standards of safety within the home. It is purely about data that they should not be collecting in the first place?

MANUEL: Absolutely. Yes, sir.

Representative Wu moved to print remarks between Representative Manuel and Representative Wu on HB 1403.

The motion prevailed.

HB 1403 was passed by (Record 2259): 107 Yeas, 36 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Frank; Garcia, J.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; 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; Money; Morales, E.; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson.

Nays — Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bryant; Bucy; Collier; Cortez; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, L.; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Hinojosa; Howard; Lowe; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales Shaw; Olcott; Ordaz; Perez, V.; Plesa; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Allen; Gervin-Hawkins.

When Record No. 2259 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Allen

When Record No. 2259 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Campos

When Record No. 2259 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

J. Garcia

When Record No. 2259 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Garcia Hernandez

When Record No. 2259 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Gervin-Hawkins

When Record No. 2259 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Johnson

When Record No. 2259 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

J. Jones

When Record No. 2259 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

V. Jones

When Record No. 2259 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Lowe

When Record No. 2259 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Martinez Fischer

When Record No. 2259 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Olcott

HB 3892, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to county regulation related to infrastructure planning for subdivisions and county authority to regulate building and set-back lines.

Representative C. Bell moved to postpone consideration of HB 3892 until 11:40 a.m. today.

The motion prevailed.

HB 4234, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to a requirement that a student's postsecondary transcript include the average or median grade awarded in each class.

The following member was granted leave of absence for the remainder of today because of illness:

Gervin-Hawkins on motion of Geren.

HB 4234 was passed by (Record 2260): 85 Yeas, 50 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Anchía; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bowers; Bucy; Button; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Cunningham; Darby; Davis, A.; Dean; Frank; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guerra; Guillen; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Meyer; Money; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, V.; Raymond; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson.

Nays — Allen; Ashby; Barry; Bernal; Bonnen; Bryant; Buckley; Bumgarner; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Curry; Davis, Y.; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, L.; González, J.; Goodwin; Harless; Hinojosa; Johnson; Jones, J.; Lambert; Leach; Lopez, J.; Metcalf; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Perez, M.; Phelan; Pierson; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Slawson; Thompson; Turner; Vasut; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Wu.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Bhojani; Campos; Garcia, J.; González, M.; Jones, V.; Lalani; Manuel; Plesa; Zwiener.

When Record No. 2260 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Bhojani

When Record No. 2260 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Cain

When Record No. 2260 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Guerra

When Record No. 2260 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Leach

When Record No. 2260 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Manuel

When Record No. 2260 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Plesa

When Record No. 2260 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Vasut

When Record No. 2260 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Zwiener

HB 722, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the disclosure of total loss evaluation materials by automobile insurers.

HB 722 was passed by (Record 2261): 118 Yeas, 22 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schoolcraft; Smithee; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Ashby; Bumgarner; Cain; Harrison; Hefner; Leo Wilson; Lowe; Metcalf; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Pierson; Schatzline; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Campos; Garcia, J.; Hull; Manuel.

When Record No. 2261 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Manuel

HB 4105, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority of certain counties to consider a prospective contractor's principal place of business when awarding certain contracts.

HB 4105 was passed by (Record 2262): 106 Yeas, 34 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hayes; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shaheen; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Cain; Cook; DeAyala; Gerdes; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Isaac; LaHood; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Patterson; Pierson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shofner; Slawson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Campos; Garcia, J.; Manuel; Ward Johnson.

When Record No. 2262 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Manuel

HB 4413, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to mass balance attribution of renewable biomass feedstocks used to produce renewable chemicals.

HB 4413 was passed by (Record 2263): 139 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Cain; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; 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; 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; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; 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 — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Buckley; Bumgarner; Campos; Garcia, J.; Manuel.

When Record No. 2263 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Manuel

HB 170, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to civil liability arising out of justified uses of or threats to use force or deadly force.

HB 170 was passed by (Record 2264): 118 Yeas, 20 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cole; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, M.; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; 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; 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; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Richardson; Romero; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson.

Nays — Allen; Anchía; Bryant; Canales; Collier; Davis, Y.; González, J.; Goodwin; Howard; Jones, V.; Meza; Morales, C.; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Rose; Rosenthal; Thompson; Turner; Wu; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C); Morales Shaw.

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Bhojani; Campos; Garcia, J.; Manuel; Virdell.

When Record No. 2264 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Bhojani

When Record No. 2264 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Hinojosa

When Record No. 2264 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Manuel

When Record No. 2264 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Virdell

HB 551, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to address information contained on reports of political contributions and expenditures made available on the Internet by the Texas Ethics Commission.

HB 551 was passed by (Record 2265): 139 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Geren; 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; 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.; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; 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; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Gates; González, J.; Manuel; Phelan; Vo.

When Record No. 2265 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Gates

When Record No. 2265 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Manuel

HB 3053, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to municipal and county firearm buyback programs.

REPRESENTATIVE MARTINEZ FISCHER: I know you referenced Chief McManus a couple of times. Do you know Chief McManus?

REPRESENTATIVE VIRDELL: Not personally. I got his comments from what he had been quoted online saying.

MARTINEZ FISCHER: I think when he was quoted on that, that was in  2019. Is that about right?

VIRDELL: And 2023, I believe, also.

MARTINEZ FISCHER: So I saw some clips, and I talked to the city. I think you know I represent the city of San Antonio. You're close by. I understand, in 2024, there was a sentiment that while these gun buyback programs don't make any sense to cut crime, they do take guns out of circulation. So I think, just being fair to the body, I think that that's an accurate representation of what Chief McManus has also said. Do you disagree with that?

VIRDELL: I haven't seen that, so I couldn't agree or disagree with it.

MARTINEZ FISCHER: Okay, but you wouldn't take issue with Chief McManus if he took that opinion, would you?

VIRDELL: You know, taking guns out of society, I don't think, is necessarily a great thing, as John Lott's proved––who is a great statistician. So John actually, I know him, and he's actually a democrat, and he was the number four economist in the world at the time when he came out with this book. Academia has disowned him for putting this book out. But he talked about how having more guns in your society actually creates a safer society.

MARTINEZ FISCHER: Great. I love stats because it tells me that one side feels one way and one side feels another way, but in the end, there are two different views. I guess I just want to be clear. I don't speak for the chief either, but it seems to me there are some other comments that the chief has made that may be inconsistent with your representations, and I just want you to have that awareness. So if we offer up the chief as an authority, then maybe we should talk about his views on constitutional carry, which may be inconsistent with your views.

VIRDELL: That is possible. Yes, sir.

MARTINEZ FISCHER: Okay. I appreciate that. And then, I just want to––I think you said this. This doesn't prohibit any city or local government from doing a free gun return program that doesn't require any money? Is that right?

VIRDELL: This actually does. I'll read just a really short paragraph here. It says, "a municipality or county may not adopt or enforce an ordinance, order, or other measure in which a municipality or county organizes, sponsors, or participates in a program that purchases or offers to purchase firearms with the intent to"––so now, as an example, you could have somebody—like HEB gift cards have been given out. HEB or a private entity could still do this. If I were a gun store, it'd be a really smart thing for me to be like, "Hey, I've got a gun buyback; come give me your guns real cheap." But this would say that counties and municipalities could not organize, sponsor, or participate in that program.

MARTINEZ FISCHER: Even if it was done for free?

VIRDELL: Yes, sir. I believe that's correct.

REPRESENTATIVE GOODWIN: Members, you have heard one framing of this issue, one narrative that local governments are spending a lot of money––he mentioned $2 million––to buy back guns and with the outcome of not reducing crime. But what he has failed to talk about is accidental deaths caused by guns or suicide by gun. So how do you count the value of that? A gun buyback program may take a gun out of circulation that may have been found by a child in their home and used to kill a sibling, which has happened. You know, he has one framing of this issue. I have a very different framing of this issue. But the bottom line is: Why are we allowing the state to tell our city governments, our local governments, that they can't do something even if it doesn't cost money? That should be a decision left to our local city council members, our local elected officials, to decide what's best for their community. Maybe they hold a gun buyback that we will have no idea what the outcome would have been without that gun buyback program. Saving the life of one child who might have found that gun in the home is invaluable, members. I ask you to vote no on this bill.

REPRESENTATIVE C. MORALES: As we're here talking about this bill, which I oppose by the way, I'm thinking about my neighbor Karen, a dedicated member of Moms Demand Action, who shows up here in this building, at this Capitol, time and time again because she's afraid for her children and all of our children. I think about Christina––my good friend Christina, a mother whose daughter was at Santa Fe High School during the shooting. Her child survived, but Christina's life was forever changed. Today, she's an advocate, turning that trauma into purpose. Karen and Christina have not just fought for their own families; they've stood shoulder to shoulder with the grieving families of Uvalde. They have traveled hours and hours here to our state capitol, they've testified, they have cried, they have held space for parents who have lost their babies––people are losing their babies in a place that is supposed to be safe. They are the kind of people who remind us why this work, the work we do on this house floor, matters.

Gun buyback programs are one small but meaningful tool to build safer communities. And now, thanks to Representative Martinez Fischer, we know that even if they wanted to do it at no cost, they're not allowed to create these opportunities. Not only to get guns out of the community, but opportunities to educate the community, to build trust in the community, and to create a space for healing in communities. We are taking all of that away. These opportunities give law enforcement a way for families to come together and prevent tragedies before they happen. This bill would silence those efforts. It tells our cities and counties when these people like Karen and Christina are coming to our city's officials, our county's officials and saying, "Hey, do something for us. There's gun violence happening in our community." They will not be able to act with this bill. It takes away the power of local leaders to protect their own communities in their own way, the way they were elected to do it. Gun violence is not abstract in Texas. It is real, and it is painful, and it's preventable. Please vote no on this bill. Let communities try. Let local leaders lead. And let moms like Karen and Christina and the families of Uvalde know that we are listening to them.

REPRESENTATIVE WU: Members, this is going far beyond protecting the Second Amendment. I don't even gripe too much when we have all these bills about increasing where people can carry guns and what they can do with them and all these things. That's one thing. But this is an unnecessary policy, just as a general public policy issue. You have differences in opinion about what are effective programs in different places. Cities and counties have done these programs not as a way to reduce crime, but as a way to engage the community, get attention to serious issues, and help relieve some of the issues that plague the communities. What happens time and time again is when people pass on, when people will move, they leave their weapons. A lot of times the people who end up receiving these weapons don't know what to do with them, don't want them, and so they leave them lying around the house. Sometimes they're secured; mostly they're not. These are not the guns that might get used in a crime; these are the guns that might get used in an accidental home shooting with a kid that finds the weapon. And because the new owner does not know how to deal with it, does not know how to properly secure it, does not know to not store ammunition near it, you now have a dangerous toy for a young child.

Police also use these interactions to build relationships with communities that they already lack trust in. The communities don't often talk to police officers because they don't feel comfortable or they have other issues. This is an opportunity for them to have community members come out, turn in something, win some prizes, talk to officers, get some stickers for the kids, and just realize that law enforcement is there to help people, not to hurt them. These are valuable programs for the city. The cities and counties have never cared that it does not bring an immediate reduction in crime. Because why? Because they don't do that many of them. Because the point is to get attention to something. The point isn't to do this repeatedly. If you want to say that these programs don't work, then do them all the time, conduct a scientifically approved study, collect the data, do correlation, have one of the policy schools look at the data, and do the statistical analysis if you want to say these programs don't work. But these programs do work for the cities because it brings important attention in neighborhoods, in communities, when there are problems. It is a source for them to interact with the community and help police have a better relationship. Just reducing crime, just reducing gun violence, is not enough. There are so many other things we have to deal with. This is unnecessarily cutting off not only a city's and a county's ability to do what they feel is necessary, but these are also lawful gun owners who choose, who make the conscious choice, to go to these programs and turn them in this way. That is what they choose. Why deny them that right? Why deny them that ability? For what? What does this help in gun rights? What does it protect? What does it embolden? Nothing. It just says that we're going to keep more junky guns and unwanted guns and unsecured guns in neighborhoods, and not your neighborhood, of course––in poor neighborhoods, neighborhoods already filled with violence. I urge you to vote no.

REPRESENTATIVE REYNOLDS: I won't be redundant. We had a good back-and-forth dialogue, and I appreciate the bill author for doing that. One of the reasons why I'm particularly against this is because it goes against the bedrock that many of us hold fundamental in this chamber, and that is local control, where we believe that the people that are entrusted at the local level, that are closest to the citizens, are best able to make the best decisions for that local jurisdiction. In a state like Texas, the second largest state in the country, where we have 254 counties—rural, urban, suburban, East Texas, West Texas—there are communities that are drastically different. There are some communities that are very conservative, some are very progressive, some are purple, but there's not a one-size-fits-all approach. This bill takes away a real tool of local control that many jurisdictions have used to take guns off the street.

Now, one of the things that people are able to do at these gun buyback programs that I've witnessed––I've been there firsthand to see and talked to people that were there. It allows people to turn these guns in anonymously. So I do believe that we are getting guns off the streets that will keep communities safer, and that is why I know that, locally in Houston and in Harris County, they offer these gun buyback programs. Because guess what, members? We haven't addressed the epidemic of gun violence. We haven't done anything to look at comprehensive gun safety reform. We've done nothing about red flag laws. We've done nothing to raise the age to purchase assault rifles. We've done nothing to implement red flag laws to close the gun show loophole. We've done none of those things. In fact, we've gone the opposite direction. We did permitless carry. We did open carry. We did campus carry. And so this was the local jurisdiction's way to say, "Hey, we're going to have these gun buyback programs." That they work with local law enforcement. All of us here say we trust our local sheriffs that are elected by the people in their respective jurisdictions. The sheriffs were in favor in these local communities of these gun buyback programs. We trust our local county commissioners to make the decisions for their constituents, just like each and every one of us represents our constituents in our districts. So why are we taking away this tool––this effective tool in the toolbox that many jurisdictions are using? If you don't like gun buyback programs, guess what? Your county, your jurisdiction doesn't have to do them. But why are we eliminating this tool for every single jurisdiction in the state when we're doing nothing—absolutely, unequivocally nothing—to address the epidemic of gun violence? So I hope that we will restore local control, where it won't just be where we're campaigning and we're talking to our local city council members, our mayors, our county commissioners. All of us say, "Yes, local control. We don't want unfunded mandates. We don't want to put more burdensome requirements on local jurisdictions. We want to empower our local communities." Well, this bill does just the opposite of that. So I urge you to vote no so that we can protect local control in this state and we can continue to offer those jurisdictions that want to offer this incentive to keep guns off the streets—that they'll have that ability to do it.

MARTINEZ FISCHER: We had a conversation earlier about these gun buyback programs, and I had asked you, could cities and counties do this if they weren't offering compensation? And you said they couldn't. I didn't know if you had a chance, if you want to clarify your remarks.

VIRDELL: Yes, sir. I'd like to clarify that. It's just saying that if they are offering to purchase or purchase, then they are prohibited from doing that. So if they weren't offering to purchase, it looks to me like they still could do that.

MARTINEZ FISCHER: Okay, perfect. And then you gave another example that if somebody else is doing the buying back, then the onus is on them. As long as the county or the city is not providing those funds, that's a separate deal.

VIRDELL: Yeah, organizing, sponsoring, or participating.

MARTINEZ FISCHER: Correct.

Representative Martinez Fischer moved to print remarks between Representative Virdell and Representative Martinez Fischer and all closing remarks on HB 3053.

The motion prevailed.

VIRDELL: I'm just going to close real quick. I was asked about what studies. This actually comes from the National Bureau of Economic Research. In here, they said, "Using data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System, we find no evidence gun buyback programs reduce crime." With 95 percent confidence, they can say, "Using data from the National Vital Statistics System, we also find no evidence that gun buyback programs reduce suicides or homicides where a firearm was involved. These results call into question the efficacy of city gun buyback programs in their current form." That comes from members of the University of California, San Diego State University, and the Department of Agriculture Economics.

I'd like to just cover a few quick statistics, and then I'll fully close. You are more likely to die in a car crash––you're actually 21 times more likely to die in a car crash—than to be in a mass shooting. Your likelihood of being killed while crossing the road is nine times higher than being killed in a mass shooting. There are many other things here. We have created this environment where everybody is afraid of––let's just go ahead and move for passage.

HB 3053 was passed by (Record 2266): 85 Yeas, 56 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.

Nays — Allen; Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lalani; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Plesa; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Bell, K.; Button; Manuel.

When Record No. 2266 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Manuel

HB 3142, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to school marshals, including eligibility for appointment as a school marshal, and licensure and training requirements.

The following member was granted leave of absence temporarily for today to attend a meeting of the Committee on Elections:

Morales Shaw on motion of Bowers.

HB 3142 was passed by (Record 2267): 90 Yeas, 48 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Canales; Capriglione; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morales, E.; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.

Nays — Allen; Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Cole; Collier; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Flores; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lalani; Lopez, R.; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Morales Shaw.

Absent — Gámez; Johnson; Manuel; Plesa; Slawson.

When Record No. 2267 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Guerra

When Record No. 2267 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Manuel

When Record No. 2267 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Plesa

When Record No. 2267 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Slawson

HB 3180, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the contents of a request for disclosure in a civil action brought under the Family Code.

HB 3180 was passed by (Record 2268): 135 Yeas, 2 Nays, 4 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; Flores; Frank; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; 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; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Bowers; Slawson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C); Meza; Rose.

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Morales Shaw.

Absent — Gámez; Johnson; Manuel; Plesa.

When Record No. 2268 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Manuel

When Record No. 2268 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Plesa

When Record No. 2268 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Slawson

HB 3722, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the height of a structure near certain airspace designated for use by Department of Defense contractors.

REPRESENTATIVE HEFNER: This is the bill we passed yesterday that had to do with the aerobatic boxes around certain airports.

Representative E. Morales offered the following amendment to HB 3722:

Amend HB 3722 on third reading on page 1 in added Section 21.073, Transportation Code, by adding the following:

REPRESENTATIVE E. MORALES: The prohibition described under Subsection (b) will apply only to a structure that is proposed within the five miles of an aerobatic training area. And it also requires, under this amendment, for the authority to notify the Texas Department of Transportation of the location and the boundaries of the area no later than September 1, 2026. So we're actually restricting the extent of this bill. We're actually limiting it. And from what I understand, there's only two aerobatic training facilities in the entire State of Texas that will be addressed under this. One of them is in Maverick County, and I'm perfectly fine with it. Ms. T asked about the other county, and it's Wharton County.

Amendment No. 1 was adopted.

HB 3722, as amended, was passed by (Record 2269): 91 Yeas, 49 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Canales; Capriglione; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Davis, A.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Martinez; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morales, E.; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Richardson; Rose; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson.

Nays — Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Cole; Collier; Cunningham; Darby; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lalani; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Plesa; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rosenthal; Spiller; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Morales Shaw.

Absent — Bowers; Hull; Manuel.

When Record No. 2269 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

Bowers

When Record No. 2269 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Hull

When Record No. 2269 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Manuel

When Record No. 2269 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Smithee

HB 1794, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the carrying of concealed handguns by handgun license holders on the premises of certain polling places on the day of an election or while early voting is in progress.

REPRESENTATIVE WU: Mr. Tepper, were there any incidents that happened inside of polling places that created the need for this?

REPRESENTATIVE TEPPER: Thank you for asking that.

WU: Were there attacks on polling places?

TEPPER: In fiscal year 2024, there were 523 arrests, 150 referrals, 89 placements onto adult community supervision, 18 individuals admitted into an adult state correctional facility, and seven individuals admitted into a juvenile state correctional facility for any third-degree felony offenses of places where weapons were prohibited, from which conduct could have involved a handgun. That's according to the criminal justice impact statement, but they were not able to parse that into polling places.

WU: Is there any data for just polling places?

TEPPER: Not advised. Not that I'm aware of.

WU: If a shooting incident happened at a polling place, that would be a pretty big deal. It would make the news, wouldn't you think?

TEPPER: I would think so.

WU: Did you find any articles?

TEPPER: I did not.

WU: The list that you read to me—the criminal offenses that people were arrested—so the existing laws and existing law enforcement took care of all those incidents, correct?

TEPPER: As far as I know. Yes, sir.

WU: So this is a bill that purports to find a solution to a problem that doesn't exist?

TEPPER: I'll tell you what the problem that exists—that some might be missing—is: The voter would be required and is currently required to leave the weapon in their vehicle or elsewhere while they enter the polling place, which leaves the weapon exposed to, you know, auto burglary and theft. I think this would actually be a much safer option for a CHL holder, firearm carrier, to secure the weapon on their person.

WU: You understand that elections often occur in places like schools?

TEPPER: That's correct.

WU: They are a gun-free zone.

TEPPER: That's correct.

WU: And this bill would allow them to bypass that.

TEPPER: It would not. Schools are exempt, other places where firearms are not allowed, gun-free zones, and including any private property owner whose policies already ban firearms. This would not affect them. They would still be able to maintain that policy, even if there's a polling place on their property.

WU: If it is in a place where it's private, somebody's church or things like that, if they ask someone to—say like, "We don't like the way you're acting, you might have a gun on you, we're going to ask you to leave." What should they do?

TEPPER: It sounds like you covered it.

WU: What if they don't leave? They say, "I have a right to be here. I'm at a polling place. The law allows me to have my gun here."

TEPPER: If there's discomfort, I would recommend they call the police.

REPRESENTATIVE COLLIER: Just to follow up because Representative Wu made me think about something when he asked about churches. For those counties that have countywide polling locations, would they be disqualified or ineligible for participation or offering their facility or location if they have a gun-free zone?

TEPPER: No, and thank you for asking that. We carefully drafted this so it would not interfere with their current policies.

COLLIER: Okay. So if they have a gun-free zone policy, like if they have a sign––

TEPPER: They can maintain that policy, and the CHL holder would not be able to enter the premises with his weapon.

COLLIER: But I want to make sure that they are still allowed to be considered an option for the counties to use. I want to make sure.

TEPPER: Yes, I'm sensitive to that, as well, and they would still be an option to use.

COLLIER: Is there a penalty if there is an incident involving a gun at a polling location, since this is a sensitive area? Is this a heightened or enhanced penalty if there's something that goes down with a handgun license holder at a polling location?

TEPPER: Yeah, if something goes down, that's illegal. They would be subject to the laws of anywhere else.

COLLIER: But what about because of the location? You know, there are some laws that we have in place that if the crime takes place at these sensitive areas or these very vulnerable areas, then the penalty for violation is enhanced. Is there an enhancement for a violation of a law at a polling location?

TEPPER: There are no enhancements.

COLLIER: Would you be willing to consider an amendment to do that? Because, to me, it seems like if you want to deter or try to deter a type of crime or violence at the polling location, one way to do that would be to enhance the penalties.

TEPPER: Respectfully, I disagree. I would not accept an amendment changing the bill, but I would disagree that it would prevent it. I don't think that the offender would look at enhancements of whether or not they would commit a crime or not.

COLLIER: So you agree that penalty enhancements don't deter crime?

TEPPER: I believe that penalty enhancements are justice.

COLLIER: Do they deter crime?

TEPPER: I'm not advised.

COLLIER: Well, that's what you just said earlier.

TEPPER: It's what I think, but I don't have the data.

COLLIER: Okay, you think that.

REPRESENTATIVE GOODWIN: Members, here we are again, another session, another gun bill. Like most of the gun bills that have passed in the last decade, this one loosens our already loose gun laws. This one allows people to carry guns into polling locations. I am firmly against this bill and any others that loosen our gun regulations without any thought of how we prevent the next gun-related tragedy. I appreciate your attention, members. I know we all care about our children and family, our friends, neighbors, coworkers, and we would never want to have them whisked away from our lives due to a random moment of gun violence. Whether that random moment of gun violence happens in a polling location; a grocery store; a nightclub; a doctor's office; a shopping mall; a church; an elementary, middle, or high school; at a July 4 parade; or in a polling location.

I know that many of you on this floor right now fiercely believe that more guns owned by more people will make us safer, but there are many of us who fiercely believe more guns make us less safe. When this bill passed on second reading, some of our advocate friends in the gun violence prevention movement were disappointed that we didn't put up more of a fight. Well, I had started to go to the back mic to ask questions of the bill author, but I was too slow, and we moved on with no questioning and no speeches. I might have asked, "What is the need for your bill? Do you think this will have a chilling effect on people who might be intimidated by guns, and now they may not show up to vote? Do you think this will cause enough concern among poll workers that we won't have enough of them stepping forward to run our elections?" But I know the author would have his pat answers because, after all, it boils down to one side thinking guns make us safer and my side believing more guns lead to more deaths. I know for a fact that having a gun in the home where I grew up led to my dad's death.

Ever since I came to the legislature, I've worked to increase safety around guns, because I know how tragic it is to lose a loved one to gun violence. I can't advocate for gun laws without thinking about and telling the story of my dad. My dad was the best dad I could have hoped for. He was an involved parent, scoutmaster for my brother's scout troop, driver for all of my extracurricular activities, faithful husband, and much more. His life ended in 1990 when he was shot with a hunting rifle that was carelessly stored in a closet in our home in Dallas. While his death has no bearing on bringing guns into a polling location, it does have bearing on how I react to guns and gun laws. I understand how painful it is to experience the abrupt and unexpected death of a loved one. I know how painful it is to have to retell a story that brings back memories of a day that was so incredibly sad.

The parents from Uvalde, Santa Fe, and so many other places have come to the Capitol to ask for sensible gun safety regulations. This session will be yet another where we ignore their voices. We aren't asking ourselves what causes someone to carry a gun into an elementary school and shoot innocent children and teachers. That takes an immense amount of anger, frustration, and hate. Did anyone recognize that anger, frustration, and hate? Yes, someone did. In fact, I had a group of people come to my office in 2023 asking for a law that would hold an employer accountable. You see, a woman who worked at Whataburger with the Robb Elementary school shooter heard him threatening to kill somebody. She wanted me to pass a law that would hold an employer accountable. Instead of alerting any authority about that young man, the restaurant manager fired him. The point is his coworkers recognized he was full of anger, frustration, and hate.

In a polling location, might someone walk in full of a similar anger, frustration, and hate? Might someone who has been told our elections aren't fair and that the 2020 election was stolen come into a polling location just looking to pick a fight? What happens if that someone who is full of distrust and anger is carrying a gun and is somehow triggered at the polling location? Do we hope that "a good guy with a gun" will shoot the "bad guy with a gun"? Will the "good guy with a gun" now experience PTSD as a result of taking the life of another human being?

