Dale Tillery

Democratic · TX · Judge, 134th District Court, Dallas County

Dale Tillery has been a Dallas County civil district judge since his 2010 election and earlier served four terms in the Texas House. Before the bench he was a Dallas trial lawyer for 26 years, board certified in civil trial and personal injury law.

Mixed record

Public Safety and Crime Control (67 support · 8 oppose), Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (24 support · 19 oppose), Housing Affordability (18 support · 1 oppose),

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Public Safety and Crime Control · 67 support · 8 oppose

Authored House Bill 1450, which became law on 2001-06-14. It required the state fire marshal to investigate firefighters' line-of-duty deaths connected with firefighting incidents.
June 14, 2001Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: capitol.texas.gov
Voted to approve the final teenage driving bill on 2001-05-24 (Senate Bill 577). It added a six-month permit period and initial nighttime and passenger restrictions, with specified exceptions. It became law on 2001-06-15 and took effect on 2002-01-01.
May 24, 2001Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 821 on 2001-05-24. It required school instruction in emergency heart and breathing resuscitation to the extent donated resources were available and authorized donations for that purpose. It became law on 2001-06-14.
May 24, 2001Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 1096 on 2001-05-24. It allowed eligible cities to create fire and emergency medical districts with voter approval. It authorized a district sales tax up to one-half percent. It became law on 2001-06-16.
May 24, 2001Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 177 in the House on 2001-05-16. It gave nursing home residents a right to request room monitoring, with consent, notice and privacy safeguards. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 16, 2001Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 2806 on second reading on 2001-05-10. It barred residential gas disconnections during defined extreme cold and restricted weekend disconnections when payment and reconnection staff were unavailable. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 10, 2001Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 1267 on second reading on 2001-05-10. It required police to investigate specified serious child abuse reports jointly with the responsible protection agency. It became law on 2001-06-11.
May 10, 2001Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the final hate crimes bill on 2001-05-10 after Senate changes. House Bill 587 specified bias findings and penalty enhancements for covered crimes. House Record 365 listed his vote.
May 10, 2001Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 2351 on second reading on 2001-05-09. The House version required supporting evidence for specified undercover drug testimony, with exceptions for qualifying officers. The narrower final law covered covert witnesses without officer or investigator licenses. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 9, 2001Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance the red-light camera bill on second reading on 2001-05-08 (House Bill 1115). It proposed municipal camera enforcement and civil penalties for eligible cities. The tied vote failed, and the bill stopped.
May 8, 2001Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 503 in the House on 2001-05-08. It proposed expanding eligible local officers' authority to inspect and detain commercial vehicles under state safety standards. It included training and enforcement rules. It stopped in Senate committee.
May 8, 2001Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 15 in the House on 2001-05-03. It protected specified identifying, service and location information held by domestic violence shelters and sexual assault programs from public disclosure. It became law on 2001-05-16.
May 3, 2001Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 156 in the House on 2001-04-26. It increased penalties for specified drug offenses involving use of children and required consecutive sentences when the enhancement applied. It became law on 2001-06-14.
April 26, 2001Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 131 in the House on 2001-04-24. It allowed crime-victim funds to reimburse law enforcement for qualifying sexual-assault medical examinations and revised related examination and testimony costs. It became law on 2001-06-17.
April 24, 2001Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 3335 in the House on 2001-04-23. It specified abuse-reporting duties for confidential professionals and protected qualifying employers from liability for employees' reports about elderly or disabled people. It became law on 2001-05-21.
April 23, 2001Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the final post-conviction DNA testing bill on 2001-04-03. Senate Bill 3 created a court procedure for testing and preservation requirements for qualifying biological evidence. House Record 101 listed his vote.
April 3, 2001Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for a driver's-license suspension amendment on 2001-03-21 (House Bill 5). It set suspension ranges for specified intoxication offenses, including one to two years for covered repeat offenses within ten years. The broader bill became law on 2001-06-15.
March 21, 2001Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass the child-abuse bill in the House on 2001-03-13 (House Bill 360). The final law expressly included specified sexual offenses and allowing a child's sexual performance in the abuse definition. It became law on 2001-05-14.
March 13, 2001Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Authored House Bill 1100, which became law on 1999-06-18. It removed the population threshold for home-rule cities contracting for arrest warrant enforcement.
June 18, 1999Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: capitol.texas.gov
Voted for final House Bill 3255 on 1999-05-30. It allowed eligible domestic-violence victims one-time assistance of up to $2,000 for relocation and $1,800 for housing rental costs. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 30, 1999Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 247 on 1999-05-28. It proposed trained neighborhood volunteers reporting certain visible health and safety violations. Cities were given the option to count their notices as first warnings, with limited powers and liability rules. The governor vetoed it on 1999-06-20.
