Governor Abbott Thanks Lawmakers For Supporting Legislation To Expedite Permitting Process

July 28, 2017 | Austin, Texas | Press Release

The following lawmakers have declared their support for HB 164 or SB 13, which address Governor Abbott’s call to speed up the permitting process for local governments. The Governor thanks these members of the legislature for their commitment to helping Texans by expediting the permitting process.  

HB 164 (Workman, Paul)

Anderson, Charles "Doc"

Anderson, Rodney

Bell, Cecil

Biedermann, Kyle

Bohac, Dwayne

Bonnen, Dennis

Bonnen, Greg

Burkett, Cindy

Burns, DeWayne

Burrows, Dustin

Cain, Briscoe

Cyrier, John

Elkins, Gary

Flynn, Dan

Goldman, Craig

Hefner, Cole

Isaac, Jason

Keough, Mark

King, Phil

Krause, Matt

Landgraf, Brooks

Lang, Mike

Leach, Jeff

Metcalf, Will

Meyer, Morgan

Miller, Rick

Murphy, Jim

Murr, Andrew

Oliverson, Tom

Paul, Dennis

Phillips, Larry

Raney, John

Rinaldi, Matt

Roberts, Kevin

Sanford, Scott

Schaefer, Matt

Schofield, Mike

Shine, Hugh

Simmons, Ron

Springer, Drew

Stephenson, Phil

Stickland, Jonathan

Stucky, Lynn

Swanson, Valoree

Tinderholt, Tony

Villalba, Jason

White, James

Workman, Paul

SB 13 (Burton, Konni)

Bettencourt, Paul

Birdwell, Brian

Buckingham, Dawn

Burton, Konni

Campbell, Donna

Creighton, Brandon

Estes, Craig

Hall, Bob

Hancock, Kelly

Huffines, Donald

Huffman, Joan

Hughes, Bryan

Kolkhorst, Lois

Nelson, Jane

Nichols, Robert

Perry, Charles

Schwertner, Charles

Taylor, Van

*The names above reflect votes cast for legislation, coauthors of bills, press releases announcing legislators’ support for bills, letters to the Governor, and individual legislators’ notification to the Office of the Governor expressing their support for specific bills.