Members, each session the voices of gun owners of America drown out the voices of the victims and their families––the advocates like Texas Gun Sense, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action, Texas Doctors for Social Responsibility, Texas Impact, faith leaders, and so many others. Members, I ask that you listen to their voices and you work to find some common ground. We require car insurance so that when there is an accident, insurance may pay for the repairs. But in an effort to keep insurance costs down, we strive to avoid accidents and tickets. Likewise, insurance on guns might have the effect of making gun owners even more responsible gun owners. But rather than considering this option, we have members who have gone the other direction, making it impossible to require insurance on guns.

We pass all kinds of bills to help protect women from violent domestic partners, but we stop short of saying those same violent people should have their guns removed until they can prove they are no longer a threat. Say the words "red flag law" and notice the visceral reaction from the other side. How many other sensible ideas have been quashed without any real debate? Raise the age? Heaven forbid. Instead, let's lower the age. Members, I'm tired of this fight. I've done my best to think of reasonable solutions to make our communities safer, but until we have a change of heart and a change of representation, it's really useless trying to pass sensible gun safety legislation in Texas. I ask that you vote no on this bill and start having conversations about how we can find common ground on an issue we should all care about. We all have the goal of preventing unnecessary deaths like my dad's.

REPRESENTATIVE REYNOLDS: Representative Goodwin, I want to thank you for giving a heartfelt condolence about––I mean, a testimony for something that's really personal for you with the loss of your father. So thank you for sharing that. I want to ask you a few questions, though, for some of the testimony you raised. You've served on committees in the house that had jurisdiction over gun laws, correct?

GOODWIN: I have.

REYNOLDS: You mentioned the Uvalde families. You met with some of the Uvalde parents, didn't you?

GOODWIN: I did. Many times.

REYNOLDS: When you met with them—like I recall meeting with them last session. Didn't they have a real appeal to us, in memory of their children, that we would raise the age to purchase guns from 18 to 21?

GOODWIN: Yes, absolutely. They knew that that would have saved their kids' lives, and that was their one ask of this legislature after having lost 19 fourth graders and two teachers.

REYNOLDS: Isn't it true that in past legislative sessions we raised the age in this body to purchase cigarettes from 18 to 21?

GOODWIN: That's right.

REYNOLDS: Isn't it true that in other states they've raised the age to purchase assault rifles?

GOODWIN: I believe so.

REYNOLDS: Would one of those states be Florida?

GOODWIN: Absolutely.

REYNOLDS: Representative Goodwin, you mentioned in your testimony that we haven't done anything related––

The following members were granted leaves of absence temporarily for today to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence:

Dyson on motion of Raymond.

Flores on motion of Raymond.

J. González on motion of Raymond.

Hayes on motion of Raymond.

Johnson on motion of Raymond.

LaHood on motion of Raymond.

Landgraf on motion of Raymond.

Leach on motion of Raymond.

Moody on motion of Raymond.

HB 1794 was passed by (Record 2270): 83 Yeas, 50 Nays, 2 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; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; Lambert; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Martinez; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morales, E.; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.

Nays — Allen; Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lalani; Lopez, R.; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Morales, C.; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Plesa; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Dyson; Flores; González, J.; Hayes; Johnson; LaHood; Landgraf; Leach; Moody; Morales Shaw.

Absent — Manuel.

When Record No. 2270 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Manuel

HB 1784, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to measures to assist students enrolled at public institutions of higher education who are homeless or who are or were in foster care.

Representative Bucy moved to postpone consideration of HB 1784 until 5 p.m. today.

The motion prevailed.

HB 1581, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to public school bilingual education programs, dual language immersion programs, and special language programs.

HB 1581 was passed by (Record 2271): 86 Yeas, 44 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Geren; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Smithee; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Bonnen; Bumgarner; Cain; Capriglione; DeAyala; Dorazio; Frank; Gerdes; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Kerwin; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Wharton.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Dyson; Flores; González, J.; Hayes; Johnson; LaHood; Landgraf; Leach; Moody; Morales Shaw.

Absent — Buckley; Manuel; Slawson; Virdell.

When Record No. 2271 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Cook

When Record No. 2271 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. I would have voted no.

Leach

When Record No. 2271 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Manuel

When Record No. 2271 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Slawson

When Record No. 2271 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Virdell

HB 2530, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to special appointments in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

HB 2530 was passed by (Record 2272): 124 Yeas, 7 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Cain; Harrison; Hopper; Metcalf; Olcott; Oliverson; Richardson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Dyson; Flores; González, J.; Hayes; Johnson; LaHood; Landgraf; Leach; Moody; Morales Shaw.

Absent — Geren; Manuel; Ward Johnson.

When Record No. 2272 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Manuel

When Record No. 2272 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Slawson

Representative Reynolds moved to print all remarks on HB 1794.

The motion prevailed.

(LaHood now present)

HB 4308, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the creation of industrial development districts in certain counties; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes.

HB 4308 was passed by (Record 2273): 102 Yeas, 30 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Cole; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dorazio; Dutton; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hunter; Isaac; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morgan; Muñoz; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rose; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Bernal; Bonnen; Canales; Capriglione; Collier; Frank; Garcia, L.; Harrison; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Jones, V.; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; McQueeney; Noble; Olcott; Perez, M.; Pierson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Virdell; Vo.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Dyson; Flores; González, J.; Hayes; Johnson; Landgraf; Leach; Moody; Morales Shaw.

Absent — Curry; DeAyala; Manuel.

When Record No. 2273 was taken, I was temporarily out of the house chamber. I would have voted yes.

Curry

When Record No. 2273 was taken, I was temporarily out of the house chamber. I would have voted no.

DeAyala

When Record No. 2273 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Manuel

When Record No. 2273 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Metcalf

When Record No. 2273 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Richardson

When Record No. 2273 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Schatzline

When Record No. 2273 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Virdell

(Flores now present)

HB 1896, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to a mental health leave policy for certain telecommunicators.

HB 1896 was passed by (Record 2274): 106 Yeas, 28 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Holt; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morgan; Muñoz; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shaheen; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Cain; Cook; Frank; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hickland; Hopper; Isaac; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; Luther; McQueeney; Money; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Pierson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shofner; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Dyson; González, J.; Hayes; Johnson; Landgraf; Leach; Moody; Morales Shaw.

Absent — Manuel; Ward Johnson.

When Record No. 2274 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. I would have voted no.

Leach

When Record No. 2274 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Manuel

(Dyson, Hayes, and Moody now present)

HB 2974, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for a hotel and convention center project and to receive certain tax revenue related to the project.

Representative Craddick offered the following amendment to HB 2974:

Amend HB 2974 on third reading as follows:

(1)  Strike the recital to the SECTION of the bill amending Section 352.002, Tax Code, and substitute the following:

Section 352.002, Tax Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (gg), (hh), (jj), and (kk) to read as follows:

(2)  Strike added Section 352.002(ii), Tax Code.

Amendment No. 1 was adopted.

HB 2974, as amended, was passed by (Record 2275): 102 Yeas, 31 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Smithee; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Cain; Canales; Cook; Dorazio; Harrison; Holt; Hopper; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; Luther; McQueeney; Money; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Virdell; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — González, J.; Johnson; Landgraf; Leach; Morales Shaw.

Absent — Bonnen; Campos; Garcia, J.; Hayes; Hull; Manuel.

When Record No. 2275 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Campos

When Record No. 2275 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

J. Garcia

When Record No. 2275 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Hunter

When Record No. 2275 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Manuel

When Record No. 2275 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Rodríguez Ramos

When Record No. 2275 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Virdell

(Landgraf and Morales Shaw now present)

HB 3359, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to identifying an individual with veteran's status and providing notice to the Texas Veterans Commission.

HB 3359 was passed by (Record 2276): 118 Yeas, 18 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shaheen; Shofner; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Cain; Cook; Harrison; Isaac; Leo Wilson; Lowe; McQueeney; Money; Olcott; Oliverson; Paul; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — González, J.; Johnson; Leach.

Absent — Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Hayes; Morgan; Smithee.

When Record No. 2276 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

A. Davis

HB 4580, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain nonprofit corporations and used to promote agriculture, support youth, and provide educational support in the community.

HB 4580 was passed by (Record 2277): 102 Yeas, 33 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Smithee; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Cain; Canales; Cook; Dorazio; Harrison; Holt; Hopper; Kerwin; LaHood; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Luther; McQueeney; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Patterson; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Virdell; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — González, J.; Johnson; Leach.

Absent — Bucy; Davis, A.; Hayes; Hunter; Morales Shaw; Wu.

When Record No. 2277 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Hunter

When Record No. 2277 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. I would have voted no.

Leach

HB 2458, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of aggravated assault.

HB 2458 was passed by (Record 2278): 119 Yeas, 18 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, M.; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Moody; Morales, E.; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Richardson; Romero; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Allen; Bryant; Davis, Y.; Flores; Garcia, L.; Goodwin; Hinojosa; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lopez, R.; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Morales, C.; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Rose; Rosenthal; Thompson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — González, J.; Johnson; Leach.

Absent — Davis, A.; Morales Shaw; Shaheen; Ward Johnson.

When Record No. 2278 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Collier

When Record No. 2278 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

A. Davis

When Record No. 2278 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Rose

HB 2215, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the carrying or possession of a handgun by certain retired attorneys representing the state.

HB 2215 was passed by (Record 2279): 110 Yeas, 27 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guerra; Guillen; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Landgraf; 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.; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Richardson; Romero; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Wharton; Wilson.

Nays — Allen; Anchía; Bowers; Bryant; Collier; Davis, Y.; Flores; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, M.; Goodwin; Harless; Hinojosa; Howard; Jones, V.; Lalani; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales Shaw; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Rose; Spiller; Turner; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — González, J.; Johnson; Leach.

Absent — Davis, A.; Lambert; Phelan; Smithee.

When Record No. 2279 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Rosenthal

When Record No. 2279 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Spiller

HB 3332, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the creation of the Maverick County Regional Mobility Authority; authorizing a fee.

HB 3332 was passed by (Record 2280): 94 Yeas, 46 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; 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; Gates; Geren; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; 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; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Cain; Cook; Cunningham; Dean; Gerdes; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; LaHood; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; Luther; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell; Wharton.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — González, J.; Johnson; Leach.

Absent — DeAyala.

When Record No. 2280 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. I would have voted no.

Leach

(J. González now present)

HB 2278, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the home production of certain alcoholic beverages.

HB 2278 was passed by (Record 2281): 115 Yeas, 24 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Anchía; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Geren; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Landgraf; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Olcott; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Richardson; Romero; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Smithee; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Zwiener.

Nays — Allen; Ashby; Barry; Bowers; Collier; Davis, Y.; Flores; Gates; González, J.; Isaac; Jones, V.; Lalani; Leo Wilson; Morales, C.; Noble; Oliverson; Rodríguez Ramos; Rose; Slawson; Spiller; Thompson; VanDeaver; Walle; Wu.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Johnson; Leach.

Absent — Davis, A.; Lambert; Reynolds.

HB 3015, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the inclusion of direct primary care fees as qualified medical expenses applied toward insurance deductibles in certain state health benefit plans.

HB 3015 was passed by (Record 2282): 141 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; 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; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; 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 — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Johnson; Leach.

Absent — Little.

Representative Zwiener moved to print all remarks on HB 3722.

The motion prevailed.

HB 3151, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to expedited credentialing of certain federally qualified health center providers by managed care plan issuers and Medicaid managed care organizations.

HB 3151 was passed by (Record 2283): 139 Yeas, 1 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; 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; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Swanson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Johnson; Leach.

Absent — Hull; Little.

When Record No. 2283 was taken, I was temporarily out of the house chamber. I would have voted yes.

Hull

HB 1368, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to a notification requirement if a public school does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours.

HB 1368 was passed by (Record 2284): 90 Yeas, 50 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Geren; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; 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; Shaheen; Shofner; Spiller; Talarico; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Bell, C.; Bumgarner; Cain; Cook; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Leo Wilson; Little; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Slawson; Smithee; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; VanDeaver; Vasut; Virdell; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Johnson; Leach.

Absent — González, J.; LaHood.

When Record No. 2284 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Harless

When Record No. 2284 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. I would have voted no.

Leach

HB 40, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the business court.

HB 40 was passed by (Record 2285): 99 Yeas, 40 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Capriglione; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Frank; Garcia, J.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Martinez; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Meyer; Money; Moody; Morales, E.; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.

Nays — Allen; Anchía; Bernal; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Canales; Cole; Collier; Davis, Y.; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Jones, J.; Lopez, R.; Manuel; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Turner; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Johnson; Leach.

Absent — González, J.; Little; Ward Johnson.

When Record No. 2285 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

J. González

When Record No. 2285 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. I would have voted yes.

Leach

When Record No. 2285 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Metcalf

When Record No. 2285 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Thompson

When Record No. 2285 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Ward Johnson

HB 101, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to creating the Texas State Guard Professionalization Task Force.

HB 101 was passed by (Record 2286): 138 Yeas, 1 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; 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; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; 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; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Canales.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Johnson; Leach.

Absent — Davis, A.; González, J.; Little.

HB 112, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the creation and operation of a science park district in certain counties.

HB 112 was passed by (Record 2287): 81 Yeas, 58 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; Dutton; Dyson; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Geren; Goodwin; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Muñoz; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Rosenthal; Shaheen; Talarico; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Wilson; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Bowers; Bumgarner; Cain; Collier; Cook; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; DeAyala; Dorazio; Flores; Frank; Gates; González, J.; González, M.; Guerra; Harrison; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Isaac; Kerwin; LaHood; Leo Wilson; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Money; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Paul; Pierson; Reynolds; Romero; Rose; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Thompson; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Johnson; Leach.

Absent — Hull; Little; Tinderholt.

When Record No. 2287 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. I would have voted no.

Leach

When Record No. 2287 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Richardson

HB 146, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the required approval by the State Preservation Board of certain traffic changes near the state capitol.

HB 146 was passed by (Record 2288): 99 Yeas, 41 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Romero; Rose; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Wharton; Wilson.

Nays — Allen; Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, A.; Flores; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lopez, R.; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Ordaz; Plesa; Rodríguez Ramos; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Johnson; Leach.

Absent — Dutton; Little.

HB 214, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the prosecution of the criminal offenses of firearm and ammunition smuggling and terrorism.

HB 214 was passed by (Record 2289): 126 Yeas, 10 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; 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; Plesa; Richardson; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu.

Nays — Bryant; Flores; González, J.; González, M.; Meza; Morales, C.; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Thompson; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Johnson; Leach.

Absent — Geren; Jones, J.; Little; Pierson; Raymond; Virdell.

When Record No. 2289 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

J. Jones

When Record No. 2289 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Pierson

When Record No. 2289 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

Raymond

When Record No. 2289 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Virdell

HB 413, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the release of certain defendants detained in jail pending trial.

HB 413 was passed by (Record 2290): 115 Yeas, 23 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Bell, C.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Davis, Y.; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Holt; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shofner; Smithee; Swanson; Talarico; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Ashby; Barry; Bell, K.; Cook; Darby; Dean; Harless; Hickland; Hopper; Louderback; Lowe; McQueeney; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Paul; Shaheen; Slawson; Spiller; Tepper; Tinderholt; Wharton; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C); Toth.

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Johnson; Leach.

Absent — Davis, A.; DeAyala; Little.

When Record No. 2290 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

A. Davis

When Record No. 2290 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

DeAyala

When Record No. 2290 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. I would have voted no.

Leach

HB 1523, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to a prohibition on the authorization by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of the use of a Class V injection well for certain aquifer storage and recovery projects.

HB 1523 was passed by (Record 2291): 101 Yeas, 36 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morales, E.; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Wharton.

Nays — Allen; Anchía; Bowers; Bryant; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Flores; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hinojosa; Jones, V.; Lalani; Lopez, R.; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales Shaw; Perez, M.; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Thompson; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Johnson; Leach.

Absent — Cortez; DeAyala; Little; Oliverson; Orr.

When Record No. 2291 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Campos

When Record No. 2291 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

J. Garcia

When Record No. 2291 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

DeAyala

When Record No. 2291 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Talarico

HB 493, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to ineligibility to serve as a poll watcher.

HB 493 was passed by (Record 2292): 86 Yeas, 52 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morales, E.; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Raymond; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.

Nays — Allen; Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lalani; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales Shaw; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Plesa; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C); Martinez.

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Johnson; Leach.

Absent — Little; Pierson; Swanson.

When Record No. 2292 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Manuel

When Record No. 2292 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

Pierson

HB 521, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to accommodating voters with a disability; creating a criminal offense.

HB 521 was passed by (Record 2293): 84 Yeas, 54 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bonnen; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morales, E.; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton.

Nays — Allen; Anchía; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lalani; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Lowe; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales Shaw; Olcott; Oliverson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Plesa; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Johnson; Leach.

Absent — Davis, A.; Little; Moody; Wilson.

When Record No. 2293 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Bernal

When Record No. 2293 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Hopper

When Record No. 2293 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

E. Morales

When Record No. 2293 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Ordaz

HB 594, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the positions designated as exempt from sheriff's department civil service systems in certain counties.

HB 594 was passed by (Record 2294): 119 Yeas, 19 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Holt; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Rose; Rosenthal; Shaheen; Shofner; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Allen; Cain; Collier; Dean; Harless; Harrison; Hickland; Hopper; LaHood; Lowe; Luther; Money; Olcott; Romero; Schatzline; Slawson; Tinderholt; Toth; Wharton.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Johnson; Leach.

Absent — Little; McQueeney; Phelan; Schoolcraft.

HB 557, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the enforcement of an order to pay child support by contempt and the accrual of interest on certain child support arrearages.

HB 557 was passed by (Record 2295): 103 Yeas, 33 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Holt; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McQueeney; Meyer; Meza; Moody; 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; Schoolcraft; Shofner; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Thompson; Tinderholt; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bonnen; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Gerdes; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hefner; Hickland; Hopper; Hull; Leo Wilson; Lowe; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Schatzline; Shaheen; Slawson; Tepper; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Wharton; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Johnson; Leach.

Absent — Dean; DeAyala; Hayes; LaHood; Little; Swanson.

When Record No. 2295 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Dean

When Record No. 2295 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Shofner

HB 305, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the time period for conducting pretrial hearings after a criminal defendant has been restored to competency.

HB 305 was passed by (Record 2296): 136 Yeas, 4 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; 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; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; 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, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Cole; Hernandez; Rose; Turner.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Johnson; Leach.

Absent — Little; Perez, M.

When Record No. 2296 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

M. Perez

When Record No. 2296 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Turner

HB 549, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the availability and use of airway clearance devices at public school campuses.

Representative Vasut offered the following amendment to HB 549:

Amend HB 549 on third reading 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 Westyn Bryan Mandrell Act.

Amendment No. 1 was adopted.

HB 549, as amended, was passed by (Record 2297): 136 Yeas, 5 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; 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; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Anchía; Collier; Frank; Garcia Hernandez; Reynolds.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Fairly; Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Johnson; Leach.

Absent — Little.

When Record No. 2297 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Garcia Hernandez

HB 854, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to payment of the replacement cost of lost or damaged property under a homeowner's, renter's, or condominium owner's insurance policy.

Representative Garcia Hernandez moved to postpone consideration of HB 854 until 3 p.m. today.

The motion prevailed.

(Fairly now present)

HB 1057, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to placement on the minimum salary schedule and service credit in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas for certain public school career or technology education teachers.

HB 1057 was passed by (Record 2298): 114 Yeas, 26 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schoolcraft; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Cain; Fairly; Harrison; Hefner; Hull; Leo Wilson; Louderback; Lowe; Luther; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Schatzline; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Swanson; Tepper; Virdell; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Johnson; Leach.

Absent — LaHood; Little; Lozano.

When Record No. 2298 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. I would have voted no.

Leach

(Johnson now present)

HB 1052, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to health benefit plan coverage of telemedicine, teledentistry, and telehealth appointments with an originating site or distant site located outside this state.

HB 1052 was passed by (Record 2299): 114 Yeas, 26 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schoolcraft; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Ashby; Bumgarner; Cain; Cook; DeAyala; Fairly; Harrison; Hefner; Hull; Leo Wilson; Louderback; Lowe; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Olcott; Patterson; Paul; Schatzline; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Swanson; Tepper; Vasut; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Davis, A.; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Little; Lozano; Morgan.

When Record No. 2299 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. I would have voted no.

Leach

When Record No. 2299 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Shofner

HB 842, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to a study and report on burying power lines in the Gulf Coast region.

HB 842 was passed by (Record 2300): 76 Yeas, 65 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Curry; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Ashby; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Bumgarner; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Frank; Gates; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; LaHood; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Gerdes; Little; Lozano.

When Record No. 2300 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Barry

When Record No. 2300 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Gates

When Record No. 2300 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Gerdes

HB 3174, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to county and hospital district disease control pilot programs to reduce the risk of certain infectious and communicable diseases; authorizing fees.

HB 3174 was passed by (Record 2301): 77 Yeas, 65 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Cunningham; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Lalani; Lambert; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McQueeney; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Bumgarner; Cain; Capriglione; Craddick; Curry; DeAyala; Dorazio; Fairly; Frank; Gerdes; Geren; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; Kitzman; LaHood; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell; Wharton.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Cook; Little.

When Record No. 2301 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Cook

HB 3196, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority of certain municipalities to receive certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project and to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to the project.

HB 3196 was passed by (Record 2302): 88 Yeas, 39 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harris Davila; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Lalani; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Meyer; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Orr; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Smithee; Talarico; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Cain; Cook; DeAyala; Dorazio; Fairly; Harrison; Hayes; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Kerwin; LaHood; Leo Wilson; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; McQueeney; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Virdell; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C); Morales, E.

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Barry; Bryant; Canales; Cole; Curry; Darby; Dean; Dyson; González, J.; Harless; Kitzman; Lambert; Little; Manuel; Meza; Tepper.

When Record No. 2302 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Canales

When Record No. 2302 was taken, I was temporarily out of the house chamber. I would have voted yes.

Curry

When Record No. 2302 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. I would have voted no.

Leach

When Record No. 2302 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Manuel

When Record No. 2302 was taken, I was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote yes.

E. Morales

HB 824, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the inclusion of civics instruction in public school government curriculum requirements for high school students.

HB 824 was passed by (Record 2303): 124 Yeas, 18 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Holt; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; 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; Shofner; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Cain; Canales; Cook; Hickland; Hopper; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Metcalf; Olcott; Oliverson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Johnson; Little.

HB 1039, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the use of hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities.

HB 1039 was passed by (Record 2304): 102 Yeas, 39 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Orr; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Smithee; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Cook; Dorazio; Fairly; Harrison; Hayes; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; LaHood; Leo Wilson; Lowe; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Virdell; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Jones, V.; Little; Luther.

When Record No. 2304 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. I would have voted no.

Leach

HB 2529, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the annual state salary supplement for certain county judges.

HB 2529 was passed by (Record 2305): 109 Yeas, 32 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; 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; Shofner; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Cain; Canales; Cook; DeAyala; Dorazio; Fairly; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Isaac; Kerwin; Leo Wilson; Lowe; Luther; McQueeney; Money; Olcott; Oliverson; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Hull; Little; Morgan.

When Record No. 2305 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Shofner

HB 2713, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the repeal of a municipal civil service system for firefighters and police officers in certain municipalities.

HB 2713 was passed by (Record 2306): 133 Yeas, 7 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; 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; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Bucy; Flores; González, M.; Howard; Jones, V.; Moody; Reynolds.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Davis, A.; Little; Paul; Perez, M.

When Record No. 2306 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

L. Garcia

When Record No. 2306 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Goodwin

When Record No. 2306 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. I would have voted yes.

Leach

When Record No. 2306 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

M. Perez

When Record No. 2306 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Zwiener

HB 4936, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to a study by the Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office regarding the creation of the Department of Marketing Services.

HB 4936 was passed by (Record 2307): 110 Yeas, 32 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shofner; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Zwiener.

Nays — Cain; Canales; Cunningham; Gerdes; Harrison; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; LaHood; Leo Wilson; Lowe; Luther; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Virdell.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Little; Wu.

When Record No. 2307 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Ashby

When Record No. 2307 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. I would have voted no.

Leach

HB 4995, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the carrying of handguns by tactical medical professionals while on duty providing support to tactical units of law enforcement agencies.

HB 4995 was passed by (Record 2308): 118 Yeas, 22 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; 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; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Rodríguez Ramos; Rose; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson.

Nays — Allen; Anchía; Bhojani; Cole; Collier; Flores; González, M.; Goodwin; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Kerwin; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales Shaw; Reynolds; Richardson; Romero; Rosenthal; Thompson; Turner; Wu; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Davis, A.; Little; Moody; Walle.

When Record No. 2308 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Bowers

When Record No. 2308 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

A. Davis

When Record No. 2308 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

J. Jones

When Record No. 2308 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Kerwin

When Record No. 2308 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

C. Morales

When Record No. 2308 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Rodríguez Ramos

HB 4830, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the regulation of service contracts and service contract providers and administrators.

HB 4830 was passed by (Record 2309): 111 Yeas, 31 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; 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; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shaheen; Smithee; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Cook; Harrison; Holt; Hopper; Kerwin; Leo Wilson; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Virdell; Wharton.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Hinojosa; Little.

When Record No. 2309 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. I would have voted no.

Leach

HB 4864, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the eligibility of a person to serve as an arbitrator in a binding arbitration of an appeal of an appraisal review board order.

HB 4864 was passed by (Record 2310): 141 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; 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; 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; Shaheen; Shofner; 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 — Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Allen; Little; Schoolcraft.

HB 5219, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board of the water resources in certain counties.

HB 5219 was passed by (Record 2311): 100 Yeas, 41 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; 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; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rosenthal; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Bumgarner; Cain; Cook; DeAyala; Dorazio; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Kerwin; LaHood; Leo Wilson; Lowe; Luther; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell; Wharton.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Cunningham; Little; Rose.

When Record No. 2311 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Cunningham

HB 5263, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the accessibility of results from the state assessment.

HB 5263 was passed by (Record 2312): 142 Yeas, 1 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; 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; 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; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Hinojosa.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Little.

When Record No. 2312 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Hinojosa

HB 5154, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the Joint Admission Medical Program Council.

HB 5154 was passed by (Record 2313): 131 Yeas, 11 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; 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; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Shaheen; Shofner; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Cain; Harrison; Hopper; Lowe; Luther; Money; Olcott; Richardson; Slawson; Tinderholt; Toth.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C); Schoolcraft.

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Little.

HB 2674, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to prohibiting the regulation of homeschool programs.

HB 2674 was passed by (Record 2314): 103 Yeas, 41 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Martinez; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Moody; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu.