May 28, 1999Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance Senate Bill 633 on 1999-05-25. It proposed periodic county fire-code inspections, after a county order, for covered new buildings in unincorporated areas. The vote failed, and the bill stopped in the House.
May 25, 1999Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 8 in the House on 1999-05-19. The final law set rules for law-enforcement gang intelligence databases, including relevance and identification criteria. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 19, 1999Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against passing House Bill 487 in the House on 1999-05-12. It proposed expanded offenses involving drinking or possessing open alcohol containers in motor vehicles, with specified defenses. It stopped in the Senate.
May 12, 1999Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 114 in the House on 1999-05-11. It lowered the statutory alcohol-concentration threshold for intoxication from 0.10 to 0.08, effective 1999-09-01. It became law on 1999-05-28.
May 11, 1999Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against an amendment to House Bill 2124 on 1999-05-07. It proposed adding murder of a person protected by a qualifying order directed at the accused to the capital-murder statute. The amendment passed. The broader family-violence bill became law on 1999-06-19.
May 7, 1999Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 2279 in the House on 1999-04-29. It proposed expanding county authority to restrict fireworks in unincorporated areas during qualifying drought conditions, beyond the earlier specified aerial fireworks. It stopped in the Senate.
April 29, 1999Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 142 in the House on 1999-04-29. It expanded county eligibility for covered Flood Control and Insurance Act enforcement provisions, adding counties with at least 270,000 residents bordering two counties with at least one million residents each. It became law on 1999-05-20.
April 29, 1999Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against advancing the bicycle-helmet bill on 1999-04-27 (House Bill 673). The House version required helmets for children under 15 on public ways in qualifying large cities. The bill later stopped in the Senate.
April 27, 1999Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 938 on 1999-04-27. It proposed higher penalties for specified crimes motivated by bias, including bias based on race, religion, disability or sexual preference. It stopped in the Senate.
April 27, 1999Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1112 in the House on 1999-04-22. It expanded specified prison-department employees' authority to transport offenders and apprehend escapees under express orders, including across divisions and outside duty hours. It became law on 1999-05-29.
April 22, 1999Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1432 in the House on 1999-04-22. It prohibited charges for online requests for public sex-offender registration information while revising other information-request fees. It became law on 1999-06-18.
April 22, 1999Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against advancing the juvenile firearm-detention bill on 1999-03-24 (House Bill 1269). The final law required detention after specified firearm-related allegations until judicial release or a detention hearing. It became law on 1999-05-25.
March 24, 1999Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1121 in the House on 1999-03-16. It expanded specified investigators' authority to arrest without a warrant outside their usual jurisdiction, with limits on traffic arrests. It became law on 1999-05-24.
March 16, 1999Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final crime-victim fund changes on 1997-05-31 (Senate Bill 987). They allowed additional appropriations for state victim services and established a process for use of excess fund money. It became law on 1997-06-19.
May 31, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final disaster-assistance changes on 1997-05-30 (House Bill 99). The bill proposed allowing specified state help for damaged roads, water structures and hazard reduction when federal assistance was unavailable. The governor vetoed the bill on 1997-06-20.
May 30, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final police licensing changes on 1997-05-30 (House Bill 1856). They included disciplinary hearings before the State Office of Administrative Hearings and additional officer training requirements. It became law on 1997-06-19.
May 30, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the final sex-offender supervision bill on 1997-05-29 (House Bill 2918). It allowed one extension of up to 10 years for specified offenders after a hearing and public-danger findings. It became law on 1997-06-20.
May 29, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the final crime-victim fund constitutional proposal on 1997-05-28 (Senate Joint Resolution 33). It proposed dedicating the funds to victim compensation, services and assistance, with a mass-violence emergency provision. The Legislature sent the proposal to voters.
May 28, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final sour-gas pipeline rules on 1997-05-28 (House Bill 3194). They regulated construction and operation of covered pipelines containing hydrogen sulfide. It became law on 1997-06-16.
May 28, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final limited state law-enforcement powers for additional federal officers on 1997-05-24 (House Bill 253). The law added specified federal investigators to felony arrest, search and seizure authority. It became law on 1997-06-17.
May 24, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for an emergency-care funding amendment on 1997-05-24 (Senate Bill 102). It allowed specified emergency telephone-service fee revenue to be appropriated to the emergency medical and trauma care fund. The broader bill became law on 1997-06-20.
May 24, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final school gas-pipe safety requirements on 1997-05-24 (House Bill 1611). They required pressure testing of school district natural gas systems at least every two years, with specified testing and reporting conditions. It became law on 1997-06-20.