Nays — Allen; Anchía; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hernandez; Howard; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lopez, R.; Manuel; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Morales, C.; Ordaz; Plesa; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Thompson; Turner; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

When Record No. 2314 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. I would have voted yes.

Leach

When Record No. 2314 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Morales Shaw

When Record No. 2314 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Rose

When Record No. 2314 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Ward Johnson

HB 5525, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to parole guidelines and procedures for inmates convicted of an offense committed when younger than 18 years of age.

HB 5525 was passed by (Record 2315): 85 Yeas, 58 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Hayes; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lalani; Lambert; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Smithee; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bonnen; Bumgarner; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Cunningham; Darby; DeAyala; Gerdes; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Lowe; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Dean.

When Record No. 2315 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Dean

When Record No. 2315 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Fairly

The following bills were laid before the house and read third time:

SB 529, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the entitlement of certain municipalities to receive tax revenue from certain establishments located near a hotel and convention center project.

SB 529 was passed by (Record 2316): 108 Yeas, 33 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; 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; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Smithee; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Cain; Cook; Dorazio; Fairly; Harrison; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Isaac; LaHood; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; Luther; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Hayes; Jones, V.; Virdell.

When Record No. 2316 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Virdell

SB 541, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to cottage food production operations.

SB 541 was passed by (Record 2317): 135 Yeas, 5 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; 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; 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; 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; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Cain; Lowe; Schatzline; Tinderholt; Toth.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C); Turner.

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Dean; Geren; Walle.

When Record No. 2317 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Cain

When Record No. 2317 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Lowe

Representative Metcalf moved to suspend Rule 8, Section 5(d), of the House Rules to designate as joint sponsors and co-sponsors for SB 2004 all joint authors and co-authors for HB 3962.

The motion prevailed.

SB 2004, 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.

SB 2004 was passed by (Record 2318): 85 Yeas, 58 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; 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; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bonnen; Cain; Canales; Capriglione; Cook; Cunningham; DeAyala; Dorazio; Fairly; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; LaHood; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Garcia, J.

When Record No. 2318 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Bryant

When Record No. 2318 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Cook

When Record No. 2318 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Tinderholt

SB 1012, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to authorizing the sale or lease by the State of Texas of certain real property located in Austin, Texas.

SB 1012 was passed by (Record 2319): 116 Yeas, 26 Nays, 4 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Holt; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Cain; Cook; Fairly; Harrison; Hickland; Hopper; Hull; LaHood; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; Luther; McQueeney; Money; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Gates; Harris(C); Hinojosa.

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

When Record No. 2319 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Cook

When Record No. 2319 was taken, I was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote yes.

Gates

When Record No. 2319 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Hickland

SB 2269, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to dispute resolution for and enforcement actions against certain long-term care facilities.

SB 2269 was passed by (Record 2320): 111 Yeas, 26 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Cain; DeAyala; Fairly; Gerdes; Harrison; Holt; Hopper; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Luther; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Wharton.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Cook; Dean; Harless; Hickland; Lozano; McQueeney; Virdell.

When Record No. 2320 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

Cook

When Record No. 2320 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Dean

When Record No. 2320 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

Harless

When Record No. 2320 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Hickland

When Record No. 2320 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. I would have voted no.

Leach

When Record No. 2320 was taken, I was absent because of important business. I would have voted no.

Lozano

When Record No. 2320 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted no.

Virdell

The following member was granted leave of absence temporarily for today because of important business:

Lozano on motion of Guillen.

SB 1886, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the execution of a search warrant for taking a blood specimen from certain persons in certain intoxication offenses.

SB 1886 was passed by (Record 2321): 139 Yeas, 1 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; 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; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Jones, J.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Hayes; Hefner; Hull.

When Record No. 2321 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted yes.

Lozano

SB 1236, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the relationship between pharmacists or pharmacies and health benefit plan issuers or pharmacy benefit managers.

SB 1236 was passed by (Record 2322): 140 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; 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; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lowe; Lujan; Luther; 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.; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; 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 — Gervin-Hawkins; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Louderback; Manuel; Phelan.

When Record No. 2322 was taken, I was temporarily out of the house chamber. I would have voted yes.

Louderback

When Record No. 2322 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted yes.

Lozano

When Record No. 2322 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Manuel

SB 693, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to notaries public; creating a criminal offense; authorizing a fee.

(Metcalf in the chair)

SB 693 was passed by (Record 2323): 105 Yeas, 29 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Cain; Cook; Gates; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Kerwin; Leo Wilson; Lowe; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Metcalf(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Bell, K.; Button; Cunningham; DeAyala; Fairly; Harris; Hinojosa; Jones, V.; Louderback.

When Record No. 2323 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Cunningham

When Record No. 2323 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

DeAyala

When Record No. 2323 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

V. Jones

When Record No. 2323 was taken, I was temporarily out of the house chamber. I would have voted no.

Louderback

When Record No. 2323 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted no.

Lozano

SB 2308, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration's drug development trials with ibogaine for the purpose of securing the administration's approval as a medication for treatment of opioid use disorder, co-occurring substance use disorder, and any other neurological or mental health conditions for which ibogaine demonstrates efficacy.

SB 2308 was passed by (Record 2324): 138 Yeas, 2 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; 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; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; 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.; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; 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; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; 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; Lowe.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Metcalf(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Bell, K.; Button; Louderback.

When Record No. 2324 was taken, I was temporarily out of the house chamber. I would have voted yes.

Louderback

When Record No. 2324 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted yes.

Lozano

When Record No. 2324 was taken, I was presiding in the chair and was shown voting present, not voting. I would have voted yes.

Metcalf

(Harris in the chair)

The following bills were laid before the house as postponed business:

HB 2486, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency.

HB 2486 was read second time on May 12 and was postponed until 8 a.m. today.

Representative Moody raised a point of order against further consideration of HB 2486 under Rule 4, Section 32(c)(2), of the House Rules on the grounds that the bill analysis is substantially or materially misleading. The point of order was withdrawn.

Representative Hefner moved to postpone consideration of HB 2486 until 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 3.

The motion prevailed.

CSHB 4862, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to business organizations.

CSHB 4862 was read second time on May 9 and was postponed until 9:50 a.m. today.

Representative Gámez moved to postpone consideration of CSHB 4862 until 6 p.m. today.

The motion prevailed.

SB 250, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to municipal annexation of an area adjacent to contiguous or connecting railroad rights-of-way.

SB 250 was considered in lieu of HB 4689.

SB 250 was read second time and was passed to third reading by (Record 2325): 129 Yeas, 0 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Moody; 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; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Swanson; Talarico; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Capriglione; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Bryant; Cunningham; Garcia, L.; Goodwin; Jones, V.; Little; Meza; Morales, C.; Olcott; Oliverson; Spiller; Tepper; Virdell.

When Record No. 2325 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

J. Jones

When Record No. 2325 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted yes.

Lozano

When Record No. 2325 was taken, I was temporarily out of the house chamber. I would have voted yes.

Olcott

When Record No. 2325 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Spiller

When Record No. 2325 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Virdell

Representative Hickland moved to lay HB 4689 on the table subject to call.

The motion prevailed.

HB 4520, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to requirements for loans or grants provided by the Texas Transportation Commission to aviation facilities located in economically disadvantaged counties.

HB 4520 was read second time on May 7, postponed until May 9, and was postponed until 10 a.m. today.

Representative Martinez moved to postpone consideration of HB 4520 until 8 a.m. tomorrow.

The motion prevailed.

SB 1883, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the approval of land use assumptions, capital improvement plans, and impact fees.

SB 1883 was considered in lieu of HB 2225.

SB 1883 was read second time.

Representative Buckley offered the following amendment to SB 1883:

Amend SB 1883 (house committee report) on page 5, between lines 21 and 22, by inserting the following:

Amendment No. 1 was withdrawn.

Representative Buckley moved to postpone consideration of SB 1883 until 2:30 p.m. today.

The motion prevailed.

Representative Buckley moved to lay HB 2225 on the table subject to call.

The motion prevailed.

HB 168, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the age at which a person in this state may marry.

HB 168 was read second time on May 12 and was postponed until 10 a.m. today.

Representative Rosenthal offered the following amendment to HB 168:

Amend HB 168 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  On page 2, line 17, between "MINOR." And "A", insert "(a)"

(2)  On page 2, between lines 21 and 22, insert the following:

(b)  Notwithstanding any other law, a party to a marriage that is void under this section who was a minor at the time the putative marriage was entered into may seek division of property under Chapter 7 and spousal maintenance under Chapter 8 in the same manner as a party to a suit for dissolution of a marriage.

Amendment No. 1 was adopted.

HB 168, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 2326): 83 Yeas, 51 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Geren; González, J.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hayes; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; Lalani; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Manuel; Martinez; McLaughlin; 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; Shaheen; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Ashby; Bell, C.; Cain; Canales; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Dean; DeAyala; Frank; Gerdes; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hefner; Hickland; Hopper; Hunter; Isaac; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lujan; Luther; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Wharton; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Buckley; Gates; González, M.; Holt; Jones, V.; Lopez, R.; Martinez Fischer; Swanson; Virdell.

When Record No. 2326 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Gates

When Record No. 2326 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Holt

When Record No. 2326 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted no.

Lozano

When Record No. 2326 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

Martinez Fischer

When Record No. 2326 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Virdell

HB 3892, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to county regulation related to infrastructure planning for subdivisions and county authority to regulate building and set-back lines.

HB 3892 was read third time earlier today and was postponed until this time.

HB 3892 failed to pass by (Record 2327): 50 Yeas, 88 Nays, 2 Present, not voting. (The vote was reconsidered later today, and HB 3892 failed to pass by Record No. 2361.)

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Buckley; Cain; Campos; Capriglione; Cook; Cortez; Cunningham; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Garcia, J.; Geren; Guillen; Hayes; Hefner; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jones, J.; Lambert; Landgraf; Lopez, J.; Manuel; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Meyer; Morales, E.; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Phelan; Raymond; Schoolcraft; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Swanson; Tinderholt; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos.

Nays — Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bernal; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Canales; Cole; Collier; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Dutton; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Johnson; Jones, V.; Kerwin; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lujan; Luther; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McQueeney; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Olcott; Ordaz; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Pierson; Plesa; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Shaheen; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Davis, Y.; Gates; Holt; King; Reynolds.

When Record No. 2327 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Allen

When Record No. 2327 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Dean

When Record No. 2327 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Gates

When Record No. 2327 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Hickland

When Record No. 2327 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Holt

When Record No. 2327 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Johnson

When Record No. 2327 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

J. Jones

When Record No. 2327 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted no.

Lozano

When Record No. 2327 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

E. Morales

CSHJR 218, A joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the use of money from the Texas energy fund for energy efficiency projects conducted to benefit retail electric customers.

CSHJR 218 was read second time on May 10, postponed until May 12, and was again postponed until 1 p.m. today.

CSHJR 218 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2328): 74 Yeas, 67 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Lalani; Lambert; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bonnen; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Gerdes; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Isaac; Kerwin; Kitzman; LaHood; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Little; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Luther; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Gates; Hull.

When Record No. 2328 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Gates

When Record No. 2328 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted no.

Lozano

When Record No. 2328 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Wilson

HB 4921, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to restrictions on the use of state funds to benefit private entities that outsource jobs to foreign countries.

HB 4921 was read second time on May 10, postponed until May 12, and was again postponed until 1 p.m. today.

Representative Y. Davis moved to postpone consideration of HB 4921 until 9 a.m. tomorrow.

The motion prevailed.

CSHB 5623, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the provision of grants from the Texas energy fund for certain energy efficiency projects.

CSHB 5623 was read second time on May 12 and was postponed until 1 p.m. today.

CSHB 5623 failed to pass to engrossment by (Record 2329): 66 Yeas, 75 Nays, 2 Present, not voting. (The vote was reconsidered later today, and CSHB 5623 passed to engrossment by Record No. 2360.)

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lalani; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Frank; Gerdes; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Little; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Gates; Lowe.

When Record No. 2329 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Dean

When Record No. 2329 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Gates

When Record No. 2329 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Lowe

When Record No. 2329 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted no.

Lozano

The following bills were laid before the house and read second time:

HB 2545, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the establishment of the Rural Workforce Training Grant Program.

HB 2545 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2330): 102 Yeas, 38 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Ordaz; Orr; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Smithee; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Cain; Canales; Cook; Dorazio; Harrison; Holt; Hopper; Kerwin; LaHood; Little; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Luther; McQueeney; Money; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Virdell.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — DeAyala; Fairly; Hull.

When Record No. 2330 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Fairly

When Record No. 2330 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. I would have voted no.

Leach

When Record No. 2330 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Leo Wilson

When Record No. 2330 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

J. Lopez

When Record No. 2330 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Louderback

When Record No. 2330 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted no.

Lozano

When Record No. 2330 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Metcalf

The following bills were laid before the house as postponed business:

SB 1883, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the approval of land use assumptions, capital improvement plans, and impact fees.

SB 1883 was read second time earlier today, an amendment was offered and disposed of, and SB 1883 was postponed until this time.

Representative Buckley offered the following amendment to SB 1883:

Amend SB 1883 (house committee report) on page 5, between lines 21 and 22, by inserting the following:

Representative Romero offered the following amendment to Amendment No. 2:

Amend Amendment No. 2 by Buckley to SB 1883 as follows:

(1)  On page 1, line 1 of the amendment, strike "on" and substitute the following:

as follows:

(1)  On

(2)  On page 1, line 2 of the amendment, strike "by inserting" and substitute "insert".

(3)  Add the following appropriately numbered item to the amendment and renumber subsequent items in the amendment accordingly:

(____)  On page 5, line 16, between "public" and "an", insert "on the political subdivision's Internet website".

Amendment No. 3 was adopted.

Amendment No. 2, as amended, was adopted.

Representative Romero offered the following amendment to SB 1883:

Amend SB 1883 (house committee report) on page 2, line 4, between "applicable" and the underlined period, by inserting ", unless the increase is contemplated by and described in the ordinance, order, or resolution adopting or increasing the impact fee as part of a scheduled or stepped increase during the three-year period".

Amendment No. 4 failed of adoption by (Record 2331): 61 Yeas, 75 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lalani; Lambert; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Little; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lujan; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Richardson; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C); Harrison.

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Bernal; Dean; González, J.; Manuel; Morales, C.; Schatzline.

When Record No. 2331 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Ashby

When Record No. 2331 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted no.

Lozano

When Record No. 2331 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Manuel

When Record No. 2331 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Paul

SB 1883, as amended, was passed to third reading by (Record 2332): 75 Yeas, 62 Nays, 2 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; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Little; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.

Nays — Allen; Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Hayes; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lalani; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Leach.

Absent — Kerwin; Luther; McLaughlin; Oliverson; Orr; Swanson.

When Record No. 2332 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Dean

When Record No. 2332 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Guerra

When Record No. 2332 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted yes.

Lozano

When Record No. 2332 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Lujan

When Record No. 2332 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

McLaughlin

At 2:52 p.m., pursuant to the provisions of Rule 7, Section 37(c), of the House Rules, Representative Spiller gave notice that he would, in one hour, move to reconsider the vote by which HB 3892 failed to pass by Record No. 2327.

At 2:53 p.m., pursuant to the provisions of Rule 7, Section 37(c), of the House Rules, Representative Hernandez gave notice that she would, in one hour, move to reconsider the vote by which HB 5623 failed to pass to engrossment by Record No. 2329.

REPRESENTATIVE MONEY: Are you aware that there are 152 democratic bills on today's calendar while our republican priority legislation is stuck in committee?

CHAIR (Harris in the chair): That is not a proper parliamentary inquiry.

MONEY: Mr. Speaker, is it your discretion whether to recognize motions to reconsider?

CHAIR: Yes, it is. Ms. Hernandez gave the proper notice required.

MONEY: On now three separate occasions today, we have received notice that we will spend some of our limited remaining time to reconsider democratic bills that have already been defeated by this body and doing so leaves us less time to work on legislation that matters to all of our districts. Is there anything in the rules that requires the speaker to recognize a motion to reconsider?

CHAIR: No, sir. You are welcome to vote against the motion.

MONEY: Are bills allowed to fail in this body or are we going to reconsider every bill that gets defeated and lose time that we could be spending on bills that have a chance to pass?

CHAIR: Mr. Money, that is a hypothetical inquiry that I am not going to respond to.

CSHB 2587, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to an annual report on the financial impact on hospitals for providing certain uncompensated care.

Representative Olcott moved to postpone consideration of CSHB 2587 until 4 p.m. today.

The motion prevailed.

The following members were granted leaves of absence temporarily for today to attend a meeting of the Committee on Transportation:

Canales on motion of Bernal.

Craddick on motion of Bernal.

Curry on motion of Bernal.

Gámez on motion of Bernal.

Harris Davila on motion of Bernal.

Hefner on motion of Bernal.

LaHood on motion of Bernal.

Little on motion of Bernal.

C. Morales on motion of Bernal.

E. Morales on motion of Bernal.

Patterson on motion of Bernal.

Paul on motion of Bernal.

M. Perez on motion of Bernal.

CSHB 2625, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to prohibited local regulations regarding certain late-night and overnight deliveries to food service establishments.

Representative DeAyala moved to postpone consideration of CSHB 2625 until 10 a.m. Friday, July 4.

The motion prevailed.

HB 5520, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to border protection and economic development services, programs, and other measures, including establishing an educational center and programs.

Representative Gámez moved to postpone consideration of HB 5520 until 10 a.m. Thursday, May 15.

The motion prevailed.

Representative Hunter requested permission for the Committee on Calendars to meet while the house is in session, at 5 p.m. today, in 3W.9, to set a calendar.

Permission to meet was granted.

HB 5436, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to an exception to the titling requirement for certain motor vehicles; creating a criminal offense; providing for a fee.

HB 5436 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2333): 126 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Cain; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Cunningham; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harrison; Hayes; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; 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 — Gervin-Hawkins; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Canales; Craddick; Curry; Gámez; Harris Davila; Hefner; LaHood; Leach; Little; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.

Absent — Bumgarner; Fairly; Longoria; Smithee.

When Record No. 2333 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted yes.

Lozano

When Record No. 2333 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Smithee

CSHB 4926, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the use of revenue from that tax.

CSHB 4926 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2334): 87 Yeas, 39 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Cunningham; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Orr; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Smithee; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Barry; Bonnen; Bumgarner; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; DeAyala; Dorazio; Harless; Harrison; Hayes; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Leo Wilson; Lowe; Luther; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Canales; Craddick; Curry; Gámez; Harris Davila; Hefner; LaHood; Leach; Little; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.

Absent — Campos; Garcia, J.; Longoria; Virdell.

When Record No. 2334 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Campos

When Record No. 2334 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

J. Garcia

When Record No. 2334 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Harless

When Record No. 2334 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted no.

Lozano

When Record No. 2334 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted present, not voting.

Virdell

HB 1573, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to a school district policy regarding custodian workloads.

HB 1573 failed to pass to engrossment by (Record 2335): 60 Yeas, 65 Nays, 2 Present, not voting. (The vote was reconsidered on May 14, and HB 1573 failed to pass to engrossment by Record No. 2420.)

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Campos; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Fairly; Flores; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Lalani; Longoria; Manuel; Martinez; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Perez, V.; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Cunningham; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Harless; Harrison; Hayes; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; Kitzman; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lujan; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Phelan; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Canales; Craddick; Curry; Gámez; Harris Davila; Hefner; LaHood; Leach; Little; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.

Absent — Ashby; Geren; Lambert; Lopez, R.; Martinez Fischer.

When Record No. 2335 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Ashby

When Record No. 2335 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Darby

When Record No. 2335 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Guillen

When Record No. 2335 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Hunter

When Record No. 2335 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. I would have voted no.

Leach

When Record No. 2335 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted no.

Lozano

When Record No. 2335 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

Martinez Fischer

HB 5165, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue in certain municipalities.

HB 5165 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2336): 93 Yeas, 31 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Cunningham; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hernandez; Hickland; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Orr; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Smithee; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Cain; Cook; Harrison; Hayes; Holt; Hopper; Isaac; Kerwin; Leo Wilson; Lowe; Luther; McQueeney; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Geren; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Canales; Craddick; Curry; Gámez; Harris Davila; Hefner; LaHood; Leach; Little; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.

Absent — Hinojosa; Hull; Lopez, R.; Martinez Fischer; Virdell.

When Record No. 2336 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. I would have voted no.

Leach

When Record No. 2336 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted no.

Lozano

When Record No. 2336 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

Martinez Fischer

When Record No. 2336 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted present, not voting.

Virdell

HB 4811, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the eligibility of the South by Southwest Conference and Festivals for funding under the Major Events Reimbursement Program.

HB 4811 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2337): 63 Yeas, 56 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Anchía; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Campos; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Cunningham; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, J.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Lopez, J.; Manuel; Martinez; McQueeney; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, V.; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bonnen; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Darby; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Fairly; Gates; Gerdes; Harrison; Hayes; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; Kitzman; Leo Wilson; Louderback; Lowe; Lujan; Luther; McLaughlin; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Phelan; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Canales; Craddick; Curry; Gámez; Harris Davila; Hefner; LaHood; Leach; Little; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.

Absent — Allen; Dean; Geren; González, M.; Harless; King; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Orr.

When Record No. 2337 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Dean

When Record No. 2337 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Harless

When Record No. 2337 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Hunter

When Record No. 2337 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. I would have voted no.

Leach

When Record No. 2337 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted no.

Lozano

When Record No. 2337 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Metcalf

CSHB 5081, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the protection of personal identifying information of certain persons in the judicial system; creating a criminal offense.

Representative Metcalf moved to postpone consideration of CSHB 5081 until 5 p.m. today.

The motion prevailed.

The following bills were laid before the house as postponed business:

HB 854, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to payment of the replacement cost of lost or damaged property under a homeowner's, renter's, or condominium owner's insurance policy.

HB 854 was read third time earlier today and was postponed until this time.

HB 854 was passed by (Record 2338): 88 Yeas, 33 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Cunningham; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Louderback; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Ordaz; Orr; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shofner; Smithee; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Ashby; Cain; Cook; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Gerdes; Harless; Harrison; Hayes; Hickland; Holt; Isaac; Leo Wilson; Lowe; Luther; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Canales; Craddick; Curry; Gámez; Harris Davila; Hefner; LaHood; Leach; Little; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.

Absent — Barry; Buckley; Hull; Jones, V.; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Martinez Fischer; Virdell; Wharton.

When Record No. 2338 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

J. Lopez

When Record No. 2338 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted no.

Lozano

When Record No. 2338 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Virdell

CSHB 4755, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use hotel occupancy tax revenue for certain venue projects.

CSHB 4755 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2339): 96 Yeas, 27 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cunningham; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hayes; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Slawson; Smithee; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Cain; Cook; Harrison; Holt; Hopper; Kerwin; Leo Wilson; Lowe; Luther; McQueeney; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Canales; Craddick; Curry; Gámez; Harris Davila; Hefner; LaHood; Leach; Little; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.

Absent — Cortez; DeAyala; Hull; Jones, V.; Lopez, R.; Martinez Fischer; Virdell.

When Record No. 2339 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Cortez

When Record No. 2339 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted no.

Lozano

When Record No. 2339 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

Martinez Fischer

When Record No. 2339 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Slawson

When Record No. 2339 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Virdell

HB 3179, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax.

Representative Wu raised a point of order against further consideration of HB 3179 under Rule 8, Section 10(b), of the House Rules on the grounds that the bill is impermissibly limited in application to one or more political subdivisions by means of artificial devices. The point of order was withdrawn.

Representative Virdell offered the following amendment to HB 3179:

Amend HB 3179 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 352.002, Tax Code, is amended by adding Subsection (gg) to read as follows:

Amendment No. 1 was adopted.

HB 3179, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 2340): 65 Yeas, 54 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bernal; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Cunningham; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Dyson; Frank; Garcia, J.; Garcia Hernandez; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Guerra; Guillen; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lujan; Manuel; McLaughlin; Meyer; Moody; Ordaz; Perez, V.; Pierson; Raymond; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Smithee; Talarico; Tepper; Tinderholt; Turner; VanDeaver; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Allen; Ashby; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Cain; Capriglione; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Fairly; Flores; Garcia, L.; Gates; Gerdes; Goodwin; Harless; Harrison; Hayes; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; Leo Wilson; Martinez; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Phelan; Plesa; Reynolds; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Villalobos; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Canales; Craddick; Curry; Gámez; Harris Davila; Hefner; LaHood; Leach; Little; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.

Absent — Hernandez; King; Lopez, R.; Lowe; Luther; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Morales Shaw; Orr; Thompson; Wharton.

When Record No. 2340 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Bowers

When Record No. 2340 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Cook

When Record No. 2340 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Flores

When Record No. 2340 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. I would have voted no.

Leach

When Record No. 2340 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Lowe

When Record No. 2340 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted no.

Lozano

When Record No. 2340 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted no.

Luther

HB 4310, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to a special right of access under the public information law for a member of a governing board.

HB 4310 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2341): 126 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Cunningham; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harrison; Hayes; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; 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 — Gervin-Hawkins; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Canales; Craddick; Curry; Gámez; Harris Davila; Hefner; LaHood; Leach; Little; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.

Absent — Lopez, R.; Martinez Fischer; Orr; Thompson.

When Record No. 2341 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted yes.

Lozano

HB 4611, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to mutual consent voluntary adoption registries.

Representative Slawson offered the following amendment to HB 4611:

Amend HB 4611 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill:

SECTION ____.  Section 162.405(b), Family Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b)  On receiving an inquiry by an adoptee, birth parent, or sibling who has provided satisfactory proof of age and identity [and paid all required inquiry fees], the administrator of the central registry shall review the information on file in the central index and consult with the administrators of other registries in the state to determine the identity of any appropriate registry through which the adoptee, birth parent, or sibling may register.

(2)  On page 1, strike lines 12 through 18 and substitute the following:

(1)  provides proof of identity as provided by Section 162.408; and

(2)  establishes the applicant's eligibility to register[; and

[(3)     pays all required registration fees].

(3)  On page 1, lines 20-21, strike "application, proof of identity, and any applicable fees or application for a fee waiver" and substitute "application and proof of identity".

(4)  On page 3, line 3, strike "[and]" and substitute "and".

(5)  On page 3, strike lines 7 through 9 and substitute "registered under this subchapter.".

(6)  On page 3, strike lines 10 through 21.

(7)  On page 5, strike line 1 and substitute the following appropriately numbered SECTION:

SECTION ____.  Sections 162.411 and 162.413, Family Code, are repealed.

(8)  Renumber the SECTIONS of the bill appropriately.

Amendment No. 1 was adopted.

Representative Campos offered the following amendment to HB 4611:

Amend HB 4611 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 160.422(a), Family Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  The vital statistics unit shall furnish a certificate of the results of a search of the registry not later than the 10th business day after the date of the receipt of a [on] request by an individual, a court, or an agency listed in Section 160.412(b).

SECTION ____.  Section 160.422, Family Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a request for a search of the state registry of paternity made on or after the effective date of this Act. A request for a search of the state registry of paternity made before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the request was made, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

Amendment No. 2 was adopted.

HB 4611, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 2342): 123 Yeas, 0 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Cunningham; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harrison; Hayes; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C); Morales Shaw.

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Canales; Craddick; Curry; Gámez; Harris Davila; Hefner; LaHood; Leach; Little; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.

Absent — Allen; Lalani; Lopez, R.; Martinez Fischer; Smithee; Thompson.

When Record No. 2342 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

Allen

When Record No. 2342 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted yes.

Lozano

When Record No. 2342 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

Martinez Fischer

(Harris Davila now present)

HB 2159, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the capacity of a minor to consent to certain treatment for the minor or the minor's child.

Representative M. González moved to postpone consideration of HB 2159 until 3:45 p.m. today.

The motion prevailed.

(Gámez, Little, C. Morales, and Patterson now present)

SB 617, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to hearing and public notice requirements regarding the conversion by a municipality of certain properties to house homeless individuals.

SB 617 was considered in lieu of HB 4626.

(Speaker in the chair)

SB 617 was passed to third reading by (Record 2343): 87 Yeas, 47 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Collier; Cook; Cunningham; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Garcia, J.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Little; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lujan; Luther; Martinez; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.

Nays — Allen; Anchía; Bernal; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Cole; Cortez; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, L.; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Lalani; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Manuel; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Plesa; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Canales; Craddick; Curry; Hefner; LaHood; Leach; Morales, E.; Paul; Perez, M.

Absent — Bhojani; Kitzman.

When Record No. 2343 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Bhojani

When Record No. 2343 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

J. Garcia

When Record No. 2343 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted yes.

Lozano

The following member was granted leave of absence for the remainder of today because of important business in the district:

R. Lopez on motion of Cortez.

REPRESENTATIVE TINDERHOLT: During the budget debate, a lot of amendments were moved as a batch. Do the rules allow for a batch of bills to be moved to, say, 10 a.m. tomorrow?

SPEAKER BURROWS: Not without suspending the rules, Mr. Tinderholt.

TINDERHOLT: So if there was a motion made to, say, move 10, 12, or 20 bills to 10 a.m. tomorrow, it is allowed within the rules, but we would just have to suspend the rules?

SPEAKER: You would have to suspend the rules.

TINDERHOLT: We would have to get that suspension done through the speaker. Is that correct?

SPEAKER: That is correct.

Representative Harris Davila moved to lay HB 4626 on the table subject to call.

The motion prevailed.

(Canales, Curry, and LaHood now present)

HB 3637, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority of a county commissioners court to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation by each taxing unit that taxes the property of the portion of the appraised value of a person's property that is attributable to the installation in or on the property of certain water conservation systems.

HB 3637 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2344): 94 Yeas, 42 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harris; Harris Davila; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Perez, V.; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Ashby; Barry; Bonnen; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Cunningham; Darby; Dean; Gates; Geren; Harless; Harrison; Hayes; Holt; Hopper; Hull; LaHood; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; Luther; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Phelan; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; VanDeaver; Vasut; Virdell; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Craddick; Hefner; Leach; Morales, E.; Paul; Perez, M.

Absent — Curry; Patterson.

When Record No. 2344 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Curry

When Record No. 2344 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee of Transportation. I would have voted no.

Hefner

When Record No. 2344 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

J. Jones

When Record No. 2344 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. I would have voted no.

Leach

When Record No. 2344 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted no.

Lozano

(Hefner now present)

HB 3153, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to hiring and employment requirements for persons in direct contact with children at certain facilities.

Representative Kerwin offered the following amendment to HB 3153:

Amend HB 3153 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  On page 2, line 7, strike "and federal".

(2)  On page 3, line 3, strike "at a minimum" and substitute ", to the extent possible,".

(3)  On page 3, lines 14 and 15, strike "OR CHILD ABUSE ALLEGATIONS".

(4)  On page 3, strike lines 19 through 24 and substitute the following:

(5)  On page 3, line 27, through page 4, line 1, strike "an allegation of".

Amendment No. 1 was adopted.

HB 3153, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 2345): 129 Yeas, 1 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Collier; Cook; Cortez; 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; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lowe; Lujan; Luther; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Hayes.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Craddick; Leach; Morales, E.; Paul; Perez, M.

Absent — Anchía; Bumgarner; Cole; González, J.; Louderback; Manuel; Rosenthal; Turner; Wharton.

When Record No. 2345 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Anchía

When Record No. 2345 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

J. González

When Record No. 2345 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted yes.

Lozano

When Record No. 2345 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Manuel

When Record No. 2345 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Rosenthal

HB 3066, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the entitlement of certain municipalities to certain tax revenue associated with hotel and convention center projects.

Representative Capriglione moved to postpone consideration of HB 3066 until 5 p.m. today.

The motion prevailed.

(E. Morales and Paul now present)

CSHB 2786, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the frequency with which certain appraisal districts are required to reappraise property for ad valorem tax purposes.

REPRESENTATIVE TURNER: Members, Texas taxpayers deserve a property tax system that's fair, consistent, and accountable regardless of where they live. This bill ensures that fairness by requiring annual reappraisals in large counties with elected appraisal boards––something most of your districts already do.

REPRESENTATIVE GEREN: Mr. Turner, are you aware that there are 18 school districts in Tarrant County?

TURNER: I am.

GEREN: Of those 18, only four are in compliance with the comptroller's value study because we haven't appraised for the last two years and won't be appraising again for another year?

TURNER: That's correct. Multiple districts in our county are basically failing the property value study as a result.

GEREN: Are you aware that I represent a district that has hired a bankruptcy attorney if we don't make that change?

TURNER: I am. I believe that's the Castleberry Independent School District.

GEREN: It is, Mr. Turner. Your bill's a really good bill. We have an appraisal board that has decided not to appraise but every three years. Is that correct?

TURNER: That's my understanding, yes.

GEREN: It is state law. If I'm not mistaken, state law requires all properties to be appraised at fair market value on January 1 of each year. Is that not correct?

TURNER: Yes, sir. Title 1 of the Property Tax Code, Section 23.01, says, "Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, all taxable property is appraised at its market value as of January 1."

GEREN: Mr. Turner, thank you for bringing this bill.

TURNER: Thank you, Mr. Geren. I appreciate you being a joint author on this bill. I'm going to make a couple of other points. If you represent one of the more than 200 counties in this state with fewer than 75,000 residents, this bill does not apply to your county. You're bracketed out of this bill. And if you represent one of the 50 counties with populations of 75,000 or more, your appraisal district is very most likely already doing this because this is best practice. It is state law, as Mr. Geren just pointed out. Most districts are already doing this. There are just a couple of inconsistencies we're trying to address with this bill.

REPRESENTATIVE LITTLE: Chairman Turner, my understanding is that your bill has been brought in response to action taken by the Tarrant Appraisal District's board of directors that was recently, at least in part, elected. Isn't that right?

TURNER: Well, my bill has been brought in response to concerns I have heard from my school districts in Tarrant County, the ones I represent—that the actions of the appraisal district are, in fact, threatening their state funding because of the property value study implications that we just discussed with Mr. Geren.

LITTLE: Chairman Turner, that may be a little bit complicated for certain people in the room or back home in Tarrant County. My understanding is that in response to rapidly climbing property values, particularly on homeowners, the Tarrant Appraisal District board of directors has decided to reappraise properties that are homesteads every third year instead of every single year. It sounds to me like the complaint of the school districts is they are not growing the tax base fast enough on the backs of the homeowners in Tarrant County in order to fund their school districts. Isn't that right?

TURNER: No. I think that represents a misunderstanding of how the appraisal system works, Mr. Little, respectfully. The job of the appraisal district under Texas law is to appraise property at its market value. That's what it clearly says in the Tax Code. It is the job, then, of the taxing jurisdiction––so that is the school district, that is the city, the county, in cases where there's a hospital district, a community college district, a special purpose district, other types of districts––as well as, I would add, the Texas Legislature because of our role in school finance––it is those elected policymakers' jobs to determine tax rates. It is not the job of the appraisal district to do that. They determine the tax rates; the tax assessor-collector then sends out the tax notices. That is our somewhat bifurcated system of how we do property taxes in the State of Texas.

LITTLE: Representative Turner, I'm familiar with the system. I've done property tax litigation for over 20 years.

TURNER: I wasn't suggesting you're not.

LITTLE: That's okay. My point is that Tarrant Appraisal District, once they began electing, in part, their board of directors, decided to reappraise residential property every third year. This seems to me to be a greatly commendable and important improvement for the people of Texas so that their values are not rapidly climbing, as they are everywhere else besides Tarrant Appraisal District. I wonder whether you would accept an amendment to codify in statute that we would reappraise homestead property or residential property across the state every third year.

TURNER: No, I think that would be contrary to the intent of my bill. What I would point you to, Mr. Little, is data from the comptroller's office shows that appraised value in multiple counties, including Tarrant County incidentally, has actually declined from 2023 to 2024. So when you have a reappraisal plan that does not appraise every year, what you are, in fact, doing in a down market, which some counties are in, is you are locking homeowners—and business owners for that matter—into a higher appraisal and therefore higher taxes than what they should be paying. So out of fairness to the taxpayers, we should want the appraisal to be correct so they're not overpaying their taxes and so their schools aren't being short funded on the other end.

LITTLE: Representative Turner, it seems to me that certain board members were elected to the board of Tarrant Appraisal District and decided on a path to reappraise residential property every third year, and the purpose of this bill is to override them. Isn't that right?

TURNER: I think you represented the facts well. I think that this policy changed after there were some new members elected to the appraisal district board. That is true. I think that the actions of the appraisal district board, as Mr. Geren laid out, are inconsistent with existing state law that says all property shall be appraised to its market value as of January 1 each year. There's an inconsistency in the statute. This bill is simply trying to clear up that inconsistency. You represent Denton County, I believe. Is that right, Mr. Little?

LITTLE: That's correct, Representative.

TURNER: So I would suggest to you, Mr. Little, it is unfair to your constituents to have a policy like this in effect in Tarrant County, because what happens is when the appraised value declines artificially, I would add––some school districts will fail the property value study, as we discussed. There's a time period before they fail the property value study where they're collecting less revenue at the local level, and the school finance formulas say that the state will backfill that money. So that is your constituents, Mr. Little, backfilling the shortfall in Tarrant County. How is that fair to your constituents? So I would think you would support this bill.

LITTLE: Representative Turner, I understand very well the point that you're making. The point that I want our members and the people in Tarrant County to understand is that if we pass this bill, we will be increasing, by definition, the property tax obligations of every homeowner in the county almost certainly. While I understand and appreciate your point about Denton County, I wish Denton County's board of directors of their appraisal district would do the exact same thing Tarrant's did and reappraise every third year. I wish it were the law statewide. I am concerned about what your bill is doing, and I will simply say that I commend the efforts of Tarrant Appraisal District to prevent the rapid onset and rise of property values in that county.

TURNER: Well, I would just say that the appraisal process does not determine tax rates. Tax rates are determined by the elected officials in the taxing jurisdiction. Once again, that's the school district, the city, the county, and other special districts, and the state legislature through school finance formulas. The appraisal districts simply do not have a role in that process. So it is unfair to expect of appraisal district board members that they have some obligation to try and to go in and affect people's property tax rates, because that is not in their statutory job definition, and it is unfair to put that pressure on them. With this bill, we're going to take that ambiguity away and take that pressure off of them and put it back where it belongs, which is on the local elected officials in the school board, the city council, the county commissioners court, and yes, the state legislature.

REPRESENTATIVE VASUT: You know, as I understand it, the property value study—in order to have an impact on funding, a school district's appraised properties have to be out of line for what is it, two years or three years? They have to fail two or three in a row?

TURNER: Yes, that's right. It's a couple cycles. It depends on how much they're out of alignment. I believe if it's five to 10 percent, then there's a grace period of a couple of years. But if it's more than 10 percent, even in the first year, then that's an automatic––you know, you're automatically going to lose state funding. That's the situation in one of the school districts Mr. Geren represents that he was just speaking about. They fell out of alignment on the property value study in year one, and that's why they're facing a budget shortfall of several million dollars and tragically looking at bankruptcy as a result.

VASUT: You know, I've struggled with this bill. If you don't reappraise every year, it seems to me what will happen is that rather than having a slight uptick over time as appraised values go up, you'll have a very large increase, a plateau, a very large increase, and a plateau. Am I thinking about that right?

TURNER: You are. It creates a real sticker shock effect because you might be flat for a couple of years, and then you have a big increase. But conversely, in a down market, you could be appraised at a higher value than what your property's really worth and, therefore, paying higher taxes. So if this policy were in effect, in every three-year appraisal back in 2009, 2010, 2011, when our real estate market was declining—you would have homeowners and business owners paying more taxes than they should because they're being appraised at a much higher value than what their property could sell for in that declining market.

VASUT: Right. Basically what you're saying is because you're not capturing the market shifts every year, if it's timed incorrectly, you actually may be flat on a year when it should have gone down. Is that right?

TURNER: That's exactly right.

VASUT: Okay. You know, what I struggle with is Representative Little's point, which I think is fair—which is that an elected board of directors, in part, made this decision. When I look at Section 25.18 of the Tax Code, which is not amended by your bill but is referenced—which is really what your bill's getting at. The law already calls for in 25.18(b) that the plan that the appraisal board adopts "shall provide for the following reappraisal activities for all real and personal property in the district at least once every three years." So it seemed to me what the board looked at was that it had authority to go every three years with a reappraisal, and that partially elected board thought that that was the better public policy for Tarrant County, I guess, in their mind. Is that a fair analysis?

TURNER: I think that is a very fair analysis, and that's what my bill gets to the heart of. We're trying to address this inconsistency between the part of the code that you just referenced, because that's exactly what it says, and the part of the code I referenced earlier with Mr. Geren, which is––I don't want to misstate it––Section 23.01 of the Tax Code, which says, "All taxable property is appraised at its market value as of January 1." Those can be construed to be inconsistent, and that's the problem we're trying to solve for here.

VASUT: Well, I don't know what I'm going to do on your bill, but I appreciate you answering those questions. I just wanted to make sure we understood the full lay of the land.

REPRESENTATIVE CANALES: Mr. Turner, do you own a home?

TURNER: I do.

CANALES: Have you ever seen your property taxes go down?

TURNER: Yes, I have.

CANALES: Okay. By what extent?

TURNER: I don't know. When we passed the property tax relief two years ago, I saw a substantial––it was about $1,300 on average.

CANALES: Since that relief, have you seen your property taxes go down again?

TURNER: No.

CANALES: And that's because every year that they appraise, they always go up. I believe what your tax appraisal board does is laudable, because I'll tell you that every time they appraise my property, your property, there's a new appraisal. Other than relief given by this body, I've never seen property taxes go down. In addition to that, what they're doing is also giving the taxpayer a break, saying, "You know what? You don't have to come and protest your property taxes." So under this notion, I understand what you're trying to do. You're trying to marry the incongruences, but I would say that now, if you're right and this passes, the taxpayer now has to go protest every single year. Is that correct?

TURNER: No, and I disagree with your premise, Mr. Canales. I've had appraisals that have declined year on year. Again, I'll reference 2008 to 2011, which was a down market. Property values declined in that time period across the state, across the country, across the world. So it makes no sense to lock someone into a higher property value when markets are declining. So that's the first thing in terms of taxpayer fairness. Nothing in this bill changes the appeal process or the protest process. Nothing does that. But it is not right that we would have an inconsistent system where in Dallas County or in Denton County, all the counties around me are appraised every year, and our county isn't, because, again, the root problem we're trying to solve for is its direct impact on public school funding. And that is out of the school district's hands, and it's really out of the appraisal district's hands in a sense because that is determined by state law. The comptroller is required to do the property value study. If the appraised value is less than what the comptroller says it should be, that data goes to TEA, and TEA has no choice but to claw back state funding. So then it is our schoolchildren that pay the price for these decisions that even the school officials had nothing to do with.

CANALES: I disagree with you. It's always the homeowner that pays the price, because we're the ones paying the taxes.

TURNER: You would disagree there's a shortfall in public schools when they fail the property value study?

CANALES: No, you said children pay the price. The homeowners pay the price. Property owners are the ones that pay the price––the actual price. I understand what you're trying to do, but I would tell you that I also think what your appraisal board district is trying to do is laudable in the sense that people don't have to fight their taxes every single year. I appreciate what you're trying to do, but I would vote no on your bill.

TURNER: Well, Mr. Canales, I think you're misunderstanding the role of the appraisal district board.

REPRESENTATIVE MORGAN: I was listening to your debate earlier and just had a question. Is there anything that prevents the Tarrant County board of appraisals, actually, if there was a huge drop-off like in 2008, from reversing their process and dropping appraised values?

TURNER: I don't know. I haven't looked into that.

MORGAN: So if there was something that happened like that, they could potentially do that and give those homeowners that relief?

TURNER: According to the existing policy, they would not do that. It's every other year. So they'd have to create a brand-new policy.

MORGAN: Correct, but since they created this policy, they could create that policy to do the same thing. Correct?

TURNER: Theoretically, I suppose that is possible. I would suggest that it is bad practice to adopt new appraisal policies every time the market changes. There ought to be a consistent policy. I think that's what's best for taxpayers and best for the market.

MORGAN: Well, I will tell you that my constituents are upset that the appraisal value on their homes is––they feel like we're taxing unrealized gains on their homes and that it continues to go up and that the fight is unrealistic for them. In fact, I have done this personally in my county. I brought over 1,500 pages to my appraisal board, and they said they reviewed it within 30 seconds, and that's not right. Now that we have some elected board members, they're actually making some changes because they have constituents that they report to, just like you and I do.

TURNER: Sure. I appreciate that. I would just say there are some good changes being made. In our Subcommittee on Property Tax Appraisals, we have passed out a lot of bills that increase power for the taxpayer, increase transparency in the process. This does not affect any of that. I believe there are some amendments.

Representatives Dorazio, Cortez, Martinez Fischer, Lujan, and Bernal offered the following amendment to CSHB 2786:

Amend CSHB 2786 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 23.01(e), Tax Code, is amended to read as follows:

(e)  Notwithstanding any provision of this subchapter to the contrary, if the appraised value of property in a tax year is lowered under Subtitle F or by a written agreement between the property owner or the owner's agent and the appraisal district under Section 1.111(e), the appraised value of the property as finally determined under that subtitle or by the agreement is considered to be the appraised value of the property for that tax year. In the next tax year in which the property is appraised, the chief appraiser may not increase the appraised value of the property unless the increase by the chief appraiser is reasonably supported by clear and convincing evidence when all of the reliable and probative evidence in the record is considered as a whole. If the appraised value is finally determined in a protest under Section 41.41(a)(2) or an appeal under Section 42.26, the chief appraiser may satisfy the requirement to reasonably support by clear and convincing evidence an increase in the appraised value of the property in the next tax year in which the property is appraised by presenting evidence showing that the inequality in the appraisal of property has been corrected with regard to the properties that were considered in determining the value of the subject property. The burden of proof is on the chief appraiser to support an increase in the appraised value of property under the circumstances described by this subsection.

SECTION ____.  Section 23.01(e), Tax Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to the appraisal of property for a tax year that begins on or after the effective date of this Act.

REPRESENTATIVE DORAZIO: We understand the intent of this bill, and this amendment will make sure that Bexar County will not be impacted, and the amendment is acceptable to the author.

REPRESENTATIVE J. GARCIA: Representative Dorazio, I'm so glad that your amendment is actually focusing on Bexar County because that's why I was at the back mic. I wanted to have a conversation with the author about how this bill would impact Bexar County. Can you just explain to me why we need this carve-out for Bexar County?

DORAZIO: Bexar County—on the current appraisals, members passed unanimously nine-to-nothing that anytime an individual protests their taxes, that that tax appraisal is locked in for two years. So their appraisal will not go up for two years. There were so many people complaining because we were having to fight those appraisals every year, and they would reappraise at a higher rate. This locks it in. They don't have to protest it; they don't have to go through all the documentation. They wouldn't have to do what they normally go through every year.

J. GARCIA: And how did they come up with the decision to do this biennial program?

DORAZIO: Well, it was Bob Bruce, who was one of the individuals that was elected to the board, and he floated this idea to the rest of the members, and the rest of the members loved it. And that's why we had a nine-to-nothing unanimous vote.

J. GARCIA: Thank you so much, Representative Dorazio. I know that a big issue in my district—and I'm sure we all share that same sentiment—is that we have a lot of senior citizens. Our senior citizens are having a very difficult time not only navigating a new world of technology, but it's so overwhelming to get an appraisal at the end of the year and have to figure out how to fight it and how to fight against it. And by the time they're figuring out how much they actually owe on their taxes, they're already getting hit with another appraisal for the very next year. And this is something that has been an extreme stress and very overwhelming for a lot of the residents, particularly seniors, in our district. So thank you so much, sir, for bringing this to support Bexar County.

Amendment No. 1 was adopted.

Representative Lowe offered the following amendment to CSHB 2786:

Amend CSHB 2786 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  On page 1, line 15, between "district" and the underlined period, insert ", except as provided by Sections 25.18(b-1), (b-2), and (b-3)".

(2)  On page 2, strike lines 2 and 3 and substitute the following:

SECTION 2.  Section 25.18, Tax Code, is amended by adding Subsections (a-1), (b-1), (b-2), and (b-3) and amending Subsection (b) to read as follows:

(3)  On page 2, line 7, between "year" and the underlined period, insert ", except as provided by Subsections (b-1), (b-2), and (b-3)".

(4)  On page 2, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:

(b)  The plan shall provide for the following reappraisal activities for all real and personal property in the district at least once every three years, except as provided by Subsections (b-1), (b-2), and (b-3):

(1)  identifying properties to be appraised through physical inspection or by other reliable means of identification, including deeds or other legal documentation, aerial photographs, land-based photographs, surveys, maps, and property sketches;

(2)  identifying and updating relevant characteristics of each property in the appraisal records;

(3)  defining market areas in the district;

(4)  identifying property characteristics that affect property value in each market area, including:

(A)  the location and market area of property;

(B)  physical attributes of property, such as size, age, and condition;

(C)  legal and economic attributes; and

(D)  easements, covenants, leases, reservations, contracts, declarations, special assessments, ordinances, or legal restrictions;

(5)  developing an appraisal model that reflects the relationship among the property characteristics affecting value in each market area and determines the contribution of individual property characteristics;

(6)  applying the conclusions reflected in the model to the characteristics of the properties being appraised; and

(7)  reviewing the appraisal results to determine value.

Representative Moody raised a point of order against further consideration of Amendment No. 2 under Rule 11, Section 3, of the House Rules on the grounds that the amendment changes the original purpose of the bill.

(Harris in the chair)

The point of order was withdrawn.

Amendment No. 2 was withdrawn.

REPRESENTATIVE SCHATZLINE: Members, I'm going to make this very brief. This bill is an effort to appease school board members. If you are in favor of lowering property taxes and not raising property taxes, and if you are in favor of fighting for the taxpayer, you're going to vote no on this bill.

LITTLE: I think it's important to understand what you're about to vote on. Recently, Tarrant Appraisal District did something that, to my knowledge, in the State of Texas, was unprecedented. Their elected board of directors decided as a matter of policy to reappraise residential homestead property every third year. This bill will prevent that in Tarrant, and it will prevent it in your district. If your elected board of directors of your appraisal district decides that they want to implement the same plan and not reappraise your house or your voters' houses every single year, they will be barred by this bill. Let me say that again. If you vote for this bill, everyone who votes for you will have their residential homestead values climb every single year as a matter of course.

REPRESENTATIVE HARRISON: This bill is so incredibly misguided. Our local governing officials should have the ability, as they currently have under state law, to determine for themselves whether they do these appraisals every one year, two years, or three years. I actually would have—did—fully support the amendment by David Lowe and was profoundly disappointed to see that the objection to it was sustained, which would have actually required it to go to three years. Because our homeowners—not only are they being taxed out of their homes, they need stability, and they need, quite frankly—we need as a state—more transparency on the people that are actually increasing their taxes, which are the local taxing entities. Because what's happening is that appraised values are going up every year, the taxing entities are able to lower the tax rate and, therefore, pretend to be lowering the tax burden when, in fact, because they are lowering the rate but not enough, they are effectively increasing taxes year over year. So we should be creating more stability in the system. We should be giving the control to our local governments to have longer intervals between the assessments, and we should be creating more transparency on who is the actual proximate cause of our taxpayers' property tax bills going up every year. This bill does the opposite of all those things.

CANALES: When you say more stability, that means not having to go protest your taxes every single year, is that correct?

HARRISON: I actually think it's on both sides. Absolutely, but it would also be more stability for the local governments. They would know what that number is, because right now what determines people's property taxes is assessed value times the rate equals the yield. It would give more stability to the taxing entities, but to the individuals, the hardworking men and women of the State of Texas, they should not have to go make an annual pilgrimage to beg for mercy from their local appraisal districts every year, like they're having to do right now.

CANALES: So this is the first time ever that there's an elected portion of the body of the appraisal district. In this county, they actually moved to give people this reprieve for three years. So what we're looking at doing right now is saying for the first time ever that an elected body has representation, we're going to strip them of it.

HARRISON: Yes, isn't that really interesting, Representative Canales, that right after this legislature gave the people more democratic power to have their voices heard and their voices represented on the appraisal districts, the very next session the body is––apparently, if we pass this thing––going to turn around and strip that power from the locally elected officials that we just empowered two years ago?

CANALES: Exactly.

GEREN: In the current system, the appraisal districts have to stay within a certain percent of the comptroller's values. If not, the school districts are penalized. Also, if you're out of line with the comptroller at some point––and this has happened in Tarrant County before––you have to make adjustments to those values. And when you make those adjustments, it's a huge increase. This way it is spread out over the period instead of just one big jump at three years or a much larger jump if the comptroller says you're out and you have to make a correction. And that has happened at least twice since I've been serving here in Tarrant County. I would urge you to vote yes on this bill.