May 24, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against deleting proposed health, safety and nondiscrimination standards for registered family child care homes on 1997-05-21, during Senate Bill 359. The amendment passed. The broader child-protection bill became law on 1997-06-19.
May 21, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against blocking a school-distance safeguard in Senate Bill 370 on 1997-05-20. The amendment proposed barring specified intermodal toll roads with freight rail from within one mile of a public school. The amendment was blocked. The broader transportation bill became law on 1997-06-20.
May 20, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 2250 in the House on 1997-05-16. It required child-protection investigators to work with police and notify law enforcement about reported child abuse or neglect. The bill stopped in the Senate.
May 16, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against advancing House Bill 1437 on 1997-05-15. It proposed a highway emergency call-box system, with specified road and spending limits. The bill failed in the House.
May 15, 1997Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final border-port detention authority on 1997-05-14 (House Bill 870). It let specified federal officers detain people for certain intoxication offenses pending prompt transfer to Texas peace officers. It became law on 1997-05-26.
May 14, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against blocking a parole-officer firearms amendment on 1997-05-13 (House Bill 2909). It proposed firearms training, certification and specified carrying exceptions for parole officers. The amendment was blocked. The broader handgun bill became law on 1997-06-20.
May 13, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final hazardous-material route rules on 1997-05-08 (House Bill 711). They required state approval for local route designations for non-radioactive hazardous materials and consultation with affected local governments. It became law on 1997-05-20.
May 8, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the final bill penalizing fake court orders and fraudulent government documents on 1997-05-08 (House Bill 1185). It became law on 1997-05-21.
May 8, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 3380 in the House on 1997-05-06. It proposed an interstate compact for National Guard assistance in drug enforcement and demand reduction. The governor vetoed the bill on 1997-06-20.
May 6, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against advancing the wireless emergency-service bill on 1997-05-06 (House Bill 2129). The final law imposed a 50-cent monthly wireless connection fee for emergency calling services and related identification systems. It became law on 1997-06-20.
May 6, 1997Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1336 in the House on 1997-05-06. It required protective orders when courts made specified findings of family violence against children and revised emergency protection procedures. It became law on 1997-06-17.
May 6, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against advancing the water-safety bill at second reading on 1997-05-05 (House Bill 966). The final law required boating education for specified younger operators, with exemptions. It became law on 1997-06-20.
May 5, 1997Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 3254 in the House on 1997-05-05. The bill proposed requiring inspections, emergency plans and other safeguards for facilities housing out-of-state inmates, and barring private vendors from contracting directly with sending states. The bill stopped in the Senate.
May 5, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 797 on 1997-05-05. The bill proposed requiring bicycle riders and passengers younger than 18 to wear helmets on public routes, with fines for violations. The bill failed in the House.
May 5, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 1002 on 1997-04-16. It limited the public-records exemption for police and prosecutors to records whose release unduly interfered with investigation or prosecution. The bill failed in the House.
April 16, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass the motorcycle helmet bill in the House on 1997-04-15 (Senate Bill 99). The final law exempted riders aged 21 or older with qualifying safety training or at least $10,000 in health coverage. It became law on 1997-06-20.
April 15, 1997Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 2075 in the House on 1997-04-11. It authorized youth-corrections criminal history checks for specified staff, volunteers and service contractors, with disclosure limits. It became law on 1997-05-26.
April 11, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 278 in the House on 1997-04-10. It authorized specified officers to search certain youths on parole for firearms without reasonable suspicion and set standards for student searches. The bill stopped in the Senate.
April 10, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1092 in the House on 1997-04-08. It included children taken or retained contrary to a custody order within the missing-child definition and revised police response rules. It became law on 1997-05-07.
April 8, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1050 in the House on 1997-03-26. It allowed parole panels to require available psychological counseling for people serving stalking sentences. It became law on 1997-05-21.
March 26, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 432 in the House on 1997-03-05. It made inmates convicted of specified third-degree indecency-with-a-child offenses ineligible for mandatory supervision after new offenses. It became law on 1997-05-23.
March 5, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass the revised stalking offense in the House on 1997-01-23 (Senate Bill 97). It covered repeated threatening conduct and became law on 1997-01-28.
January 23, 1997Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 80 in the House on 1995-05-24. It concerned requiring training in issues concerning sex offender characteristics for certain judicial and law enforcement professionals.
May 24, 1995Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 46 in the House on 1995-05-24. It concerned requiring victim notification when an inmate escapes from a facility operated by the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
May 24, 1995Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for Amendment 12 to Senate Bill 15, which authorized sobriety checkpoints under specified conditions on 1995-05-24. The amendment failed because it did not receive the required two-thirds vote.
May 24, 1995Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 337 in the House at its first passage vote on 1995-05-23. It concerned requiring the use of protective helmets for bicycle safety. It failed at that vote.
May 23, 1995Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against tabling Senate Bill 141, which concerned punishment for crimes motivated by bias or prejudice on 1995-05-22. The motion to table passed.
May 22, 1995Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 129 in the House on 1995-05-19. It concerned magistrate's orders for emergency protection for victims of family violence or the offense of stalking and to the offense of violation of a protective order or magistrate's order for emergency protection.
May 19, 1995Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 124 in the House on 1995-05-19. It concerned notification of a victim of the offense of stalking about the release on bail of the defendant in the case.
May 19, 1995Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 1431 in a grouped House vote on 1995-05-19. It required planning for a statewide volunteer emergency medical services force and a radio network linking providers with hospitals or trauma centers.
May 19, 1995Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 2929 in the House on 1995-05-03. It concerned the safe operation of bicycles on roadways and to the consequences of certain offenses involving the operation of bicycles on roadways and created an offense.
May 3, 1995Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 4 in the House on 1995-03-07. It concerned the issuance of general obligation bonds for projects relating to corrections institutions and to an emergency appropriation to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for acquiring, constructing, and equipping corrections institutions.
March 7, 1995Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lrl.texas.gov

Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 24 support · 19 oppose

Voted to approve the final wrongful imprisonment compensation bill on 2001-05-26 (Senate Bill 536). It added an administrative claim process, covered specified actual innocence rulings and raised the lawsuit damages cap from $50,000 to $500,000. It became law on 2001-06-17.
May 26, 2001Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to approve the final death penalty restriction bill on 2001-05-26 (House Bill 236). It proposed barring execution of defendants found to have an intellectual disability through specified jury and court procedures, with life imprisonment instead. The governor vetoed it on 2001-06-17.
May 26, 2001Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 1887 on 2001-05-24. It made specified mental health treatment rights nonwaivable and required written consent and review for certain patients' research participation. It became law on 2001-06-16.
May 24, 2001Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against setting aside Senate Bill 49 on 2001-05-22. It proposed financial assistance cuts for specified drug or alcohol misdemeanors and drug felony benefit restrictions with rehabilitation exceptions. The House set the bill aside.
May 22, 2001Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance Senate Bill 1654 on second reading on 2001-05-22. It proposed barring insurer rules that interfered with an insured person's lawyer's loyalty, independent judgment or legal privilege. It provided damages and civil penalties. The governor vetoed it on 2001-06-17.
May 22, 2001Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 355 in the House on 2001-05-16. It protected nursing home residents' informed consent rights for drugs used to treat severe mental or emotional disorders. It required risk information and documentation, with emergency and authorized representative exceptions. It became law on 2001-06-14.
May 16, 2001Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to set aside Amendment 13 to Senate Bill 7 on 2001-05-16. It called for appointing a lawyer at the first court appearance for defendants released before appointment who lacked money for counsel. The motion failed. The broader defense law became law on 2001-06-14.
May 16, 2001Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against tabling an amendment to House Bill 63 on 2001-05-09. The amendment removed license seizure and temporary-permit provisions after intoxication arrests, along with related hearing procedures. The amendment was tabled. The broader bill became law on 2001-06-04.
May 9, 2001Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 2351 on second reading on 2001-05-09. The House version required supporting evidence for specified undercover drug testimony, with exceptions for qualifying officers. The narrower final law covered covert witnesses without officer or investigator licenses. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 9, 2001Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance the red-light camera bill on second reading on 2001-05-08 (House Bill 1115). It proposed municipal camera enforcement and civil penalties for eligible cities. The tied vote failed, and the bill stopped.
May 8, 2001Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 610 in the House on 2001-05-03. It opened a path to restore Texas civil rights after qualifying foreign convictions, subject to waiting periods and other conditions. It excluded violence, drugs and firearms offenses. It became law on 2001-05-16.
May 3, 2001Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to table an amendment to House Bill 396 on 2001-05-03. The amendment removed the driver's license thumbprint or fingerprint requirement. Tabling it kept that requirement in the bill. The governor vetoed the broader bill on 2001-06-17.
May 3, 2001Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 156 in the House on 2001-04-26. It increased penalties for specified drug offenses involving use of children and required consecutive sentences when the enhancement applied. It became law on 2001-06-14.
April 26, 2001Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 363 in the House on 2001-04-25. The House proposal required citations instead of taking qualifying people before a magistrate for covered fine-only traffic offenses, with identification and other conditions. It stopped in the Senate.