TURNER: I want to make a few points to finish this conversation. First off, I want to thank all the members who have given me a few minutes at their desks, because I've come by and talked to you about this over the last couple of days and why it's so important for my community, for my school districts. You know, a few weeks ago we passed out of this house, overwhelmingly—nearly unanimously—HB 2, which is—I am confident and optimistic that it's still going to pass and become law—which is going to provide much-needed funding for our public schools. I want to thank Chairman Buckley for his leadership on that, once again. But things like what we're talking about today erode the progress we can and should make with HB 2 because our school districts are really the innocent bystander, the innocent victim in all this. They don't set appraisal district policy. But they are bound by state law, and state law says the comptroller will do the property value study, not to mention three other value studies, and that data goes to the Texas Education Agency. The TEA has no choice. Again, by state law, they have to claw back funding to our school districts if the comptroller certifies that the appraised values in a given appraisal district are less than what they should be. And that's the problem that I'm trying to solve with this bill. Nothing more and nothing less.

You know, Representative Dorazio and Representative Martinez Fischer and others from the Bexar County delegation brought a really good amendment a few minutes ago that I was happy to accept. Because I do hear those of you—and Mr. Morgan brought this up—some of these elected board members across the state in our larger counties are making some good policy decisions to help the taxpayer, to benefit the taxpayer. I've looked at the Bexar County policy, and I think it's a good policy. I think it makes sense. So I don't think our bill touched their policy to begin with, but I was happy to take the amendment that Mr. Dorazio had drafted. And he came to see me about it on Saturday, which I very much appreciate him and Mr. Lahood, and talked about, "Hey, let's make sure this doesn't affect this pro-taxpayer policy that the Bexar County Appraisal District has adopted." So I want to thank them for working with me and bringing me that amendment. I was proud to put it on the bill.

Secondly, let me just say that I want to thank some of the business organizations, like Texas Taxpayers and Research Association and others, who have helped us craft this legislation. This has been done in consultation with the business community and with the comptroller's office to make sure we are getting the very, very best policy. Thank you to Chairman Geren for joint authoring the bill. If you're pro-public education, you do not want this happening in your county. Additionally, if your county is appraising every year, it is unfair to your taxpayers and to your constituents that another county is not because of the way the school finance formulas work. So this is a win-win for everybody, and I would ask for your favorable consideration.

REPRESENTATIVE TINDERHOLT: Is it true––I think I heard you mention that you wanted continuity and consistency across the state. Is that kind of part of the reason for this?

TURNER: That's right, with the important caveat that this only applies to the 50 largest counties, population of 75,000 or more. This does not affect the smaller counties.

TINDERHOLT: So was Bexar County exempted during this process?

TURNER: No, it wasn't, and thank you for asking that. They're not exempted, not at all. Bexar County has a policy that I've learned a lot about over the last couple of days that says that if a property owner protests their appraisal and they're successful and they achieve a reduction in value, then that reduced value will hold for the following tax year. I don't think our bill affected that policy, but the amendment is kind of a belt-and-suspenders effort to make sure it doesn't, and I'm happy to accept it. I think it's a policy that clearly is working well in Bexar County, and to my knowledge, the school districts in Bexar County have raised none of the concerns that we've heard from school districts in our area.

TINDERHOLT: So a lot of members may not know that we're both from Tarrant County, and I want to mention that I was just talking to the county tax assessor. You made a statement earlier that may have implied that Tarrant County doesn't do these every year. Tarrant County has indeed done an assessment every year. They just haven't done 2025 yet, and they're not saying they're not going to; they just said they haven't completed it yet. So I wanted to clear that up. Are you aware that they've done one every year?

TURNER: Well, I know they're sending a notice every year because I got one myself a few weeks ago. But their policy says that they reappraise every other year. That is their appraisal plan that I've got here somewhere in this packe—that they appraise every other year. Initially it was going to be every three years, then they made it every other year.

TINDERHOLT: I just wanted to come up and say that I talked to the assessor, and he says they do indeed appraise every year, and he didn't say that 2025 was off the table, so––but thank you. I appreciate you.

REPRESENTATIVE KERWIN: Are you familiar with Johnson County's Central Appraisal District and what they did last year?

TURNER: A little bit.

KERWIN: Well, when I was campaigning, knocking on doors, there were so many citizens in my district that were being taxed out of their homes, seniors moving into RV parks, and unequitable appraisals that the citizens took the CAD on, and they actually now have eight CAD board members that have been elected by their citizens and their taxing entities. The taxes got so high; they did a 10 percent cap on homestead, and they're still going to increase taxes by 10 percent. We needed relief in District 58. The citizens made the decision to take it on. The CAD board is fully elected now, and at least for the next three years, our citizens will get a break on paying their taxes. So I recommend other counties look into this.

TURNER: I thought you were asking me a question, but let me respond, Representative Kerwin. And we had a hearing on one of your bills a few weeks ago, and we had a lot of those members that you're speaking of come up and speak to the committee. I do very much appreciate––as I told you on that day––I appreciate how engaged your community is in the legislative process and their passion for this issue. And I respect the good work they're doing in their county.

I would just submit to you that when it comes to tax rates and tax burden, taxes are too high. That is why this legislature has passed billions of dollars in property tax relief in the last session, which I was proud to support, and we'll do so again in this session. I'm confident that we're going to do that. But between the legislature, the city council, the commissioners court, the school board, and other taxing jurisdictions, that responsibility rests with them. It is unfair to put that responsibility on appraisal district board members because that is statutorily not their job. That is not their job to do. It's wrong of us to put that pressure on them. It's unfair to them, frankly, and it's unfair to the taxpayers, because that kind of allows elected officials to hide the ball and say, "Well, it's your appraisals." No, it's the people who set the tax rates. It's the people who set the tax rates that determine what people pay in property taxes. So it is unfair to the taxpayer and frankly to the appraisal district board members to put that heat on them, and this is a way of taking that heat off of them.

KERWIN: I understand that, but for once it was transparent. Over all the years that their taxes kept going up and up, this will give them a reprieve to get their feet on the ground, stay in their homes, while the county can maybe readdress this in another two years. But they needed that, and they're very thankful for it.

REPRESENTATIVE GATES: I'm trying to catch in between all of this. I thought it was under state law that you had to do it every year?

TURNER: Well, Mr. Gates, you're exactly right; you do. Under Section 2301 of the Tax Code, that is exactly what it says: "All property is appraised at market value as of January 1 each year." That's what it says.

GATES: When they do it—you said every three years?

TURNER: Every other year.

GATES: Every other year. How many counties are doing this?

TURNER: To my knowledge, just two: Ms. Kerwin's county, Johnson County, that we just discussed, and Tarrant County.

GATES: Okay. Let's just assume that under the state school funding program, we fund, let's say, $12,000 per student throughout the State of Texas. Are you with me on that?

TURNER: Roughly, yes.

GATES: And let's say you collect 50 percent from your local. Then that means the state has to make up that other 50 percent. In this example, that would be $6,000.

TURNER: That's correct.

GATES: Now if you don't appraise every other year, then it's possible that you're not—locally, you're not collecting as much as you should. Are you following?

TURNER: That's right. Yes.

GATES: Then that means the state is going to have to pick up the bigger and larger amount. Is that correct?

TURNER: That's exactly right. So––

GATES: Let me finish this. So that extra amount comes from the state, and the state collects their money from every constituent, from every member in this building, don't they?

TURNER: They sure do.

GATES: Through sales tax, franchise tax. So my constituents are having to pay more in sales tax and franchise tax to make up for the fact that you've got one or two counties that are not playing the game the way that they should?

TURNER: Bingo. You hit the nail on the head, Representative Gates. You're exactly right. That is the exact point I was making with Representative Little. So it's unfair to your constituents when this happens. It's unfair to the school districts I represent when this happens.

REPRESENTATIVE TOTH: Mr. Geren earlier spoke and said that this is a way of easing the tax burden on people because it wouldn't lead to one big tax increase every two or three years, did he not?

TURNER: I believe so.

TOTH: What's the point? Why did he say that?

TURNER: You'd have to ask Mr. Geren—

TOTH: Well, the point is that he's trying to make a point that the tax burden is more about what happens at the appraisal level than it is about the people that actually set the rate. Isn't that correct?

TURNER: Well, there are two elements there, Mr. Toth. So one, when market values are increasing, as they do sometimes, then yes, you'll have a really sharp sticker shock after two years. But—

TOTH: But at the end of the day, it's about the tax rate, isn't it?

TURNER: Let me finish my answer—

TOTH: And the fact that they get to hide behind the appraisal districts?

TURNER: So Mr. Toth, in a declining market, which some counties in our state are in a declining real estate market right now––

TOTH: That wasn't Mr. Geren's point, though. Mr. Geren's point was that it would ease the burden to do this yearly on people and that they wouldn't see a massive tax increase once every two years. Mr. Turner, we know what's going on here. We know that the people that we elect up to the courts are hiding behind the appraisal districts. They get to say, "Hey, your tax rates went down," when, in fact, the effect of it went up.

TURNER: Do you mean the commissioners court when you say "courts"?

TOTH: The commissioners courts.

TURNER: Okay. I just want to make sure I understand that.

TOTH: Or ISDs or hospital districts or—

TURNER: Yes, that's part of my point.

TOTH: But they're hiding behind these appraisal districts.

TURNER: Politicians, Mr. Toth, politicians, whether they are at the local level or here in this chamber, should not blame the appraisal district for the tax rates that the taxing jurisdictions set. The taxing jurisdictions set the tax rate. That's the school district; that's the city; that's the county; that's the legislators indirectly, through school finance formulas.

TOTH: The point, though, the point—

TURNER: Don't blame the appraisal district for tax rates that the appraisal district has nothing to do with setting.

TOTH: The point, though, is that if we do this on an annual basis, it enables them to hide behind the appraisal districts, and that's what they're doing right now.

TURNER: Well, I disagree on that. I think that we need to provide clarity, consistency for appraisal districts, which, again, more than 90 percent of them are already doing this. Thank you, members, for the time today. This is about supporting our public schools. This is about consistency and fairness for the taxpayer.

The following member was granted leave of absence temporarily for today to attend a meeting of the Committee on Calendars:

Hunter on motion of Metcalf.

(M. Perez now present)

CSHB 2786, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 2346): 76 Yeas, 52 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Campos; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Geren; González, M.; Guerra; Harless; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lujan; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Bell, C.; Bumgarner; Canales; Capriglione; Cook; DeAyala; Dyson; Gerdes; Guillen; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; Kitzman; LaHood; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Fairly; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Craddick; Hunter; Leach.

Absent — Ashby; Bowers; Buckley; Cain; Cunningham; González, J.; Goodwin; Hickland; Manuel; Morales Shaw; Wharton.

When Record No. 2346 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Ashby

When Record No. 2346 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Bowers

When Record No. 2346 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Cunningham

When Record No. 2346 was taken, I was temporarily out of the house chamber. I would have voted no.

Hickland

When Record No. 2346 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. I would have voted no.

Leach

When Record No. 2346 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted no.

Lozano

When Record No. 2346 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Manuel

When Record No. 2346 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Oliverson

When Record No. 2346 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Raymond

When Record No. 2346 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Vo

Representative Harrison moved to print all remarks on CSHB 2786.

The motion prevailed.

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, Senate List No. 18).

At 4:38 p.m., pursuant to the provisions of Rule 7, Section 37(c), of the House Rules, Representative Meyer gave notice that he would, in one hour, move to reconsider the vote by which HB 1573 failed to pass to engrossment by Record No. 2335.

(Leach now present)

HB 2966, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the award of attorney's fees in an action involving the exercise of certain constitutional rights.

HB 2966 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2347): 135 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lujan; Luther; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; 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 — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Craddick; Hunter.

Absent — Ashby; Garcia, L.; Hickland; Manuel; Morales Shaw; Schatzline.

When Record No. 2347 was taken, I was temporarily out of the house chamber. I would have voted yes.

Hickland

When Record No. 2347 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

J. Jones

When Record No. 2347 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted yes.

Lozano

When Record No. 2347 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Manuel

The following bills were laid before the house as postponed business:

HB 2159, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the capacity of a minor to consent to certain treatment for the minor or the minor's child.

HB 2159 was read second time earlier today and was postponed until this time.

HB 2159 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2348): 116 Yeas, 17 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Cunningham; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Louderback; Lujan; Luther; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schoolcraft; Shofner; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Cain; Cook; Harrison; Hull; LaHood; Lopez, J.; Lowe; McQueeney; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Schatzline; Shaheen; Slawson; Tinderholt; Toth; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Craddick; Hunter.

Absent — Ashby; Bowers; Curry; Garcia, L.; Geren; Manuel; Morales Shaw; Walle.

When Record No. 2348 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Curry

When Record No. 2348 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

L. Garcia

When Record No. 2348 was taken, I was excused because of important business. I would have voted no.

Lozano

When Record No. 2348 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Manuel

CSHB 2587, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to an annual report on the financial impact on hospitals for providing certain uncompensated care.

CSHB 2587 was read second time earlier today and was postponed until this time.

Representative Martinez Fischer raised a point of order against further consideration of CSHB 2587 under Rule 11, Section 2, of the House Rules on the grounds that the committee substitute is not germane. The point of order was withdrawn.

The following members were granted leaves of absence temporarily for today to attend a meeting of the Committee on Calendars:

Gerdes on motion of Lujan.

Romero on motion of Lujan.

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. 10).

(Craddick, Gerdes, Hunter, and Romero now present)

Representative Martinez Fischer raised a point of order against further consideration of CSHB 2587 under Rule 8, Section 1(a)(1), of the House Rules.

A message from the senate was received at this time (see the addendum to the daily journal, Messages from the Senate, Message No. 1).

The speaker sustained the point of order, announcing his decision to the house as follows:

Mr. Martinez Fischer raises a point of order against further consideration of CSHB 2587 under Rule 8, Section 1(a)(1), on the grounds that the caption of the bill fails to give reasonable notice of the subject of the bill.

The caption states that the bill "relat[es] to an annual report on the financial impact on hospitals for providing certain uncompensated care." The bill's requirements are solely concerned with the collection and reporting of information related to persons who are not lawfully present in this country. The bill's caption does not give notice that its provisions are concerned solely with this single, discrete class of persons and the related duties imposed on patients and hospitals. See 74 H. Jour. 2186 (1995).

Accordingly, the point of order is well-taken and sustained.

CSHB 2587 was returned to the Committee on Public Health.

Representative Patterson requested permission for the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars to meet while the house is in session, at 7 p.m. today, in 3W.15, to consider set a local, consent, and resolutions calendar.

Permission to meet was granted.

The following committee meeting was announced:

Local and Consent Calendars, 7 p.m. today, 3W.15, for a formal meeting, to consider set a local, consent, and resolutions calendar.

CSHB 2494, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to disannexation of certain areas of a municipality for failure to provide services.

CSHB 2494 was read second time on May 5, postponed until May 7, postponed until May 10, postponed until May 12, and was again postponed until 5 p.m. today.

Representative Craddick moved to postpone consideration of CSHB 2494 until 9 a.m. tomorrow.

The motion prevailed.

(Lozano now present)

HB 1784, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to measures to assist students enrolled at public institutions of higher education who are homeless or who are or were in foster care.

HB 1784 was read third time earlier today and was postponed until this time.

HB 1784 was passed by (Record 2349): 90 Yeas, 50 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lujan; Martinez; 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; Shofner; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Bell, C.; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; DeAyala; Dorazio; Gerdes; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; LaHood; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Buckley; Hefner; Manuel; Martinez Fischer.

When Record No. 2349 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Manuel

CSHB 5081, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the protection of personal identifying information of certain persons in the judicial system; creating a criminal offense.

CSHB 5081 was read second time earlier today and was postponed until this time.

Representative Leach offered the following amendment to CSHB 5081:

Amend CSHB 5081 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  On page 2, strike lines 26 and 27 and substitute the following:

(2)  On page 5, line 4, strike "PROHIBITION ON BUSINESSES AND OTHER PERSONS" and substitute "PROHIBITED DISPLAY OF COVERED INFORMATION".

(3)  On page 5, line 5, between "person" and "may", insert ", including a data broker,".

(4)  On page 5, line 22, strike "REQUIRED CONDUCT" and substitute "DUTY OF DATA BROKER TO REMOVE COVERED INFORMATION".

(5)  On page 5, line 23, strike "person, including a data broker," and substitute "data broker".

(6)  On page 6, line 4, strike "person" and substitute "data broker".

(7)  On page 6, line 9, strike "person" and substitute "data broker".

(8)  On page 7, line 20, strike "OFFENSE" and substitute "OFFENSES".

(9)  On page 7, line 21, immediately following "offense if" add an underlined colon immediately followed by "(1)".

(10)  On page 7, line 24, strike "and:" and substitute ";".

(11)  On page 7, line 25, strike "(1)" and substitute "(2)".

(12)  On page 8, line 1, strike "(2)" and substitute "(3)".

(13)  On page 8, line 4, between "(b)" and "For", insert the following:

(14)  On page 8, line 12, strike "not later than 48 hours after" and substitute "within 48 hours of".

(15)  On page 8, line 19, strike "(c)" and substitute "(d)".

(16)  On page 9, lines 2 and 3, strike "Section 92.004, Government Code, as added by this Act, applies" and substitute "Sections 92.003 and 92.004, Government Code, as added by this Act, apply".

Amendment No. 1 was adopted.

CSHB 5081, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 2350): 138 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; 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; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; 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.; Louderback; 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; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; 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 — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Bell, C.; Bonnen; Capriglione; Hayes; Lowe; Meza.

When Record No. 2350 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Lowe

HB 3066, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the entitlement of certain municipalities to certain tax revenue associated with hotel and convention center projects.

HB 3066 was read second time earlier today and was postponed until this time.

Representative Leach moved to postpone consideration of HB 3066 until 9 a.m. tomorrow.

The motion prevailed.

CSHB 638, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to a requirement that certain water districts make audio and video recordings of open meetings available on the Internet.

CSHB 638 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2351): 139 Yeas, 2 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; González, J.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Lalani; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; 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; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Kitzman; Lambert.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Bell, C.; González, M.; Hayes.

HB 640, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the office hours of an election authority during an election period.

HB 640 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2352): 143 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; 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.; 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; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; 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 — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Bell, C.

HB 876, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the establishment of certain information sharing and analysis organizations by the Department of Information Resources.

Representative Lalani offered the following amendment to HB 876:

Amend HB 876 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  If any provision of this Act conflicts with a provision of another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to the establishment of the Texas Cyber Command as a component institution of The University of Texas System and the transfer to it of certain powers and duties of the Department of Information Resources, the provision of the other Act prevails to the extent of the conflict, regardless of the relative dates of enactment.

Amendment No. 1 was adopted.

HB 876, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 2353): 103 Yeas, 40 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; 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; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Cook; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Harless; Harrison; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Kerwin; LaHood; Little; Lowe; Luther; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shofner; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Wharton.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Darby.

HB 497, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to requiring parental consent for behavioral or mental health treatment by school district personnel.

Representative Talarico raised a point of order against further consideration of HB 497 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:

Mr. Talarico raises a point of order against further consideration of HB 497 under Rule 8, Section 1(a)(1), on the grounds that the caption of the bill fails to give reasonable notice of the subject of the bill.

The bill's caption states that it "relat[es] to requiring parental consent for behavioral or mental health treatment by school district personnel." As commonly understood, the terms behavioral or mental health describe conditions such as depression, anxiety, or alcohol or drug dependency. The bill's provisions relating to providing contraception or information materials related to family planning and human sexuality are not the class embraced by the caption. The author acknowledged this distinction during his opening remarks in which he stated that the bill expressly related to providing information or treatment. Thus, the caption fails to provide reasonable notice of the subject of the bill. See 89 H. Jour. ____-____ (2025).

Accordingly, the point of order is well-taken and sustained.

HB 497 was returned to the Committee on Public Education.

The following bills were laid before the house as postponed business:

SB 2411, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to business organizations.

SB 2411 was considered in lieu of CSHB 4862.

SB 2411 was read second time and was passed to third reading by (Record 2354): 132 Yeas, 0 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; 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; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; 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, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C); Pierson.

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Bonnen; Buckley; Capriglione; Fairly; Gerdes; Harrison; Jones, V.; Lalani; Lujan; Perez, M.; Virdell.

When Record No. 2354 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Lujan

When Record No. 2354 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

M. Perez

When Record No. 2354 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Virdell

Representative Longoria moved to lay CSHB 4862 on the table subject to call.

The motion prevailed.

SB 2306, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the provision of adoption cost information by a licensed child-placing agency.

SB 2306 was considered in lieu of HB 5539.

SB 2306 was passed to third reading by (Record 2355): 138 Yeas, 1 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; 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.; Louderback; 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; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Lowe.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Fairly; Frank; Harrison; Martinez; Perez, M.

When Record No. 2355 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

M. Perez

Representative Schatzline moved to lay HB 5539 on the table subject to call.

The motion prevailed.

CSHB 4809, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority of an owner of property that qualifies for an exemption as a historic or archaeological site to protest the allocation of the appraised value of the property between the land and the improvements to the land.

CSHB 4809 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2356): 140 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; 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.; 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, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; 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 — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Davis, Y.; Fairly; Harrison; Perez, M.

When Record No. 2356 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

M. Perez

HB 5308, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to certain authorities of the adjutant general for procurement and construction.

HB 5308 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2357): 142 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; 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.; 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, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; 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 — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Fairly; Perez, M.

When Record No. 2357 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

M. Perez

HB 4687, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the applicability of certain immunity and liability laws to certain charter school campuses or programs.

Representative Hinojosa offered the following amendment to HB 4687:

Amend HB 4687 (house committee printing) on page 1, lines 16 through 19, by striking "In matters related to the operation of an adult education program under a charter granted under this subchapter, an eligible entity is immune from liability and suit" and substituting "An eligible entity granted a charter under this subchapter is immune from liability and suit in matters related to the operation of an adult education program under the charter".

Amendment No. 1 was adopted.

HB 4687, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 2358): 116 Yeas, 23 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; 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; González, J.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Bryant; Cain; Canales; Harrison; Hopper; LaHood; Little; Lowe; Lozano; McQueeney; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Pierson; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Fairly; González, M.; Lalani; Martinez; Perez, M.

When Record No. 2358 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Kerwin

When Record No. 2358 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Metcalf

When Record No. 2358 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

M. Perez

When Record No. 2358 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Richardson

When Record No. 2358 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Shofner

Representative Hernandez moved to reconsider the vote by which HB 5623 failed to pass to engrossment by Record No. 2329.

The motion to reconsider prevailed by (Record 2359): 78 Yeas, 61 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Lalani; Lambert; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McQueeney; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Bell, C.; Bonnen; Bumgarner; Cain; Capriglione; Cunningham; DeAyala; Dorazio; Frank; Gerdes; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; Kitzman; LaHood; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Virdell; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C); Leo Wilson.

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Allen; Buckley; Fairly; Wharton.

When Record No. 2359 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Allen

When Record No. 2359 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Cook

The chair laid before the house, on its second reading and passage to engrossment,

HB 5623, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the provision of grants from the Texas energy fund for certain energy efficiency projects.

HB 5623 was laid out as postponed business earlier today and failed to pass to engrossment by Record No. 2329.

HB 5623 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2360): 78 Yeas, 65 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Barry; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Cunningham; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Longoria; Lozano; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Smithee; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Ashby; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Curry; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Frank; Gerdes; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; LaHood; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lujan; Luther; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Lopez, J.

When Record No. 2360 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

J. Lopez

REPRESENTATIVE TINDERHOLT: Is it fair to say, Mr. Speaker, that two democratic bills were reconsidered and one republican bill today—that are being reconsidered?

CHAIR (Harris in the chair): Yes.

REPRESENTATIVE CAIN: Just to clarify, is the motion to reconsider a vote considered a privilege motion?

CHAIR: No.

CAIN: Okay, thank you. And does the speaker have discretion in recognizing a member to make a motion to reconsider a vote?

CHAIR: Yes.

CAIN: And if the speaker decides not to recognize a member to make a motion, is that decision of a recognition appealable?

CHAIR: No.

CAIN: Okay, so to be clear, the speaker has sole discretion on whether they recognize a member to make this motion, and if the speaker abuses that discretion, it is not appealable. So the chair, rather, is in complete control over the recognition of motions, is that correct?

(Speaker in the chair)

CHAIR: State your inquiry.

CAIN: I will restate it. Would you like me to start back over, sir? How about where we left off? So I was just asking for clarification that it is solely within the speaker's discretion to recognize a member to make a motion to reconsider, is that correct?

CHAIR: That has been asked and answered when Mr. Harrison asked.

CAIN: But also at the same time—so we can appeal that ruling, is that correct as well?

CHAIR: That has also been asked and answered.

Representative Spiller moved to reconsider the vote by which HB 3892 failed to pass by Record No. 2327.

The motion to reconsider prevailed.

The chair laid before the house, on its third reading and final passage,

HB 3892, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to county regulation related to infrastructure planning for subdivisions and county authority to regulate building and set-back lines.

HB 3892 was laid out as postponed business earlier today and failed to pass by Record No. 2327.

HB 3892 failed to pass by (Record 2361): 65 Yeas, 77 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cunningham; Curry; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Gates; Guerra; Guillen; Harris; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Jones, V.; Kerwin; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lujan; Manuel; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Raymond; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut; Villalobos; Wilson.

Nays — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Hopper; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morgan; Olcott; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Pierson; Plesa; Reynolds; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C); Virdell.

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — King; Rodríguez Ramos.

When Record No. 2361 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Cook

When Record No. 2361 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Harrison

When Record No. 2361 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Hunter

When Record No. 2361 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Leach

When Record No. 2361 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Manuel

When Record No. 2361 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Rodríguez Ramos

The following members were granted leaves of absence temporarily for today to attend a meeting of the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars:

Barry on motion of Harris.

Bowers on motion of Harris.

Bucy on motion of Harris.

Cunningham on motion of Harris.

Fairly on motion of Harris.

J. González on motion of Harris.

Lujan on motion of Harris.

Patterson on motion of Harris.

V. Perez on motion of Harris.

Villalobos on motion of Harris.

Zwiener on motion of Harris.

HB 4070, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the sale, design, and manufacture of orthodontic devices.

Representative Johnson moved to postpone consideration of HB 4070 until 8 p.m. today.

The motion prevailed.

CSHB 4421, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to available resources of certain state agencies to support and sustain peer-recovery organizations in this state.

Representative Rose moved to postpone consideration of CSHB 4421 until 7:30 p.m. today.