April 25, 2001Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against a driver's-license fingerprint-consent amendment on 2001-04-17 (House Bill 678). The amendment proposed a ban on taking applicants' prints without consent or denying a license for refusal. The amendment failed. The broader biometric-data bill became law on 2001-06-13.
April 17, 2001Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to table a benefits-privacy amendment on 2001-04-10 (Senate Bill 1). It proposed a ban on budget funds for electronic fingerprint or photo imaging of covered welfare and food-stamp applicants and recipients, plus funding for family-based alternatives for children contingent on separate legislation becoming law. The motion passed, blocking the amendment.
April 10, 2001Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the final post-conviction DNA testing bill on 2001-04-03. Senate Bill 3 created a court procedure for testing and preservation requirements for qualifying biological evidence. House Record 101 listed his vote.
April 3, 2001Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Authored House Bill 707, which became law on 1999-06-19. It required dismissal of qualifying expired vehicle inspection tickets after prompt correction, with an administrative fee up to $10.
June 19, 1999Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: capitol.texas.gov
Voted to advance Senate Bill 30 on 1999-05-21. It required parental notice before abortions for covered minors, with judicial authorization and medical-emergency exceptions. It became law on 1999-06-07.
May 21, 1999Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to table an amendment deleting proposed videotape evidence rules in intoxication cases on 1999-05-13 (House Bill 3489). The rules included a defense-related jury inference when equipment failure left no video. The tabling motion failed. The bill stopped in the Senate.
May 13, 1999Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 990 on 1999-05-11. It proposed administrative sanctions instead of criminal prosecution for qualifying first benefit-fraud cases involving applicants or recipients and less than $5,000. The bill failed in the House.
May 11, 1999Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 1132 in the House on 1999-05-08. It required procedural due process for applications, renewal, modification or revocation of covered medical staff membership and privileges. It became law on 1999-05-21.
May 8, 1999Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against an amendment to House Bill 2124 on 1999-05-07. It proposed adding murder of a person protected by a qualifying order directed at the accused to the capital-murder statute. The amendment passed. The broader family-violence bill became law on 1999-06-19.
May 7, 1999Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 126 on 1999-05-06. It proposed repealing the statute creating liability for false disparagement of perishable food products. The bill failed in the House.
May 6, 1999Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 261 in the House on 1999-05-06. It extended good-conduct-time forfeiture rules to covered frivolous or malicious lawsuits filed while inmates awaited prison transfer in county jail. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 6, 1999Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 787 in the House on 1999-04-28. It expanded authority to treat parking and stopping violations as civil offenses in qualifying cities and jointly operated airports. It became law on 1999-05-21.
April 28, 1999Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 260 on 1999-04-07. The proposal protected covered water and sewer employees from retaliation for good-faith reports of health or safety violations, with reinstatement and lost-wage remedies. The verified vote failed, and the bill stopped in the House.
April 7, 1999Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against advancing the juvenile firearm-detention bill on 1999-03-24 (House Bill 1269). The final law required detention after specified firearm-related allegations until judicial release or a detention hearing. It became law on 1999-05-25.
March 24, 1999Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1121 in the House on 1999-03-16. It expanded specified investigators' authority to arrest without a warrant outside their usual jurisdiction, with limits on traffic arrests. It became law on 1999-05-24.
March 16, 1999Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Authored House Bill 115, which became law on 1997-06-17. It made a warned parent's, guardian's or managing conservator's failure to attend a child's required court hearing a Class C misdemeanor.
June 17, 1997Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: capitol.texas.gov
Authored House Bill 1055, which became law on 1997-06-02. It denied a driver's license for failure to appear or pay a fine for a fine-only offense committed before age 17, until the court reported final disposition.
June 2, 1997Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: capitol.texas.gov
Voted for the final sex-offender supervision bill on 1997-05-29 (House Bill 2918). It allowed one extension of up to 10 years for specified offenders after a hearing and public-danger findings. It became law on 1997-06-20.
May 29, 1997Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 527 in the House on 1997-05-26. It restricted employment penalties for certain peace officers who refused lie-detector tests during internal investigations, with exceptions for specified complaints and extraordinary circumstances. It became law on 1997-06-20.
May 26, 1997Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to block a longer license-suspension amendment on 1997-05-20 (Senate Bill 35). The amendment proposed suspending specified young alcohol offenders' driving privileges until age 21. The amendment was blocked. The broader youth alcohol bill became law on 1997-06-19.
May 20, 1997Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final changes to delayed-prosecution rules on 1997-05-12 (House Bill 749). They allowed rearrest after a charging-delay dismissal once formal charges and a new arrest order were issued. The bill became law on 1997-05-26.