The motion prevailed.

The following member was granted leave of absence temporarily for today because of important committee business:

Harris on motion of E. Morales.

CSHB 4412, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the use of hotel occupancy tax revenue for certain public improvement projects by certain municipalities.

CSHB 4412 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2362): 91 Yeas, 36 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bryant; Buckley; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Geren; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Paul; Perez, M.; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Smithee; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu.

Nays — Alders; Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Gates; Harrison; Hayes; Holt; Hopper; Isaac; Kerwin; LaHood; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; McQueeney; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Barry; Bowers; Bucy; Cunningham; Fairly; González, J.; Harris; Lujan; Patterson; Perez, V.; Villalobos; Zwiener.

Absent — DeAyala; Hull; King; Louderback; Orr; Phelan.

When Record No. 2362 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Cook

(Vasut in the chair)

(Barry, Bowers, Bucy, Cunningham, J. González, Lujan, Patterson, V. Perez, Villalobos, and Zwiener now present)

HB 3284, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the creation of the Texas Commission on Marriage and Family.

Pursuant to Rule 5, Section 28, of the House Rules, Representative Plesa requested an extension of speaking time on HB 3284.

The request was granted by (Record 2363): 73 Yeas, 57 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Ashby; Barry; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harrison; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kitzman; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Louderback; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez Fischer; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shaheen; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu.

Nays — Alders; Allen; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Bumgarner; Cain; Cook; Cunningham; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Gates; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; King; LaHood; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Virdell; Wilson; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Davis, A.; Vasut(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Fairly; Harris.

Absent — Anchía; Bernal; Button; Capriglione; Dorazio; Lalani; Lopez, J.; Martinez; Orr; Perez, M.; Wharton.

When Record No. 2363 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

J. Lopez

When Record No. 2363 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

M. Perez

When Record No. 2363 was taken, I was presiding in the chair and was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote no.

Vasut

When Record No. 2363 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Zwiener

Representative Dutton offered the following amendment to HB 3284:

Amend HB 3284 (house committee report) on page 2, between lines 13 and 14, by inserting the following appropriately numbered subdivision and renumbering subsequent subdivisions of the subsection accordingly:

(____)  an attorney who is board certified in family law;

Amendment No. 1 was adopted.

HB 3284, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 2364): 102 Yeas, 36 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Anchía; Ashby; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Geren; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morales, E.; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Raymond; Richardson; Romero; Rose; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Wilson.

Nays — Allen; Barry; Bryant; Campos; Canales; Cortez; Dean; Flores; Garcia, J.; Gates; González, J.; González, M.; Harless; Harrison; Jones, V.; Kerwin; LaHood; Lowe; Martinez Fischer; McQueeney; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Pierson; Plesa; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Virdell; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Vasut(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Fairly; Harris.

Absent — Bernal; Bucy; Hinojosa; Little.

When Record No. 2364 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Bowers

When Record No. 2364 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Kerwin

When Record No. 2364 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Metcalf

When Record No. 2364 was taken, I was presiding in the chair and was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote yes.

Vasut

SB 2929, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the removal of a spectator of certain school extracurricular athletic activities or competitions.

SB 2929 was considered in lieu of HB 3369.

SB 2929 was passed to third reading by (Record 2365): 139 Yeas, 1 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; 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; Longoria; Lopez, J.; 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; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Jones, J.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Vasut(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Fairly; Harris.

Absent — Little; Talarico.

When Record No. 2365 was taken, I was presiding in the chair and was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote yes.

Vasut

Representative Louderback moved to lay HB 3369 on the table subject to call.

The motion prevailed.

CSHB 3420, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to certain mental health policies and services for peace officers, fire fighters, and telecommunicators.

CSHB 3420 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2366): 114 Yeas, 22 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Holt; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shaheen; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Bumgarner; Cain; Cook; Gerdes; Harrison; Hickland; Hopper; Hull; Lowe; Luther; Metcalf; Money; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Schoolcraft; Shofner; Slawson; Tinderholt; Toth; Virdell; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Vasut(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Fairly; Harris.

Absent — Capriglione; Cunningham; DeAyala; Little; Pierson; Schatzline.

When Record No. 2366 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Cunningham

When Record No. 2366 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Hopper

When Record No. 2366 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted no.

Pierson

When Record No. 2366 was taken, I was presiding in the chair and was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote no.

Vasut

HB 3449, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the reimbursement of expenses to certain counsel appointed to represent a defendant in a criminal proceeding.

HB 3449 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2367): 135 Yeas, 2 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; 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.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; 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; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Schatzline; Virdell.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Vasut(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Fairly; Harris.

Absent — Craddick; Gámez; Jones, V.; Little; Richardson.

When Record No. 2367 was taken, I was presiding in the chair and was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote yes.

Vasut

CSHB 4098, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for hotel and convention center projects.

CSHB 4098 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2368): 95 Yeas, 43 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harris Davila; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Ordaz; Orr; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shofner; Smithee; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Barry; Cain; Cook; Dean; DeAyala; Gates; Harless; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Jones, J.; LaHood; Leach; Leo Wilson; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Pierson; Plesa; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Slawson; Spiller; Tinderholt; Toth; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Vasut(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Fairly; Harris.

Absent — Gámez; Johnson; Little; Phelan.

When Record No. 2368 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Kerwin

When Record No. 2368 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Shofner

When Record No. 2368 was taken, I was presiding in the chair and was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote no.

Vasut

CSHB 4281, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to a civil cause of action for fraudulent crowdfunding.

Representative McQueeney offered the following amendment to CSHB 4281:

Amend CSHB 4281 (house committee report) on page 1 of the bill as follows:

(1)  On line 14, strike "claimant" and substitute "donee or donee's estate".

(2)  On line 17, strike "claimant" and substitute "donee".

(3)  On line 19, between "reasonable" and "attorney's", insert "and necessary".

(4)  On line 20, strike "a claimant" and substitute "the donee or the donee's estate".

Amendment No. 1 was adopted.

CSHB 4281, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 2369): 140 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; Flores; Frank; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; 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; 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; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Vasut(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Fairly; Harris.

Absent — Gámez; Lopez, J.

When Record No. 2369 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

J. Lopez

When Record No. 2369 was taken, I was presiding in the chair and was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote yes.

Vasut

HB 4120, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to allowing certain inmates to apply for benefits under certain public benefits programs to be provided at the time of discharge or release.

HB 4120 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2370): 75 Yeas, 64 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; King; Lalani; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; 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; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Buckley; Bumgarner; Cain; Cook; Cunningham; Darby; DeAyala; Dorazio; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Vasut(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Fairly; Harris.

Absent — Geren; Hunter; Jones, V.

When Record No. 2370 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

K. Bell

When Record No. 2370 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. I would have voted no.

Fairly

When Record No. 2370 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Hunter

When Record No. 2370 was taken, I was presiding in the chair and was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote no.

Vasut

CSHB 4504, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to restrictions on covenants not to compete for physicians and certain health care practitioners.

Representative Bonnen offered the following amendment to CSHB 4504:

Amend CSHB 4504 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  On page 1, lines 6 and 7, strike "Subsection (b-1)" and substitute "Subsections (b-1) and (d)".

(2)  On page 2, line 26, strike "and".

(3)  On page 3, line 3, strike ", as specified in the covenant" and substitute the following:

(4)  On page 3, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:

(5)  On page 3, lines 19 and 20, strike "against a health care practitioner is not enforceable" and substitute "relating to the practice of dentistry or nursing, or practice as a physician assistant, as applicable, is not enforceable against a health care practitioner".

(6)  On page 3, line 26, strike "and".

(7)  On page 4, line 2, strike "physician" and substitute "health care practitioner".

(8)  On page 4, line 3, strike ", as specified in the covenant" and substitute the following:

Amendment No. 1 was adopted.

CSHB 4504, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 2371): 140 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; 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.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; 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; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Vasut(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Fairly; Harris.

Absent — Little; Martinez Fischer.

When Record No. 2371 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

Martinez Fischer

When Record No. 2371 was taken, I was presiding in the chair and was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote yes.

Vasut

CSHB 4370, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the projects undertaken by a public improvement district, municipal management district, water control and improvement district, fresh water supply district, or municipal utility district.

CSHB 4370 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2372): 135 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; Flores; Frank; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; 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.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; 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; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Vasut(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Fairly; Harris.

Absent — Allen; Gámez; Little; Martinez Fischer; Pierson; Plesa; Zwiener.

When Record No. 2372 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

Martinez Fischer

When Record No. 2372 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Pierson

When Record No. 2372 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Plesa

When Record No. 2372 was taken, I was presiding in the chair and was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote yes.

Vasut

The following bills were laid before the house as postponed business:

CSHB 4421, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to available resources of certain state agencies to support and sustain peer-recovery organizations in this state.

CSHB 4421 was read second time earlier today and was postponed until this time.

CSHB 4421 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2373): 87 Yeas, 41 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.; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guillen; Harless; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McQueeney; 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; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Bell, C.; Cain; Cook; DeAyala; Dorazio; Gerdes; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Isaac; LaHood; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Luther; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Olcott; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Virdell; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Vasut(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent, Excused, Committee Meeting — Fairly; Harris.

Absent — Bell, K.; Bernal; Bumgarner; Button; Cunningham; Dean; Guerra; Hayes; Hull; Jones, V.; Money; Morgan; Oliverson; Orr.

When Record No. 2373 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

K. Bell

When Record No. 2373 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

Bernal

When Record No. 2373 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Cunningham

When Record No. 2373 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Hull

When Record No. 2373 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

V. Jones

When Record No. 2373 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Kerwin

When Record No. 2373 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted no.

Oliverson

When Record No. 2373 was taken, I was presiding in the chair and was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote no.

Vasut

(Landgraf in the chair)

CSHB 1106, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the definitions of child abuse and neglect.

REPRESENTATIVE SHAHEEN: CSHB 1106 makes it clear in statute that it is not considered abuse or neglect for a parent to refer to a child by their sex. In parts of the country, there have been instances where parents of a child have been accused of abuse for referring to their child's true sex, and in some cases, a child has been removed from their family while the investigation took place. Legislatures such as California and Colorado have proposed legislation that would punish parents for refusing to go along with their child's gender identity. Colorado's bill, for example, stated that a court shall consider reports of parents not following a child's gender identity as abuse when determining the allocation of parental responsibilities. So CSHB 1106 amends the Family Code by adding language that clarifies a parent who does not affirm a child's perception of their gender, including refusal to use a child's preferred name or pronouns or a child's expressed sexual orientation, is not considered abuse. CSHB 1106 strengthens parental rights and prevents misuse of the child welfare system in matters of gender identity and expression and ensures that families are not torn apart over ideological differences.

REPRESENTATIVE J. GONZÁLEZ: Mr. Shaheen, can you cite any specific legal cases where parents were charged with crimes of child abuse or crimes of child neglect for failing to affirm their child's gender or sexual orientation, please?

SHAHEEN: I have several cases throughout the nation where child custody was lost because—

J. GONZÁLEZ: Can you cite them for me?

SHAHEEN: What's that?

J. GONZÁLEZ: I want you to cite those specific legal cases.

SHAHEEN: Sure. There was a case in Montana where a family lost custody of their 14-year-old child after opposing the child's gender transition. In California, there was a 16-year-old daughter who had been identified as a male at school. After meeting with school staff and a CPS agent, the father was informed that his refusal to affirm his child's gender identity constituted emotional abuse. In Texas, a mom became concerned when her son began presenting as a female shortly before his thirteenth birthday. She was reported to Child Protective Services—

J. GONZÁLEZ: Do you have any specific legal citations?

SHAHEEN: But I think the big concern is the actions of what the legislatures of different states are doing. That's also a considerable concern.

J. GONZÁLEZ: So you have the specific citations for those?

SHAHEEN: Those are just articles.

J. GONZÁLEZ: Because when I was in the committee, or when I was watching the committee, I think one of the cases you're referring to wasn't actually based on what you're saying it's based on. So I'm just trying to find out specifically—

SHAHEEN: Which case are you talking about?

J. GONZÁLEZ: I believe it was one from Indiana.

SHAHEEN: I referenced cases from Montana, California, and Texas.

Representative A. Davis raised a point of order against further consideration of CSHB 1106 under Rule 4, Section 32(c)(1), of the House Rules on the grounds that the background and purpose statement in the bill analysis is substantially or materially misleading. The point of order was withdrawn.

(Fairly now present)

Representative J. González raised a point of order against further consideration of CSHB 1106 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.

Representative Zwiener raised a point of order against further consideration of CSHB 1106 under Rule 11, Section 2, of the House Rules on the grounds that the committee substitute is not germane. The point of order was withdrawn.

J. GONZÁLEZ: Mr. Shaheen, I know you mentioned generally, I guess, your reason behind filing this bill, but are there concrete examples here in Texas where this issue has arisen that you find it necessary to codify this language into the code?

SHAHEEN: Like I said, there are instances throughout the United States as well as Texas, and then I've also expressed concern by actions taken by legislatures, and I've called out both California and Colorado.

J. GONZÁLEZ: But you know when—and I'm not a family lawyer; I mean, I'm a civil lawyer, but I don't specifically do family law. But my understanding is usually when you look at the code, the way it currently lays out what abuse is the actions or omissions, failure to what have you—these are very blatant kind of—I mean, just not taking care of your child, right? Things that we think of that are just very harmful. And your addition, to me, it just doesn't really jibe well in there because those are just kind of very egregious actions on the part of whoever has custody or control over the child. In a family court situation where they're investigating these types of allegations of child abuse or neglect, typically the way that they look at the circumstances or the situation is: What is in the best interest of the child? That is what a judge—when the judge is looking at or hearing the case or when it's in front of a jury, it's what is in the best interest of that child. And forcing a child to not let them be their authentic self or forcing them to be something otherwise has a very detrimental impact on a child's mental state and sometimes could lead to physical—them physically hurting themselves. So if a court—that's why a court sometimes has to intervene or a jury has to intervene to make sure that it's in the child's best interest to be in that home or to be removed from that home. Do you not think that that's the job—that it should not be in the best interest of the child? That they should just be forced to not be themselves?

SHAHEEN: All the bill does is just allow for a disagreement between the parents and the child and that the parents don't lose custody of the child if there's a disagreement.

J. GONZÁLEZ: Okay, so this is regarding when somebody's had a divorce or they're separated and one parent is accepting their child—

SHAHEEN: That's family court of law.

J. GONZÁLEZ: —and is trying to be understanding of their child because, hey, being a child is just hard in and of itself when you're trying to figure yourself out. So parent A is a loving parent, an accepting parent, and trying to help their kid figure themselves out, and the other parent just refuses to listen to their child and tells them they have to be a certain way. Is that the situation that you're referring to?

SHAHEEN: What this does is it just defines the definitions of abuse and neglect so that if there's a disagreement between the parents and the child, that they don't lose custody of the child. Because there are lots of disagreements that occur between parents and their children.

J. GONZÁLEZ: But I think in those situations when this arises, again, I go back to that determination: What is in the best interest of the child?

SHAHEEN: That's correct.

J. GONZÁLEZ: I mean, so then why not include language in there too? Because I remember watching your layout in committee—that you were saying parental rights, parental rights, parental rights. And you did say as well that, hey, if a parent wants to affirm their child, wants to accept their child because they're loving parents, they should be able to too. So why not include language in there too that says it is also not child abuse for a parent to affirm their child's gender or sexual orientation or gender identity, because if it's good for the goose, it's good for the gander? If we're talking about parental rights, then—

SHAHEEN: Again, you're changing the objective of the bill if you do that.

J. GONZÁLEZ: Why? How so?

SHAHEEN: But secondly, you've got definitions of abuse and neglect that detail or address other issues that might arise that are true cases of abuse or neglect.

J. GONZÁLEZ: But how is that changing? And I forget what you even just said, because you even said in committee—

SHAHEEN: The objective of the bill is to ensure that a parent doesn't lose custody of a child if they disagree with the child's view of their gender.

J. GONZÁLEZ: And also the same thing. What if in the same situation that you're referring to—because this was the rhetoric you were hearing last year when DPS was coming to parents' homes, parents who had transgender children, and now these parents have had to flee because DPS was investigating them just because they had transgender kids, accusing them of being abusive for affirming their child.

SHAHEEN: Do you have a question?

J. GONZÁLEZ: No, I'm just saying, is this what this bill is for? Because we've seen that. So you're saying that if a parent does affirm their child, then—

SHAHEEN: They don't lose custody of their child if there's a disagreement on the child's gender identity.

J. GONZÁLEZ: But you're saying, in your layout—you said it was about parental rights. So again, why doesn't a parent also have the right—

SHAHEEN: Yes, I am. Parental rights—they have the right to disagree with their child.

J. GONZÁLEZ: So why doesn't a parent also have the right to affirm their child or love their child?

SHAHEEN: As I said, the objective of the bill is to protect mom and/or dad if there's a disagreement over the child's gender identity. That's the objective of the legislation.

J. GONZÁLEZ: So you want to codify into law that a parent can force their child to have to—to force them to not be themselves and not allow them to be their authentic self to a point where that can cause a lot of mental damage. That can cause a lot of—

SHAHEEN: I think there are provisions in law that talk about mental abuse. That's already covered.

J. GONZÁLEZ: If children aren't allowed and they're being forced—those are cases that I've actually seen, where a parent tries to force—when the same situation that you're referring to—and I'm sure that I probably know what case you're talking about, where one parent was a loving parent, affirming, and the other parent would force their child to wear boys' clothes when this child identified as a girl and refused to call this child by their chosen name. And that caused a lot of damage to this kid, and so the court ruled—

SHAHEEN: Again the—

J. GONZÁLEZ: No, I'm saying this is where it's coming from. But I'm saying that if it's a parental choice situation, which is what you referred to in your layout, then why not equally include in there the same language—that it is not child abuse for a parent to be loving and accepting of their child?

SHAHEEN: Again, if you're asking me a question that I'm not really sure of, the definitions of abuse and neglect deal with mental abuse issues. Again, this is just to protect the parents so that they don't lose custody of their child if there's a disagreement over gender.

REPRESENTATIVE HINOJOSA: Representative Shaheen, we heard earlier in debate from members of the committee, who said the allegations that were raised in committee were actually hiding real abuse that was occurring in those families; isn't that correct?

SHAHEEN: I don't think that's what came out of the committee hearing.

HINOJOSA: Did it not come out in the committee that there was actual abuse happening in these families?

SHAHEEN: Are you referring to the witness testimony?

HINOJOSA: Absolutely.

SHAHEEN: I think the witness said there was an investigation. I thought they said they were found to be innocent of those charges.

HINOJOSA: Right, but the allegations were actual abuse. I don't know, and it sounds like you don't either, what the final outcome of those allegations was, but in this scenario, there were allegations of actual, real abuse that had nothing to do with gender identity; isn't that correct?

SHAHEEN: I referred multiple cases to you where there was an issue with respect to gender identity.

HINOJOSA: But didn't we just—

SHAHEEN: In my bill layout, I gave multiple examples of where there was an issue in several states, including the State of Texas, where not agreeing with the child's gender was classified as abuse. I've also called out concern with respect to actions by legislatures of other states as well.

HINOJOSA: Yes, but you didn't cite specific cases. In the committee hearing, there were specific cases that were cited.

SHAHEEN: In the committee, I said that there were issues across the nation and the state, and then I was asked for specifics, and I cited one.

HINOJOSA: And Representative Aicha Davis said—and she elucidated here on the floor—that in the actual case you cited, there was actual abuse happening, and what you are asking this floor to do is to use gender identity as a shield for actual abuse. That is what has happened. That was the only example that came up in committe—is where a family used gender identity as a shield from actual, awful abuse that was happening in the family.

SHAHEEN: That's inaccurate. There were accusations of abuse for gender—

REPRESENTATIVE COLLIER: Representative, does this bill apply to children who are 17 years old?

SHAHEEN: Whatever the state definition of child is. I think that's 17 and under. I think.

COLLIER: Is it 18 and under or 17 and under? I'm not sure; I'm asking—

SHAHEEN: I think it's 17 and under.

COLLIER: Do you contemplate individuals who are 17 years old being subject to this bill?

SHAHEEN: Under 18.

COLLIER: Oh, under 18? Anyone under 18. So whether you're three or 17, the same provisions apply?

SHAHEEN: Yes. We're updating the definitions of abuse and neglect with respect to disagreements over perceptions of gender identity or sexual orientation.

COLLIER: So I'm trying to figure out how far this bill goes in terms of classification of abuse or neglect. And the point I'm trying to make, I guess it's kind of similar to what Representative Hinojosa was saying in terms of how far—so if the child is experiencing severe mental or behavioral health problems or challenges, at what point would that be considered abuse or neglect because of the parents' refusal to acknowledge their gender identity?

SHAHEEN: So those definitions are already covered under the current definitions of abuse and neglect, like mental abuse and what have you. Those are already covered. All we're saying is if there's a disagreement between the child and mom and dad, that they don't lose their custody. We're just adjusting the definition.

COLLIER: Well, just to continue on that discussion though, if the refusal of the parent causes severe mental health or behavioral challenges for that child, will there be an opportunity to classify that or to investigate abuse or neglect?

SHAHEEN: Again, mental abuse is already in the definition. So all we're doing here is we're protecting mom and dad if there's a disagreement with their child on gender identity. I'm sure you, along with me, disagreed with our folks on a bunch of different topics, and all we're doing here is we're making sure mom and dad don't lose custody of their child over this topic.

COLLIER: So this does not impact what is considered, because it sounds like it does impact what is considered abuse and neglect?

SHAHEEN: No, those definitions are already in statute.

COLLIER: So if the child suffers because their parent refuses to acknowledge the gender that they identify with and it causes severe mental health or some challenges for the child, that could still be investigated as neglect?

SHAHEEN: The statute—current statute is very clear as far as the definitions of abuse and neglect. Again, we're just updating the statute to ensure that it does not include a disagreement between gender identity or sexual orientation. There are plenty of provisions in current statute around abuse and neglect if a child is being physically harmed, mentally harmed. The child is already protected, and that's already contemplated in state statute.

COLLIER: So is it fair to accept your response that this bill does not impact classification or investigations of abuse or neglect if the child suffers emotional or behavioral challenges because a parent refuses to accept or acknowledge their gender identity? Your bill does not touch that?

SHAHEEN: Mental health issues are already in statute.

COLLIER: I'm sorry, I can't understand.

SHAHEEN: This literally says, "'Abuse' does not include the refusal by a person responsible for a child's care . . . to affirm a child's perception of the child's gender" identity and the "expressed sexual orientation." So that's all this bill does. All the concerns around mental abuse, physical abuse, all those concepts are already covered in law—and they remain the same.

COLLIER: But the concern I have is that a child could have emotional and behavioral challenges and distress because a parent refuses to acknowledge or does not acknowledge their gender identity, which could lead to issues. So that could lead to neglect—

SHAHEEN: If a parent neglects their child, that's already covered under statute.

REPRESENTATIVE MANUEL: We talked about this in committee, and I'm going to go with this back from the angle I had initially asked from. I know that this is to make sure that parents, if they are affirming or they are not affirming, are not losing their child. And the biggest situation, like you were saying, is the fact that if one parent doesn't agree and the other parent does agree, that one parent will lose their parental rights to have visitation with their son or daughter regardless of what they are saying their pronouns are. But the question that I still have is: What protections in this bill are to make sure that this is not used as a tool for domestic violence during divorce proceedings?

SHAHEEN: Domestic violence is against the law already.

MANUEL: Domestic violence is against the law, but we do know that abusers use divorce proceedings to keep women trapped in a marriage by going through divorce proceedings.

SHAHEEN: That scenario is not relevant to this bill.

MANUEL: That scenario is relevant, because if mom says, I affirm my child, dad says, I'm not going to affirm my child; this is not accurate. The mom goes to the court and says, I'm asking the ex-husband or the husband that I'm trying to separate from to stop using certain pronouns or certain language because it's causing my child to feel less about themselves, harm or cut themselves, whether they're transgender, nonbinary, their sexual orientation—because your bill affects all of it. All the way from it's not just transgender, it's not just nonbinary, it's also all the way to sexual orientation. So if mom affirms, dad doesn't affirm, they're going through a divorce, and mom says and asks the judge to limit visitation and have supervised visitation with someone from the court, how is that going to stop someone from something like that happening?

SHAHEEN: Would you repeat the question? I apologize.

MANUEL: How are we making sure that issues like this are not going to be used in divorce proceedings? I'm going to give you an example of someone personally I know. The mother is affirming of the child's gender identity; the father is not. He thinks that it doesn't make sense. He also didn't want a divorce and has dragged out the divorce proceedings and dragged out custody hearings for more than three years, because he said that that's his son, and she says, that's my daughter; that's what she wants to be called. And so when the daughter has to go—because she's under the age of 13—to go to visitation—

SHAHEEN: I think your scenario—I don't know if it applies to this bill or not.

MANUEL: You've got to let me finish so I can tell you what the scenario is. The mother is saying that it's abusive because her child hates herself when she goes to see her father because her father doesn't allow her to be herself. The father says, I am never going to allow my son to be "her," and I never wanted this doggone divorce in the first place. The father has done things like not pay child support until he was arrested and then pulled out cash and paid it, which is another way that abusers do use this—this is factual. So what I'm saying is: How are we making sure that a child is not going to be used to keep a spouse in an abusive relationship with this language? Because currently, right now, you can do that, right now. Domestic violence is a tool that is used through the courts by either not paying child support or not showing up to certain court hearings. That does happen. So I'm saying, how are we making sure that this is not going to be used to keep someone in a domestic violence marriage, which actually happens in real life?

SHAHEEN: So this has to do with whether you're going to lose custody of your child or not. The scenario you're giving me has to do with—it sounds like it's a divorce court proceeding, which this doesn't apply to.

MANUEL: It would apply to it if—

(Harris now present)

Pursuant to Rule 5, Section 28, of the House Rules, Representative Manuel requested an extension of speaking time on CSHB 1106.

The request was not granted by (Record 2374): 54 Yeas, 63 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Curry; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Harless; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Manuel; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, V.; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Allen; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Bumgarner; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Cunningham; DeAyala; Dorazio; Gates; Gerdes; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; Kitzman; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Landgraf(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Ashby; Buckley; Button; Campos; Craddick; Darby; Dean; Fairly; Guerra; Guillen; Hunter; Johnson; Kerwin; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Longoria; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meyer; Perez, M.; Phelan; Shaheen; Talarico; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Wu.

When Record No. 2374 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

Guillen

When Record No. 2374 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

M. Perez

(Speaker in the chair)

Representative Plesa offered the following amendment to CSHB 1106:

Amend CSHB 1106 (house committee report) by striking "person responsible for a child's care, custody, or welfare" and substituting "parent" at the following places it appears:

(1)  page 1, lines 7 and 8; and

(2)  page 4, lines 12 and 13.

REPRESENTATIVE PLESA: This amendment would ensure that parents of a child are the only caretakers that can deny the affirmation of the gender identity or sexual orientation to be exempt from child abuse. By allowing any person responsible for a child's care to deny the affirmation of a child's gender identity or sexual orientation, this bill opens children up to discrimination or abuse by caretakers and supervisors that are not their parents. Adjusting who is expected to affirm a child's identity further protects children from having their identities being criticized and only allows parents to be the decision-makers of what is best for their children.

SHAHEEN: Obviously there are going to be cases where there's more than just a parent that has the child's welfare in mind. So that way, this amendment hurts the language of the bill, and I would ask you to oppose the amendment.

PLESA: Members, the point of this bill is to empower parents, and that's what this amendment does. This amendment would ensure that parents are the only people who can decide whether or not to affirm their children's gender identity while being exempt from child abuse. I think this is a very sensible amendment, and I ask for your favorable consideration.

Amendment No. 1 failed of adoption by (Record 2375): 53 Yeas, 87 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Longoria; Manuel; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, V.; Plesa; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Allen; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Richardson; Schatzline; 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 — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Fairly; Lalani; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Perez, M.

When Record No. 2375 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

Martinez Fischer

When Record No. 2375 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

M. Perez

Representative J. Garcia offered the following amendment to CSHB 1106:

Amend CSHB 1106 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  On page 1, line 5, strike "adding Subdivision (1-a) and amending Subdivision (4)" and substitute "amending Subdivisions (1) and (4) and adding Subdivisions (1-a) and (1-b)".

(2)  On page 1, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:

(1)  "Abuse" includes the following acts or omissions by a person:

(A)  mental or emotional injury to a child that results in an observable and material impairment in the child's growth, development, or psychological functioning;

(B)  causing or permitting the child to be in a situation in which the child sustains a mental or emotional injury that results in an observable and material impairment in the child's growth, development, or psychological functioning;

(C)  physical injury that results in substantial harm to the child, or the genuine threat of substantial harm from physical injury to the child, including an injury that is at variance with the history or explanation given and excluding an accident or reasonable discipline by a parent, guardian, or managing or possessory conservator that does not expose the child to a substantial risk of harm;

(D)  failure to make a reasonable effort to prevent an action by another person that results in physical injury that results in substantial harm to the child;

(E)  sexual conduct harmful to a child's mental, emotional, or physical welfare, including conduct that constitutes the offense of continuous sexual abuse of young child or disabled individual under Section 21.02, Penal Code, indecency with a child under Section 21.11, Penal Code, sexual assault under Section 22.011, Penal Code, or aggravated sexual assault under Section 22.021, Penal Code;

(F)  failure to make a reasonable effort to prevent sexual conduct harmful to a child;

(G)  compelling or encouraging the child to engage in sexual conduct as defined by Section 43.01, Penal Code, including compelling or encouraging the child in a manner that constitutes an offense of trafficking of persons under Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8), Penal Code, solicitation of prostitution under Section 43.021, Penal Code, or compelling prostitution under Section 43.05(a)(2), Penal Code;

(H)  causing, permitting, encouraging, engaging in, or allowing the photographing, filming, or depicting of the child if the person knew or should have known that the resulting photograph, film, or depiction of the child is obscene as defined by Section 43.21, Penal Code, or pornographic;

(I)  the current use by a person of a controlled substance as defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, in a manner or to the extent that the use results in physical, mental, or emotional injury to a child;

(J)  causing, expressly permitting, or encouraging a child to use a controlled substance as defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code;

(K)  causing, permitting, encouraging, engaging in, or allowing a sexual performance by a child as defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code;

(L)  knowingly causing, permitting, encouraging, engaging in, or allowing a child to be trafficked in a manner punishable as an offense under Section 20A.02(a)(5), (6), (7), or (8), Penal Code, or the failure to make a reasonable effort to prevent a child from being trafficked in a manner punishable as an offense under any of those sections; [or]

(M)  forcing or coercing a child to enter into a marriage; or

(N)  forcing, coercing, or causing a child to participate in conversion therapy.

(3)  On page 1, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:

REPRESENTATIVE J. GARCIA: This amendment clarifies that the definition of "abuse" does not include actively denying to—attempting to change your child's gender identity or sexual orientation, including through the process and the practice of conversion therapy. The practice of conversion therapy, which has been condemned by the American Medical Association, the American Psychological Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the National Association of Social Workers, includes forcing a child to change their gender identity or sexual orientation. Conversion therapy has been proven to mentally and physically harm children who endure it and should thus be considered a form of child abuse. Discouraging, suppressing, reversing, or ignoring the gender identity or sexual orientation of adolescents is comparable to the effects of conversion therapy, which has been proven to be ineffective and incredibly harmful. Without this amendment, a child can be subjected to conversion therapy at the whims of their parents, with no recourse. This amendment seeks to protect children from the harmful practices of conversion therapy and ensures that forcing them into such a practice will be considered abusive.

SHAHEEN: Members, the definitions that we have for "abuse" and "neglect" are sufficient, and this distorts that. So I would ask you to vote against this amendment.

Amendment No. 2 failed of adoption by (Record 2376): 52 Yeas, 85 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Flores; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Manuel; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, V.; Plesa; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Allen; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Richardson; Schatzline; 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 — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Fairly; Gámez; Lalani; Longoria; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Money; Perez, M.

When Record No. 2376 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

Martinez Fischer

When Record No. 2376 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

M. Perez

Representative Guillen moved to suspend the five-day posting rule to allow the Committee on Agriculture and Livestock to consider SB 1864 at 9 a.m. tomorrow in E1.010.

The motion prevailed.

The following committee meeting was announced:

Agriculture and Livestock, scheduled to meet at 2 p.m. or upon final adjournment/recess or bill referral, if permission is granted, today, is canceled.

Representative V. Jones offered the following amendment to CSHB 1106:

Amend CSHB 1106 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  On page 1, line 5, strike "Subdivision (1-a) and amending Subdivision (4)" and substitute "Subdivisions (1-a) and (4-a)".

(2)  Strike page 1, line 13, through page 4, line 19, and substitute the following:

(3)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Subchapter A, Chapter 261, Family Code, is amended by adding Section 261.0011 to read as follows:

REPRESENTATIVE V. JONES: Members, this amendment provides a sunset provision that will take effect on September 1, 2030. Mr. Speaker and members, what if we are wrong? What if we see the harm against queer and transgender children exacerbated under the passage of this bill? What if trans kids are kept in these unaffirming and abusive homes and face depression and continued suicidality? How many kids have to die before we see the problems before this legislative body and decide to change something finally? We've already heard the research regarding affirming transgender children and how detrimental it can be for these kids to live in a transphobic household. If this bill is passed, we must assess its effectiveness.

My amendment insulates a sunset provision for 2030. It gives the legislature plenty of time to assess the bill and its unintended consequences if this is hurting our innocent children. The harming of our children is something we should never be wrong about, and if in this moment, my colleagues, we are wrong, we must have the foresight to reassess and correct the mistake. We should not and cannot take risks on the health and safety of our Texan children, and that means any and all of them.

REPRESENTATIVE ROSENTHAL: You bring up a good point. So let me ask you this: How do we know something is effective if we don't measure it?

V. JONES: I think we really have to measure what we're doing. I don't really even need any notes to know that we are doing a series of bills that continue to harm a piece of our state. If we talk so much about serving our children, we have to have a commitment to all of our children. We continue to put bills forward that hurt transgender children, and our families are doing the best that they can to make sure that they raise their children just like any other parent is doing in this building. If we are going to have a law like this in place, we need to make sure that we assess it, and it assesses the harm that it is doing. That's the only reason I'm putting this amendment forward.

ROSENTHAL: Thank you. I would assert that if you want to know if you're creating unintended consequences, the only way to do that is by measurement. Thank you for bringing the amendment, sir.

V. JONES: Thank you so much. Mr. Speaker, I move passage.

SHAHEEN: Members, this is just better left to debate in future legislatures. Having an expiration date doesn't make sense. I would ask that you vote against this amendment.

V. JONES: Please vote for this amendment so that we can assess the impact of this bill. I move passage.

Amendment No. 3 failed of adoption by (Record 2377): 52 Yeas, 87 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Longoria; Manuel; McLaughlin; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Ordaz; Perez, V.; Plesa; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Richardson; Schatzline; 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 — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Dutton; Holt; Lalani; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Perez, M.

When Record No. 2377 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Holt

When Record No. 2377 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

Martinez Fischer

When Record No. 2377 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

M. Perez

Representative J. Jones offered the following amendment to CSHB 1106:

Amend CSHB 1106 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  On page 1, line 5, strike "and amending Subdivision (4)".

(2)  On page 1, line 7, strike "does not include", and substitute "includes".

(3)  Strike page 1, line 13, through page 4, line 19.

REPRESENTATIVE J. JONES: I rise to offer an amendment that is deeply personal to me and vitally important for children of Texas. This amendment simply changes one word, but it could save lives. It strikes "not" on page 1, line 7, and deletes language on page 4 that would otherwise protect parents who reject their children for being LGBTQ+. My amendment makes it clear. Rejecting a child's gender identity or sexual orientation is abuse. I know this because I lived it. People see me now as strong, successful, and outspoken, but I wasn't always that way. When I was a young girl, a tomboy, I got teased and bullied relentlessly. People used cruel words to describe what they thought was different. Words that hurt. Words that stuck. I had an uncle who was gay and a cousin who was lesbian. And even in my own family, people whispered about them like they were something to be ashamed of. No child should grow up hearing that who they are is wrong. No child should be shamed, silenced, or erased.

I didn't come out until I was 50 years old. Imagine how different my life might have been if I had been affirmed, supported, loved out loud instead of surviving in silence. And I say surviving because, like so many LGBTQ+ kids, I reached a point where I didn't want to live. I attempted suicide. By the grace of God, I'm still here, but too many kids don't make it. Here's what the research shows: Gender-affirming care and validation reduce suicide risk among transgender youth by over 70 percent and their odds of depression by 60 percent. LGBTQIA+ youth who face parental rejection are far more likely to attempt suicide, suffer from depression, and turn to drugs. It has been proven, time and time again, that not affirming a child's gender identity or sexual orientation is actively harmful to their mental health. Let's be clear. This is not about politics. It's about children's lives. This amendment ensures that the law reflects what we know to be true. That rejection based on identity is abuse, and it should be treated as such under Texas law. I move adoption.

SHAHEEN: Members, this changes the objective of the entire bill. I would ask you to vote against this amendment.

J. JONES: Please vote for this amendment, and I close.

Amendment No. 4 failed of adoption by (Record 2378): 54 Yeas, 82 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Longoria; Manuel; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, V.; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Frank; Gerdes; Geren; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; 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 — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Dutton; Fairly; Gates; Lalani; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Perez, M.; Romero; Thompson.

When Record No. 2378 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Gates

When Record No. 2378 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

Martinez Fischer

When Record No. 2378 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

M. Perez

MANUEL: I promise I am not going to be long. I am only doing this because these are the kind of questions I was trying to ask. I am trying to get to the root cause of this. As a child who grew up, who watched his mother go through domestic violence; as someone who's been sexually assaulted; as someone who's seen his friends go to court and have to go back and forth, whose husbands have refused to pay child support, and then when they get locked up in the back, they pull out the money, and then they have to go, and they have to bail out, and they pay the back child support that they had been having for over six months, my main part on this one—and you all mainly know that I don't read, but I'm going to read this case scenario. This is the situation that I'm asking for for legislative intent. Mom and dad are divorced, their teen comes out as gay or transgender, the mom supports the child's use of their right or pronouns. The dad doesn't and keeps dragging the mom to court over it. What does CSHB 1106 do? It says that affirming a child's gender or sexual orientation is not abuse or neglect. This means CPS or a judge can't treat the dad's rejection as harmful in custody battles. Why is that the problem? The dad can keep using the court to harass the mom and the law to protect children. The child's mental health may suffer, but the judge can't consider this rejection as endangerment.

Let me also let all of you know this: Currently, under the law that we're living under, if you are a mom or dad going through divorce and you're married and there is not a protection order, all you have to legally do is go to any state and file an order of custody, which can drag a mother or father from one end of the state to the other end of the state. There is nothing there that determines the mom or dad automatically gets the child. Cases of abuse happen every single day. That is why we have the Family Violence Council. That is why we have protections for women and for men in these situations because the court system is often used to keep––abusers use the court system to keep people in violent marriages by draining their bank accounts. Any of you in here that have done anything with family law will know that. I'm not expecting this to change anything. I want you to understand the point of why I was asking these questions because I want you to ask this question to yourself. If you ever have to get a divorce and this is the kind of law that happens, if you are in any of these situations, we have left a loophole for you to be used in a domestic violence situation. And if you don't think that it can happen to you, remember this: Never condemn a man to the same hell because that might be the hell you condemn yourself to.

Please understand what you are voting for. You can make this LGBTQ; you can make this anti-LGBTQ, but at the end of the day, this is about allowing abuse on people who have said they loved each other or thought they loved each other and used a child in the middle of it, just like someone having a child and they're not prepared to have a child, and someone getting pregnant, or someone saying they're on some kind of contraceptive or having a vasectomy. People have used that to keep people in marriages. That is how abuse happens. Again, I'm telling you this as a child whose stepfather took me to my mother's job at 3 o'clock in the morning and told her from a guard stand at a TDCJ place, "If you don't come outside, I'm going to kill Christian and Farren." That's my life story at eight years old. So if you don't think the court system can be used, the only remedy my mother had with my younger brothers was she told the judge, "I don't want anything from him. All I want is custody of my children." So my mother didn't get child support. So you know who had to step in at one point? It was you all as the legislature who paid for the SNAP benefits.

If you want to make it okay for abuse because you would rather say, "I just want to make sure that LGBTQ people don't exist" or you want to make sure that parents have that right, do that. But please remember this: Since you just passed a bill on women's rights, you are leaving women and children open to abuse, and I'm telling you all that as a child who is gay, who's been gay his whole life. And I'm telling you what happens when parents use children in forms of abuse. This is one of the loopholes. So when your constituent calls asking for that help and you say you did everything to make sure it happens this way and the author says this doesn't work, just remember this: I told you so. You put your families and your kids at risk for domestic violence all because you want to have a mythical being life of what you think is a religious doctrine of what the world is, but guess what? The world is not black and white. The world is black, white, gray, and there are multicolors to it. I appreciate your time, and I please hope all of you remember something in here. Statistically, more than 10 of you in here are going through domestic violence, and that's here on this floor. Some of you are in emotional or physical forms of domestic violence, and some of you in here have been divorced. And let me tell you something: When you walk in that court and you have to go through that, remember you opened it up to yourself. And God forbid you have children that go through that, because those abusers, they will do it, and they will use every remedy to make sure that you suffer.

SHAHEEN: Members, this bill has nothing to do with domestic violence. At the end of the day, nobody loves their child more than mom and dad. What this legislation does is ensure mom and dad don't lose custody of their child over differences in ideology. I move passage.

CSHB 1106 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2379): 87 Yeas, 54 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.

Nays — Allen; Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Cain; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Longoria; Luther; Manuel; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Ordaz; Perez, V.; Plesa; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Lalani; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Perez, M.

When Record No. 2379 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Cain

When Record No. 2379 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Luther

When Record No. 2379 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted no.

Martinez Fischer

When Record No. 2379 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

M. Perez

The following bills were laid before the house as postponed business:

HB 4070, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the sale, design, and manufacture of orthodontic devices.

HB 4070 was read second time earlier today and was postponed until this time.

HB 4070 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2380): 78 Yeas, 57 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Campos; Canales; Cole; Cortez; Cunningham; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guillen; Harless; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kitzman; Lambert; Landgraf; Longoria; Lujan; Manuel; McLaughlin; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Perez, V.; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Curry; DeAyala; Dorazio; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Kerwin; LaHood; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Collier; Guerra; Harris; Isaac; King; Lalani; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Perez, M.; Phelan.

When Record No. 2380 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Guerra

When Record No. 2380 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted no.

Isaac

When Record No. 2380 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Oliverson

When Record No. 2380 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

M. Perez

The chair recognized Representative Thompson who addressed the house, speaking as follows:

Mr. Speaker and members, I've been privileged to be in this house for about 53 years—not because I didn't have anything else to do; I just loved it so much. And I've had that privilege of working with some of the most wonderful persons that this state could ever send to this august body. Each of you has been privileged to sit in one of the most prestigious bodies in the world: the Texas Legislature. Each of you ran; you had elections—but there were certain things that you left on the battlefield when your election was over with. When you ran against a democrat or republican and that election was over with—you won—all of that dead stuff remained there, and it buried itself.

We are grown people—adults here—with serious issues to be resolved. There's no room for name-calling, bashing, dropping people in the grease—whether it's in this body or whether it's on the Internet or Twitter. Because the people are pulling for you and dependent upon you to solve their issues, to come home and tell them that you brought the bacon home with you—the bacon of resolving issues. Those kitchen-table issues that we wrestle with. You're human. I recognize that, and you do too. You get angry. You get PO'ed. We tell each other off. But we do it in an adult-like manner. When all of this is brushed aside, we're friends. We're family. We're one body working together to solve the people's problems because they know that they have sent the best here in this body. I hate to see anybody tarnish this room with negative thoughts, dispositions, and attitudes. And I hate to think of anybody insulting another person because of their ideology. I disagree with so many of you in this room, and you disagree with me, as well. But we do it in an adult-like manner.

We have a few days remaining to finish up the people's business. Let's take this time—when we walk through that door, walk with the Holy Spirit, and let him guide us and do God's work. Let's get that work done. He's depending upon us. He's blessed us every day to get up to come here, with life, with intelligence. And look, we live in a country with liberty, with justice, with freedom. The ability to live where you want to live, have what you want to have, and the ability to love and have peace and joy and worship. What else could you ask for? We live in all of the best of worlds. So I'm going to ask you tonight: All of those little bitty, wee-wee feelings that you've been having, bury them. Dismiss them. Roll your sleeves back up, and let's get to work in solving the people's problems. Thank you.

Representative Martinez Fischer moved to print remarks by Representative Thompson.

The motion prevailed.

CSHB 2370, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use hotel occupancy tax revenue for certain venue projects.

CSHB 2370 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2381): 99 Yeas, 36 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Cain; Canales; Cook; Dorazio; Harrison; Hayes; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Kerwin; LaHood; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; Luther; McQueeney; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Patterson; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Cunningham; Garcia, J.; Gates; Hefner; King; Martinez; Oliverson; Orr; Tinderholt; Virdell.

When Record No. 2381 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Gates

When Record No. 2381 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Kerwin

When Record No. 2381 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. I would have voted no.

Leach

When Record No. 2381 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Metcalf

When Record No. 2381 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Tinderholt

When Record No. 2381 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Virdell

HB 2404, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax.

Representative Tinderholt raised a point of order against further consideration of HB 2404 under Rule 8, Section 10(a), of the House Rules on the grounds that the bill is a local bill for which the required notice was not published. The point of order was withdrawn.

Representative King moved to postpone consideration of HB 2404 until 10 a.m. Wednesday, August 13.

The motion prevailed.

CSHB 3863, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the form of a claim payment to a health care provider by a health maintenance organization, preferred provider benefit plan, or managed care organization.

Representative Canales moved to postpone consideration of CSHB 3863 until 11:30 a.m. tomorrow.

The motion prevailed.

HB 2407, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the failure of certain sex offenders to comply with sex offender registration requirements.

HB 2407 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2382): 136 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Cain; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; 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; 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; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; 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(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Bumgarner; Campos; Cunningham; Garcia, J.; Hunter; Jones, V.; Orr; Reynolds; Shofner.

When Record No. 2382 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Reynolds

When Record No. 2382 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Shofner

CSHB 2253, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the authority to cancel certain elections on a measure to authorize the issuance of bonds.

CSHB 2253 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2383): 98 Yeas, 38 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harris; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shaheen; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Cain; Cook; Gates; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; LaHood; Leach; Little; Lowe; Luther; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shofner; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell; Wharton.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Bumgarner; Cunningham; Dean; Harless; Hayes; Hefner; Moody; Orr; Smithee.

HB 2273, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the delegation of certain authority of a county judge in certain counties.

HB 2273 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2384): 134 Yeas, 2 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Cain; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; 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.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; 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; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Metcalf; Olcott.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C); Turner.

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Bumgarner; Campos; Dean; DeAyala; Garcia, J.; Harris; Orr; Schatzline.

When Record No. 2384 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Dean

When Record No. 2384 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

DeAyala

When Record No. 2384 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Metcalf

HB 2040, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the required number of minutes of instructional time to be provided by a juvenile justice alternative education program.

HB 2040 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2385): 101 Yeas, 36 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Capriglione; Cole; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Holt; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Meyer; Meza; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Shaheen; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Cain; Canales; Collier; Guerra; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hickland; Hinojosa; Hopper; Isaac; Jones, J.; Kerwin; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Olcott; Oliverson; Pierson; Reynolds; Richardson; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shofner; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Wu.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C); Virdell.

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Bernal; Bumgarner; Campos; Cook; Garcia, J.; Moody; Orr.

When Record No. 2385 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted yes.

Cook

When Record No. 2385 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Flores

When Record No. 2385 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Zwiener

HB 1586, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to an exemption from required immunizations for school enrollment.

REPRESENTATIVE HULL: Members, this bill is about government efficiency. It allows parents to print an affidavit form, take it to get notarized, and then return it to their child's school for enrollment. Currently, a parent must apply to receive the form in the mail, which may take up to three weeks. That is if it is not delayed or lost. My bill will speed up this process and save the state $177,000 per year in supplies and postage alone and the four FTEs hired during summer months to mail these forms. This bill promotes government efficiency, saves taxpayer dollars, and helps parents enroll their children each school year on time so they can access their fundamental right to an education.

REPRESENTATIVE HOWARD: I know that you're aware that Texas is currently in the midst of an explosive measles outbreak and with more than 700 cases, 90 hospitalizations, many of them in ICU, two deaths. Does this bill do anything to protect or stop the deadly measles outbreak?

HULL: This bill is about where a form is printed.

HOWARD: Does it do anything to address what immunizations are meant to address?

HULL: This bill has nothing to do with that. This is about where a form is printed.

HOWARD: Does this bill do anything to help prevent the temporary closure of schools because of vaccine-preventable diseases?

HULL: Again, this bill is simply about where a form is printed.

HOWARD: Does where a form is printed do anything to help prevent infectious diseases?

HULL: Where a form is printed has nothing to do with that.

HOWARD: What does it have to do with?

HULL: The things that I had already talked about––government efficiency, saving taxpayer dollars, and a child's fundamental right to starting school on time, to a fundamental right to their education. This is simply about where a form is printed. That is it.

HOWARD: So you mentioned the $177,000 saved in supplies, I believe it was. Is that correct?

HULL: Yes.

HOWARD: Do you have any information about the cost of care for those who are suffering from infectious diseases because they have been exposed to a communicable disease that could have been prevented with vaccination?

HULL: Where a form is printed has nothing to do with that.

HOWARD: Why does your bill instruct the Department of State Health Services to remove the seal or other security devices––this has to do with what the bill is about, I believe––that prevents the reproduction of the form? Couldn't a parent just download the form as many times as they need to instead of duplicating it? This way we could maintain the seal and ensure schools know that it is an official form? Why was the seal removed?

HULL: Because they will be able to print the form off themselves. The importance of the seal in any number of forms is irrelevant because the school districts have to report the number of forms they receive.

HOWARD: Can you tell me where this bill came from? Who asked for this bill?

HULL: I filed it myself.

HOWARD: We all file them ourselves. I get that.

HULL: It came from me.

HOWARD: It came from you. Okay.

HULL: Yes.

HOWARD: Did you hear from anyone else that wanted this legislation? No?

HULL: No. This issue, of course, gets talked about, but no, I filed this bill on my own because I wanted to file it, not because anyone asked me to or talked to me about it.

HOWARD: They may not have asked you or talked to you about it. I'll try to ask that a little bit differently. What makes you think that this is a necessary piece of legislation? Where are you getting the desire for this legislation from?

HULL: Because I do not want children to keep starting school late. I think that is wrong when they have a fundamental right to an education. And having this form printed—where the parents can either print it at home or go to Office Depot and print it themselves—will make sure that they can start school on time. And it is a waste of taxpayer dollars to have to have forms printed and mailed to them when they can do it themselves.

HOWARD: I definitely appreciate what you're suggesting about efficiency, about having good access to forms that are needed, getting ready for school on time, and all of those things. Those make sense to me, but I still am trying to find out what it is, other than what we just talked about––did you hear from parents, did you hear from schools, or did you hear from health care professionals? Who did you hear from that this is something that would be helpful?

HULL: School districts told me that it would be helpful so children can start school on time.

HOWARD: So school districts were looking for ways to help children start on time, and this form was keeping them from starting on time?

HULL: Correct.

HOWARD: And how was that keeping them from starting on time?

HULL: Because the forms were lost in the mail or somehow they did not get processed and because there is no record of them with DSHS, parents cannot call to check on the status of it. So they would have to request the form again, and if the form got lost again, the children could be starting school late. So school districts wanted this so children can start school on time.

HOWARD: I do respect parental decisions. I'm a parent; I like to be able to make decisions about my family, just like everybody in here talks about. What I struggle with here is that I know there are––I know you are saying it's about a form, but it's a form that's about vaccinations and about making the decision to not vaccinate your child. Is that not correct? Is that what the form is about?

HULL: The parent has already made that choice, so all the bill is doing is changing where the form is printed.

HOWARD: Okay, that's fine. But the form is necessary because it's documenting the choice that has been made. Is that not correct?

HULL: Yes. Which, again, under Texas law, is their fundamental right to make that choice.

HOWARD: Absolutely. I recognize that it's legal to do that. I'm just asking. The form that we are talking about here, that you keep telling me that's what this bill is about, is a form. That form is about documenting the choice to not vaccinate your child. Is that not correct?

HULL: Correct.

HOWARD: Okay. So what I struggle with there is what this does in terms of ignoring the rights of parents of medically fragile kids who also have the right to have access to our schools. I'm trying to find that right balance between a parent's right to choose to not vaccinate their child with what I think is the civic responsibility to protect medically fragile children. And I don't know that this bill in any way helps us address that issue, or do you think that it does?