May 12, 1997Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 278 in the House on 1997-04-10. It authorized specified officers to search certain youths on parole for firearms without reasonable suspicion and set standards for student searches. The bill stopped in the Senate.
April 10, 1997Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 373 in the House on 1997-04-09. It allowed sheriffs to revoke sentence reductions for good conduct after courts dismissed inmates' lawsuits as frivolous or malicious. The bill stopped in the Senate.
April 9, 1997Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 432 in the House on 1997-03-05. It made inmates convicted of specified third-degree indecency-with-a-child offenses ineligible for mandatory supervision after new offenses. It became law on 1997-05-23.
March 5, 1997Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to table an amendment to Senate Bill 1013 that removed protections for police officers who refused a polygraph test and removed requirements to investigate complaints and have sufficient evidence before discipline on 1995-05-24. The motion to table passed.
May 24, 1995Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for Amendment 12 to Senate Bill 15, which authorized sobriety checkpoints under specified conditions on 1995-05-24. The amendment failed because it did not receive the required two-thirds vote.
May 24, 1995Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against tabling an amendment to Senate Bill 1074 that allowed an attorney for a witness targeted by a grand jury investigation to attend the witness’s questioning and advise the witness outside the jury’s hearing on 1995-05-23. The amendment was tabled.
May 23, 1995Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 175 in the House on 1995-05-12. It concerned the protection of a public employee who reports a violation of law.
May 12, 1995Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to table an amendment to House Bill 2727 that required probation for a person convicted of a state-jail felony who had no prior felony conviction on 1995-04-05. The motion passed.
April 5, 1995Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: lrl.texas.gov

Housing Affordability · 18 support · 1 oppose

Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 1392 on 2001-05-25. It ended annual refiling for qualifying community housing property tax exemptions and provided preliminary exemption decisions before acquisition. It became law on 2001-06-14.
May 25, 2001Supports Housing Affordability
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 2871 in the House on 2001-05-09. It proposed rate cuts for specified auto and home liability insurance, with regulatory review and relief procedures. The bill stopped in Senate committee.
May 9, 2001Supports Housing Affordability
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 3451 in the House on 2001-04-26. The House version extended the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation’s scheduled expiration to 2003-09-01. A later version became law on 2001-06-15.
April 26, 2001Supports Housing Affordability
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to adopt the veterans' financing proposal in the House on 2001-04-04 (House Joint Resolution 82). The final proposal authorized up to $500 million in outstanding home-mortgage bonds and specified use of surplus fund assets for veterans' cemeteries. It was sent to voters for November 2001.
April 4, 2001Supports Housing Affordability
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final House Bill 3255 on 1999-05-30. It allowed eligible domestic-violence victims one-time assistance of up to $2,000 for relocation and $1,800 for housing rental costs. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 30, 1999Supports Housing Affordability
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final redevelopment-finance changes on 1999-05-28 (House Bill 2684). They expanded uses of tax-increment funds, including affordable housing and contamination cleanup, and revised local approval powers. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 28, 1999Supports Housing Affordability
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 2180 on 1999-05-21. The lending law prohibited prepayment penalties on covered residential homestead loans charging more than 12 percent interest, except when federal requirements applied. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 21, 1999Supports Housing Affordability
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 598 in the House on 1999-05-12. It proposed a sales-tax exemption for qualifying building materials used to restore disaster-damaged homesteads within 18 months of the disaster declaration. It stopped in the Senate.
May 12, 1999Supports Housing Affordability
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 1155 in the House on 1999-05-03. It reallocated the state's tax-exempt private-bond ceiling, including increasing the reserved rental-housing share from 7.5 to 16.5 percent and reducing other shares. It became law on 1999-05-20.
May 3, 1999Supports Housing Affordability
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 2209 in the House on 1999-04-28. It let public housing authorities use public facility corporations and specified financing tools to provide affordable housing and housing assistance. It became law on 1999-05-29.
April 28, 1999Supports Housing Affordability
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 313 in the House on 1999-04-21. It let cities establish neighborhood empowerment zones for housing, development and services, using specified fee waivers and tax incentives. It became law on 1999-05-29.
April 21, 1999Supports Housing Affordability
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the final homestead tax constitutional proposal on 1997-06-01 (Senate Joint Resolution 43). It proposed allowing limits on appraisal increases and transfer of specified older homeowners' school-tax limits to another home. The Legislature sent the proposal to voters.
June 1, 1997Supports Housing Affordability
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the initial House tax amendment proposal on 1997-04-23, then against its final version on 1997-05-31. The final House Joint Resolution 4 proposed raising the school homestead exemption from $5,000 to $15,000 and extending protections for older homeowners.