HULL: Not what this bill is about. This bill is simply about where a form is printed, so I don't think it's going to change anything. It is simply where a form is printed.

HOWARD: Do you think that where the form is printed might have anything to do with people accessing a form and perhaps not being fully informed about what it is that they're choosing to do?

HULL: No, not at all.

HOWARD: I guess, for me, it still seems to be about a form that is more easily accessible that can facilitate a choice that may not be fully informed and that can result in children who are not medically in a position to be around others that have not been vaccinated––that it compromises them.

I guess the way I look at it is, you know, in the olden days in here, people lit up cigarettes all the time. You want to bring that back? Okay. I don't think that would be very good. They had spittoons in here too. The fact is we understand that we have a right to smoke if we want to, but we've fully accepted the fact—as evidenced in this room where I see no cigarettes being lit up right now—that we know it's not okay to smoke around other people because what we do, even if it's our choice, can impact others.

In this case, I know we keep talking about it just being about a form, but we all know what that form is about. And this is about facilitating a choice to not be vaccinated in a way that, I think, is not fully informed and that does not take into account how this impacts the other people that we are around every day. In this case, we're talking about medically fragile children.

(Harris in the chair)

REPRESENTATIVE BRYANT: Representative Hull, I think I heard you answer a question from the previous person who was asking you questions, and you said that this bill is only about forms. Is that correct?

HULL: Yes.

BRYANT: Well, I would direct your attention to the caption of your bill. It says, "relating to an exemption from required immunizations for school enrollment." Doesn't say anything about forms. It says, "relating to an exemption from required immunizations for school enrollment."

HULL: An exemption form.

BRYANT: It doesn't say exemption form.

HULL: That's what it is.

BRYANT: It says, "an exemption from required immunizations for school enrollment."

HULL: It's an exemption. That's exactly what it is.

BRYANT: You said your bill is only about forms, but when I look at the––

HULL: It's an exemption form. The bill is about an exemption form. Correct. Exemptions. That's exactly it.

BRYANT: It can't be both.

HULL: Yes, it can. That's exactly what it is. Everybody knows that the form is about exemptions. It is an exemption form, so it's the word games that you're playing.

BRYANT: Well, we disagree on that. I'll ask you this question as well. You said it's only about forms, but under current law, they may maintain and report exemption data. The Department of State Health Services must track how many forms are distributed and report that information annually to the legislature. Your bill eliminates that requirement and, furthermore, prohibits the Department of State Health Services from retaining any personally identifying information about individuals who request or submit exemption forms.

HULL: They're already not allowed to keep that information. They do not. Which is why currently if a parent calls to check on the status of the form, DSHS cannot tell them anything, because they do not have any record of that. The number of forms that you are talking about through DSHS is completely irrelevant because anyone can go and request them. I had my staff go on to request it to see how it works. You can go and keep requesting forms and forms and forms and forms. It's irrelevant. The parents have to turn in the form to the school district. That is the number that matters.

BRYANT: Well, if everything is okay, why did your bill specifically prohibit the activity that I just explained?

HULL: It is codifying that they cannot do that.

BRYANT: I see. Well, we have a disagreement on that.

Representative Bryant raised a point of order against further consideration of HB 1586 under Rule 8, Section 1(a)(1), of the House Rules.

(Speaker in the chair)

The speaker overruled the point of order, announcing his decision to the house as follows:

Mr. Bryant raises a point of order against further consideration of HB 1586 under Rule 8, Section 1(a)(1), on the grounds that the caption of the bill fails to give reasonable notice of the subject of the bill.

The bill's caption states that it "relat[es] to an exemption from required immunizations for school enrollment." The bill requires the Department of State Health Services to develop and post on the Internet a blank affidavit form for a person to claim an immunization exemption. The bill also makes changes to current law relating to security devices on the affidavit and the maintenance of records on use and access of the form. All these changes are tied to the exemption affidavit. Therefore, all elements of the bill fall within the subject described in the caption. See 89 H. Jour. ____ (2025) (ruling on SB 14 Bryant caption point of order).

Accordingly, the point of order is respectfully overruled.

The following member was granted leave of absence for the remainder of today because of illness:

Olcott on motion of Tinderholt.

Representative Flores offered the following amendment to HB 1586:

Amend HB 1586 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  On page 1, strike lines 5 and 6 and substitute the following:

SECTION 1.  Section 161.0041, Health and Safety Code, is amended by amending Subsections (c), (d), and (e) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:

(2)  On page 1, line 13, strike "A" and substitute "Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), a".

(3)  On page 1, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following:

(1)  watched a video provided by the department detailing the benefits and risks of vaccination; or

(2)  read a benefits and risks of vaccination information sheet provided by the department.

REPRESENTATIVE FLORES: As of May 9, 2025, there have been 709 measles cases in Texas, leading to the deaths of two children, 92 hospitalizations, and impacting 29 counties. Before this historic outbreak, the efficacy of the MMR vaccine was clear, so much so that in 2000, the United States declared the measles virus eliminated. Let that sink in. Twenty-five years ago, our country virtually eliminated measles, and now we are on the verge of another national disease outbreak.

The fact is that vaccines are one of the most significant public health accomplishments of all time. They have prevented countless cases of disease and disability and have saved millions of lives every year. This doesn't just stop being true because someone chooses not to get a vaccine. This amendment does not take away anyone's rights. It simply requires that before requesting the affidavit form, Texans are fully informed of both the benefits and the risks of vaccination.

Furthermore, this amendment is in line with countless other informed consent requirements that the legislature imposes on Texans. Before the Dobbs decision, women were required to wait 24 hours and take home a booklet describing the stages of pregnancy before they could receive an abortion. And in just a few short months, Texans may receive notification regarding the harms of social media before accessing their Instagram accounts. This amendment is about ensuring individuals are fully informed about the benefits and risks associated with their decisions to not prevent the spread of diseases.

Members, either you believe in the importance of informed consent or you don't. A vote against this amendment or for a motion to table will indicate to your constituents that informed consent only matters when you want to micromanage lives. I move adoption.

HULL: I respectfully oppose. This is about where you print a form. Please vote no.

FLORES: This amendment would, simply, on page 1, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following––

Well, first of all, on page 1, line 13, we would strike "A" and substitute "except as provided by Subsection (c-1), a.." On page 1, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following: "(c-1) Before the department provides an affidavit form under this section, the department shall require the person requesting the form to verify on an affidavit that the person: (1) watched a video provided by the department detailing the benefits and risks of vaccination; or (2) read a benefits and risks of vaccination information sheet provided by the department."

This is simply a matter of informing people what they are requesting when they request this form. Members, I ask that you vote for this amendment. Thank you.

Amendment No. 1 failed of adoption by (Record 2386): 51 Yeas, 84 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, A.; Dutton; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Lalani; Longoria; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Plesa; Rodríguez Ramos; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Frank; Gerdes; Geren; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Richardson; Schatzline; 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 — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Olcott; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Campos; Canales; Davis, Y.; González, J.; Jones, V.; Oliverson; Reynolds; Romero; Thompson.

When Record No. 2386 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Canales

When Record No. 2386 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Gates

When Record No. 2386 was taken, I was excused because of illness. I would have voted no.

Olcott

Representative Wu offered the following amendment to HB 1586:

Amend HB 1586 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  On page 1, strike lines 5 and 6 and substitute the following:

SECTION 1.  Section 161.0041, Health and Safety Code, is amended by amending Subsections (c), (d), and (e), and adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:

(2)  On page 2, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:

REPRESENTATIVE WU: This amendment is very simple. This bill is about allowing parents to download a form very easily from the Internet, but the problem is they may be making many decisions based on misinformation and not fully understanding the consequences of what they are doing. What this amendment would do is put into the bill that the same website—something that could be done easily, simply, and cheaply—put on this website the list of the deaths of children under five who have died from a disease that is preventable in this state. That disease—whether it be measles, smallpox, or any of the other diseases that we have vaccines for.

We know that a child who has obtained a vaccine exemption is 35 times more likely to contract these types of preventable diseases, like measles, a disease that is currently burning its way through Texas right now because our herd immunity in this state has been greatly compromised by parents and by families who have chosen to not vaccinate against a disease that we know has a proven, effective vaccination. In the last couple of months, we have witnessed the true impact and the consequences a lack of vaccines has on children. While we are happy to legislate against all these different things, banning kids from getting all sorts of different kinds of medical care, we ignore the most obvious danger that is right in front of them. Many of these diseases, in the past, killed millions upon millions of people, diseases that we thought were once eradicated. Measles was supposed to be effectively eradicated in the United States in the year 2000, and since then it has made a roaring comeback––Texas being one of the epicenters. The return of many diseases that the world has previously eradicated is due to the number of people that have vaccine hesitancy and people being exempt from the system and becoming vectors for the disease. All this amendment would do is simply give parents information, provide them with the information that they can use or not use. That is their choice. All it is is just information. I don't think that's a lot to ask.

HULL: That is not relevant to this bill. I respectfully oppose and ask you to vote no.

WU: This bill is about allowing parents and families to opt out of getting a vaccination when they go to school. All this amendment does is provide them with information. That's it. Why is information so terrible? Why is it so scary? Because, for a lot of people, if they find out what the truth is, if they find out this is a reality for their children, if they find out that other children the same age as their child have died recently or have died in the last year from this same type of preventable disease, it might help people rethink their choices. We are setting ourselves up for a disaster.

The vaccination rates in this state are going lower and lower, and—ask all the doctors on this floor—once we get past a certain threshold where we have lost herd immunity, if these diseases start back through the environment, they will spread like wildfire. I hope you will vote yes on the amendment.

Amendment No. 2 failed of adoption by (Record 2387): 51 Yeas, 83 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, A.; Dutton; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Lalani; Longoria; Manuel; Martinez; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Plesa; Rodríguez Ramos; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Tinderholt; Toth; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Olcott; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Campos; Canales; Davis, Y.; Garcia, J.; González, J.; Jones, V.; Martinez Fischer; Reynolds; Romero; Thompson.

When Record No. 2387 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Campos

When Record No. 2387 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Canales

When Record No. 2387 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

J. Garcia

When Record No. 2387 was taken, I was excused because of illness. I would have voted no.

Olcott

When Record No. 2387 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Tinderholt

When Record No. 2387 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Toth

Representative Howard offered the following amendment to HB 1586:

Amend HB 1586 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 38.002, Education Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows:

(a)  Each public school shall keep an individual immunization record during the period of attendance for each student admitted. The records shall be open for inspection at all reasonable times by the agency [Texas Education Agency] or by representatives of local health departments or the [Texas] Department of State Health Services.

(c)  The agency [Texas Education Agency] and the [Texas] Department of State Health Services shall develop the form for a required annual report of the immunization status of students that includes de-identified immunization exemption information. The report shall be submitted by all schools at the time and in the manner indicated in the instructions printed on the form.

SECTION ____.  As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the Texas Education Agency shall update the form required by Section 38.002(c), Education Code, as amended by this Act, to comply with that section and Section 38.002(d), Education Code, as added by this Act.

HOWARD: This amendment is about parents' rights. This is about a parent's right to know if their child is in danger of contracting a vaccine-preventable disease. According to the Department of State Health Services, half of Texas counties have lower than recommended measles vaccination rates for kindergartners, which creates pockets in which measles can spread. Measles requires about 95 percent of the population to be vaccinated in order for herd immunity to kick in. So to put that in perspective, Texas classrooms are prohibited from having more than 20 to 22 students depending on the grade level. So to achieve herd immunity, only one student could be unvaccinated at any given time. The more students in that classroom that are not vaccinated put everyone at risk of contracting a deadly disease. Making it easier for a parent to opt out of preventing the spread of disease creates pockets of undervaccinated and vulnerable children and poses a great risk to the entire community. Parents of a child who may not be able to be vaccinated, such as a child who is immunocompromised due to a disease like leukemia, should know. Parents should know if their child is at greater risk on their school campus.

This amendment simply directs school districts to report de-identified, campus-level vaccine exemption information to the Department of State Health Services so they can make that aggregate data available to the public. The amendment also requires DSHS to conduct biannual research on disease outbreaks and data implications. This amendment empowers parents with data on how many unvaccinated students attend their school so they can make decisions about how to best protect their children from potentially deadly diseases. Move adoption.

HULL: The number of exemptions are already reported by each school district. This amendment is unnecessary, and I ask you, respectfully, to oppose and vote no.

HOWARD: This provides additional information than what is currently available. It allows parents to get the information they need to make the choice that they want to make for their child to make sure their child is protected. That if they need to make a choice to go to a different school, whatever that choice needs to be, the parent has to have that information to protect their child. I move adoption and ask you to vote on this amendment.

Amendment No. 3 failed of adoption by (Record 2388): 54 Yeas, 83 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Darby; Davis, A.; Dutton; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Lalani; Longoria; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Plesa; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; 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; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Richardson; Schatzline; 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 — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Olcott; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Canales; Davis, Y.; González, J.; Holt; Jones, V.; Manuel; Reynolds.

When Record No. 2388 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Canales

When Record No. 2388 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Holt

When Record No. 2388 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Manuel

When Record No. 2388 was taken, I was excused because of illness. I would have voted no.

Olcott

Representative Lalani offered the following amendment to HB 1586:

Amend HB 1586 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  The Department of State Health Services is required to implement a provision of this Act only if the commissioner of state health services determines each outbreak of an infectious disease previously considered eliminated in the United States has ceased spreading in this state.

REPRESENTATIVE LALANI: People have rights and rights to freedom, but freedom comes with responsibility. When we choose to live in a society, we must live and abide by the greater good. We make sure that our freedom does not come at the cost of others. The science and data show that immunization helps, but some may choose not to do so. My amendment would ensure that if a previously eradicated disease, like measles or polio, is active and is spreading in the state as determined by the Department of State Health Services, then this provision of this bill would not apply to a vaccine for that disease.

HULL: I respectfully oppose and ask you to vote no.

LALANI: Members, follow science, follow data, follow knowledge. Please vote yes.

Amendment No. 4 failed of adoption by (Record 2389): 55 Yeas, 83 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, A.; Dutton; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lalani; Longoria; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Plesa; Raymond; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; 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 — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Olcott; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Canales; Davis, Y.; González, J.; Little; Manuel; Reynolds.

When Record No. 2389 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Canales

When Record No. 2389 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Manuel

When Record No. 2389 was taken, I was excused because of illness. I would have voted no.

Olcott

Representative Bucy offered the following amendment to HB 1586:

Amend HB 1586 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 38.0021 to read as follows:

REPRESENTATIVE BUCY: As we've discussed before, herd immunity is when enough individuals are vaccinated for a disease so it becomes difficult for that disease to spread even to those who are not vaccinated. This amendment is simple. It would require a public school with five percent or more of students claiming exemptions from required immunizations to notify families receiving that exemption for medical reasons of the percentage. This empowers those parents that are most vulnerable. So just to make it very clear what this amendment does: It doesn't take anything out of the bill; it keeps the bill whole. It just says if you are an immunocompromised student, you are going to this school––you've used this same form; you can't take the vaccines for medical reasons––so you're at this school, and you're there, and now if over five percent of that school, which is the threshold for herd immunity, has opted out of vaccines, all this amendment says is notify that parent, notify that vulnerable kid's parent, and then maybe they're going to use one of these school vouchers to go to a school that requires vaccines. With this amendment, we're going to empower parents of the most vulnerable students in Texas. It takes nothing out of the bill; it just says let's help those most vulnerable.

HULL: I respectfully oppose and ask you to vote no.

BUCY: I heard this bill in committee, and Representative Hull is a good friend of mine, and we've talked about this bill after the committee layout. I've heard her say tonight this bill is about a form, and I agree with her on the black and white of the paper. This is about a form, and it's about how you access that form. The problem and the reason I brought this amendment is we know in states where this form becomes more accessible, the amount of those that are opting out goes up. So we know that while this bill is about a form, the cause and effect––the consequences of this bill––will be more kids opting out of immunization, more kids opting out of vaccines.

My amendment, members, is for the most vulnerable kids with the highest health risks that cannot take vaccines. They have also used this form to opt out. They're not getting vaccines because of medical reasons. So we're just saying, let that parent know when this school has crossed the threshold that would stop herd immunity and make them extra at risk. We've all sent our kids to school. We know how bugs and viruses can spread; we know how it can spread rapidly. For most of us, it means we're home for 24 hours. We're talking about the kids that could die. So just notify them. Notify their parent anonymously about the kids. We're not saying give them personal information, but our school has had more than five percent opt out, and your student being in this school is now at higher risk, and you may need to look at another option. That's all this amendment does.

Amendment No. 5 failed of adoption by (Record 2390): 55 Yeas, 84 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lalani; Longoria; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Olcott; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Canales; Davis, A.; González, J.; Manuel; Smithee.

When Record No. 2390 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Canales

When Record No. 2390 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

A. Davis

When Record No. 2390 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes.

Manuel

When Record No. 2390 was taken, I was excused because of illness. I would have voted no.

Olcott

When Record No. 2390 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Smithee

HOWARD: I know this is about a form, but I think Representative Bucy did a good job of talking about what the impacts are of easy access to forms without necessarily being fully informed of the consequences of that and how that has resulted in increased outbreaks in communities that have increased exemptions. This is a chart, if you can see it here, that shows Texas' nonmedical exemptions from 2003 to 2024. I think you can just see that you've got significantly more exemptions now than we've had before. It doesn't appear that there's an issue with people who want exemptions getting them. Easing access is not really something that needs to be put in place.

Let me just say, I'm older than most people in here. I remember when we had these communicable diseases. I had them all. I'm one of those that had it and survived. I'm very lucky because a lot of children back in my day did not. I had an uncle who had polio. He was in an iron lung for an entire year as an eleven-year-old away from his family. These are real diseases that my generation and the people before me experienced. One of the greatest things that has happened in public health in the past century has been the development of effective, safe vaccines. It has saved hundreds of lives. It's very hard when you didn't live in that time to really understand how bad it was. It's in the past. It's something you haven't had any lived experience with, many of you in here, and it doesn't have the same consequence to you as it does to people like me who were around and who had those diseases and who saw people who suffered and who died as a result of those diseases. This is real. We had almost eradicated measles, and it's back. This is making it easier, unnecessarily, to access forms, which seems like a simple thing to do. "Oh, I don't have time to get this. I don't know where to go get the vaccine. I can just download this, and I can go ahead and get my kid in school." Yeah, I get it. We've got a lot of things on our minds, a lot of things we have to do, a lot of things to get the kids ready for school, and this is just one more thing. People need the information to know why this one more thing is one of the most important things they can do for their children and for all the other children that are around them in the school.

REPRESENTATIVE ZWIENER: Thank you so much, Representative Howard. I really, in particular, appreciate your story about polio. Are you aware that my great-grandmother had one leg shorter than the other and walked with a limp her entire life because of her childhood experience with polio?

HOWARD: My uncle had a limp his entire life as well.

ZWIENER: I really appreciate you talking about this dramatic impact and how much the current push against vaccines is them being a victim of their own success, but we're seeing that success start to wane as we're seeing more vaccine hesitancy. Did we lose some children in Texas to measles recently?

HOWARD: Unfortunately, we did. It's tragic that they were lost to something that is preventable.

ZWIENER: Representative Howard, given the rise we're seeing in vaccine hesitancy, given this rise we're seeing in whooping cough, which is most dangerous to babies who are too young to even get the vaccine, what message do you think the Texas Legislature should be sending to the Texas public about the safety and efficacy of vaccines?

HOWARD: The first message that you just said is that these are extremely safe. The stories that we hear about adverse events are very rare. Most adverse events are minor. The consequence of not being vaccinated, we're seeing right now. As you point out, two children have already died in our state. This is a very simple thing to do that can have tremendous impacts on the safety of not only your child but the community at large. We do not want to see these diseases come back. They spread oftentimes like wildfire and start to create the situation where more and more people get sick, more and more people will die, and this is a very simple thing that you can do that will keep your family safe and keep other families safe as well.

ZWIENER: If we pass this bill today, are we sending Texans the wrong message?

HOWARD: I think we're minimizing the impact of what this is about if we pass this bill. We're saying that it's no big deal. Fill out a form. You don't even have to be informed about what this is about. You don't have to see your pediatrician or your doctor to get more information about whether this is the best thing for you or not. You're not being given the pros and cons of what really is happening here. So I think we're doing a disservice to people. We're minimizing something that can be very tragic. We're acting like it's so simple. All you have to do is download a form, fill it out, and be done with it. I'm extremely concerned about what that means for our future, and I think it's a very unscientific and irresponsible message for us to be sending to the public.

REPRESENTATIVE VO: Representative Howard, you know that I grew up in Vietnam, right?

HOWARD: Yes, I do.

VO: Okay. During the age when I grew up, we didn't have vaccines in Vietnam. I just wanted to let you know that my brother didn't have a polio vaccine, so he had polio. That's the reason why immunization and all sorts of vaccines are very important and critical for our children, who will grow up and will be disease-free. Right?

HOWARD: Yes, I agree.

VO: And that happened to my family, to my brother, because he didn't have the polio vaccine before. I just wanted to let the body know that vaccines are good. They prevent diseases and mishaps from happening. It will cost the family and will cost the state more money, right?

HOWARD: Oh, absolutely. As I was saying, so many people in here haven't been around to see it. You and I have. We have seen it. We know it up close and personal and firsthand. It's tragic.

REPRESENTATIVE MORGAN: So, we've added more than double the vaccines. Don't we think it's right that parents actually have a choice to choose? Don't they make the best decisions for their kids?

HOWARD: I would like to think that parents typically make the best decisions for their children, yes.

MORGAN: Okay. Thank you.

HOWARD: That being said, I think they can always benefit from learning more about the pros and cons so that they can really make an informed decision. I hope that we can defeat this legislation, because I think that it will, in the long run, be detrimental to the public health of Texans.

(Harris in the chair)

HULL: Members, this bill is about where a form is printed.

HB 1586 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2391): 85 Yeas, 57 Nays, 3 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; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.

Nays — Allen; Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lalani; Longoria; Lozano; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Plesa; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C); Morales Shaw.

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Olcott; Schofield; Simmons.

When Record No. 2391 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Lozano

When Record No. 2391 was taken, I was excused because of illness. I would have voted yes.

Olcott

HB 3788, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the operations of municipal hospital authorities.

HB 3788 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2392): 118 Yeas, 22 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; 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; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; 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; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Cain; Cook; Harrison; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Kerwin; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; Luther; Money; Patterson; Richardson; Schatzline; Shofner; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Olcott; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Cunningham; Smithee; Virdell.

When Record No. 2392 was taken, I was excused because of illness. I would have voted no.

Olcott

When Record No. 2392 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no.

Virdell

HB 3993, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to taxes imposed on vinous liquor.

HB 3993 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2393): 117 Yeas, 21 Nays, 3 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hernandez; Hickland; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Muñoz; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schoolcraft; Shofner; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Cain; Collier; Frank; Hefner; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; Metcalf; Noble; Oliverson; Orr; Plesa; Schatzline; Shaheen; Slawson; Swanson; Vasut; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C); Wharton.

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Olcott; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Cunningham; Garcia, L.; Hinojosa; Morales, E.

When Record No. 2393 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

J. Jones

When Record No. 2393 was taken, I was excused because of illness. I would have voted no.

Olcott

CSHB 4690, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to motor fuel measuring, quality, and testing standards.

Representative Gerdes offered the following amendment to CSHB 4690:

Amend CSHB 4690 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  On page 2, line 19, strike "Section 2310.203(a), Occupations Code, is" and substitute "Sections 2310.203(a) and (c-1), Occupations Code, are".

(2)  On page 2, insert the following between lines 26 and 27:

(c-1)  The commission shall adopt rules regulating the methods and procedures applicable to motor fuel testing under this section. The rules adopted under this subsection must provide that the applicable standard for motor fuel testing is ASTM International's most recently adopted or amended standard on the date of the test.

(3)  On page 4, strike lines 7 through 10 and substitute the following:

SECTION 7.  Section 2310.202, Occupations Code, is repealed.

Amendment No. 1 was adopted.

(Speaker in the chair)

CSHB 4690, as amended, was passed to engrossment by (Record 2394): 140 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Alders; Allen; Anchía; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; 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; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; 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; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; 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(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Olcott; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — González, J.; Harless; Jones, V.; McQueeney.

When Record No. 2394 was taken, I was excused because of illness. I would have voted yes.

Olcott

HB 4309, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the filing fee for nomination by convention.

The vote of the house was taken on passage to engrossment of HB 4309 and the vote was announced yeas 67, nays 70.

A verification of the vote was requested and was granted.

The roll of those voting yea and nay was again called and the verified vote resulted, as follows (Record 2395): 60 Yeas, 78 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Campos; Canales; Collier; Cortez; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Lalani; Longoria; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shaheen; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).

Absent, Excused — Gervin-Hawkins; Lopez, R.; Olcott; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Buckley; Cole; Craddick; Johnson; Lopez, J.; Martinez.

The chair stated that HB 4309 failed to pass to engrossment by the above vote.

When Record No. 2395 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes.

Harrison

When Record No. 2395 was taken, my vote failed to register. I would have voted no.

J. Lopez

When Record No. 2395 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Lujan

When Record No. 2395 was taken, I was excused because of illness. I would have voted no.

Olcott

The following members were granted leaves of absence for the remainder of today because of important business:

Cole on motion of Ward Johnson.

Craddick on motion of Curry.

Johnson on motion of Gámez.

Martinez Fischer on motion of Cortez.

The following member was granted leave of absence for the remainder of today because of illness:

Buckley on motion of Harris.

HB 4696, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to the remote participation of certain persons in a proceeding for the issuance or modification of a protective order.

HB 4696 was passed to engrossment by (Record 2396): 90 Yeas, 47 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Yeas — Allen; Anchía; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Campos; Capriglione; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gerdes; Geren; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lujan; Manuel; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Muñoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodríguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zwiener.

Nays — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bumgarner; Cain; Canales; Dean; DeAyala; Gates; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Isaac; Leo Wilson; Little; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Swanson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson.

Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker(C).

Absent, Excused — Buckley; Cole; Craddick; Gervin-Hawkins; Johnson; Lopez, R.; Martinez Fischer; Olcott; Schofield; Simmons.

Absent — Harris; Martinez.

When Record No. 2396 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no.

Cook

When Record No. 2396 was taken, I was excused because of illness. I would have voted no.

Olcott

The following committee meeting was announced:

Intergovernmental Affairs, scheduled to reconvene upon final adjournment/recess or bill referral, if permission is granted, today, is canceled.