May 31, 1997Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final tax-exempt private activity bond rules on 1997-05-29 (House Bill 2798). They changed the reserved shares of state bond capacity, including more for mortgage and residential rental projects and a separate student-loan share. It became law on 1997-06-20.
May 29, 1997Supports Housing Affordability
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final economic-development corporation changes on 1997-05-29 (House Bill 1410). They added affordable housing as an eligible project and required annual financial reporting. It became law on 1997-06-20.
May 29, 1997Supports Housing Affordability
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 1437 in the House on 1997-05-28. It revised homestead tax protections for qualifying older owners and surviving spouses, including when exemptions began and school-tax limits applied. It became law on 1997-06-19.
May 28, 1997Supports Housing Affordability
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1117 in the House on 1997-05-08. The bill proposed allowing cities to establish neighborhood empowerment zones for housing, development and services, using fee waivers and specified tax incentives. The bill stopped in the Senate.
May 8, 1997Supports Housing Affordability
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for House Joint Resolution 64, a proposed constitutional change, in the House on 1995-04-11. It concerned exempting from property taxation the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of an elderly person.
April 11, 1995Supports Housing Affordability
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for House Joint Resolution 34, a proposed constitutional change, in the House on 1995-03-06. It concerned increasing the amount of state bonds for veterans’ housing assistance.
March 6, 1995Supports Housing Affordability
Source: lrl.texas.gov

Civil Rights · 30 support · 2 oppose

Voted to approve the final special education discipline bill on 2001-05-27 (Senate Bill 189). It required disability-related reviews before discipline that changed a student's placement and added notice and placement safeguards for specified expulsions. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 27, 2001Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to approve the final death penalty restriction bill on 2001-05-26 (House Bill 236). It proposed barring execution of defendants found to have an intellectual disability through specified jury and court procedures, with life imprisonment instead. The governor vetoed it on 2001-06-17.
May 26, 2001Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 1403 on 2001-05-24. It allowed qualifying Texas high-school graduates to receive resident tuition after three years in the state and an affidavit promising to seek permanent residence when eligible. It became law on 2001-06-16.
May 24, 2001Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 1887 on 2001-05-24. It made specified mental health treatment rights nonwaivable and required written consent and review for certain patients' research participation. It became law on 2001-06-16.
May 24, 2001Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1296 in the House on 2001-05-11. It proposed barring public school discrimination against students based on listed traits, including gender identity and sexual orientation. The bill stopped in Senate committee.
May 11, 2001Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the final hate crimes bill on 2001-05-10 after Senate changes. House Bill 587 specified bias findings and penalty enhancements for covered crimes. House Record 365 listed his vote.
May 10, 2001Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 610 in the House on 2001-05-03. It opened a path to restore Texas civil rights after qualifying foreign convictions, subject to waiting periods and other conditions. It excluded violence, drugs and firearms offenses. It became law on 2001-05-16.
May 3, 2001Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 1491 on second reading on 2001-05-02. It proposed equal insurance terms for covered mental health treatment and physical illness for children under 19. Specified plans and disorders were excluded. It stopped in Senate committee.
May 2, 2001Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 1006 on 2001-04-30. The House proposal set welfare work-requirement exemptions and good-cause exceptions for disability, caregiving, unavailable child care or transport and other circumstances. The governor vetoed it on 2001-06-17.
April 30, 2001Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1688 in the House on 2001-04-23. It entitled qualifying students to carry and use their prescribed asthma medicine at school and school activities, with parental permission and medical certification. It became law on 2001-06-11.
April 23, 2001Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 845 in the House on 2001-04-18. It barred limitations dismissals for qualifying Texas residents' Holocaust-era insurance claims filed before 2012-12-31 and authorized enforcement against insurers. It became law on 2001-05-28.
April 18, 2001Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for an amendment defining spouses in marital-property rules as a man and a woman and excluding members of out-of-state same-sex civil unions on 2001-04-02 (House Bill 1245). The amendment passed, and the broader bill became law on 2001-06-14.
April 2, 2001Opposes Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against tabling the transit-representation bill on 2001-03-22 (House Bill 1621). The motion failed. The final law required designated representation of elderly people, people with disabilities and low-income residents on specified transit boards. It became law on 2001-06-15.
March 22, 2001Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final House Bill 1275 on 1999-05-30. It required translated special-education plans for parents unable to speak English, with Spanish copies required and good-faith efforts for other native languages. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 30, 1999Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final Senate Bill 801 on 1999-05-26. It required online access to state agency rules and generally distributed interpretations, electronic questions and responses, and accessible website design. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 26, 1999Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 623 in the House on 1999-05-26. It required specified accessibility features in qualifying publicly funded single-family affordable housing. It became law on 1999-06-20.
May 26, 1999Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 633 on 1999-05-20. It required standards for selling, leasing or lending assistive devices for students with disabilities changing schools or leaving a district, with consent and value rules. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 20, 1999Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 3675 in the House on 1999-05-11. It proposed Spanish assessments for qualifying students with limited English proficiency and related school-accountability changes. It stopped in the Senate.
May 11, 1999Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 2598 in the House on 1999-05-08. It proposed accessibility review of covered transportation-funded pedestrian projects and training for employees approving plans. It stopped in the Senate.
May 8, 1999Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1976 in the House on 1999-04-27. The House version continued the Human Rights Commission, required clearer complaint information and required employment-discrimination training for state employees. It became law on 1999-06-19.
April 27, 1999Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 938 on 1999-04-27. It proposed higher penalties for specified crimes motivated by bias, including bias based on race, religion, disability or sexual preference. It stopped in the Senate.
April 27, 1999Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 221 in the House on 1999-03-23. It barred consideration of color, age or disability when appointing members of the Board of Law Examiners. It became law on 1999-05-18.
March 23, 1999Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 752 in the House on 1999-03-18. It temporarily protected voting and candidacy rights in newly annexed areas of qualifying cities with no more than 110,000 residents. It became law on 1999-03-24, and expired on 2000-01-01.
March 18, 1999Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Jointly carried Senate Bill 231 in the House. It became law on 1997-05-29 and required state jury-source lists to exclude convicted felons and residents outside the county.
May 29, 1997Opposes Civil Rights
Source: capitol.texas.gov
Voted against deleting proposed health, safety and nondiscrimination standards for registered family child care homes on 1997-05-21, during Senate Bill 359. The amendment passed. The broader child-protection bill became law on 1997-06-19.
May 21, 1997Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 2103 on 1997-05-15. It set a policy against placing new waste facilities disproportionately in low-income or minority communities and revised siting review. The bill stopped in the Senate.
May 15, 1997Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 667 in the House on 1997-05-06. It established financial help for eligible people with hearing or speech impairments to obtain specialized telephone equipment. It became law on 1997-05-20.
May 6, 1997Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 1487 in the House on 1995-05-24. It concerned prohibiting the consideration of race or ethnicity as a factor in adoption or foster care placements.
May 24, 1995Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against tabling an amendment to Senate Bill 373 requiring utilities to report their use of historically underused businesses on 1995-05-23. It also prohibited discrimination and did not create a new right to sue. The motion to table failed.
May 23, 1995Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against tabling Senate Bill 141, which concerned punishment for crimes motivated by bias or prejudice on 1995-05-22. The motion to table passed.
May 22, 1995Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 819 in a grouped House vote on 1995-05-09. It concerned the signature of a notary public on behalf of an individual with a disability.
May 9, 1995Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to table an amendment to House Bill 127 that deleted the requirement to offer voter-registration assistance when an applicant's age or citizenship remained undetermined on 1995-05-08. The motion to table passed.
May 8, 1995Supports Civil Rights
Source: lrl.texas.gov

General · 818 records

Joined a Dallas County civil-court order requiring motions to decide claims without trial to be filed at least 90 days before trial. Untimely motions were automatically denied unless the court allowed an exception.
March 2, 2026
Source: dallascounty.org
Issued a temporary injunction on 2025-09-24 preventing the NCAA from declaring Louis Moore ineligible for the 2025–26 football season. The appeal was dismissed in June 2026 after Moore withdrew all his claims.
September 24, 2025
Source: search.txcourts.gov
Entered judgment for the Reavis family in a vehicle-defect case against Toyota. On 2022-01-07, the Texas Supreme Court vacated the trial and appeals judgments and dismissed the case on a joint request, without deciding its merits.
January 7, 2022
Source: txcourts.gov
Lost his claim for a share of Zurich's recovery in an insurance case. Appeals judges upheld that result on 2001-07-25. Zurich had not signed the fee agreement and had canceled it before he completed the work. The Texas Supreme Court declined further review on 2002-03-21.
March 21, 2002
Source: caselaw.findlaw.com
Carried Senate Bill 850 in the House. It became law on 2001-06-17 and provided payments for peace officers permanently disabled by qualifying criminal injuries. Other income reduced payments; all state payments together were capped at $200,000 a year.
June 17, 2001
Source: capitol.texas.gov
Jointly authored House Bill 2255, which became law on 2001-06-15. It authorized emergency stop orders for specified securities violations posing immediate and irreparable public harm, with notice and a prompt hearing process.
June 15, 2001
Source: capitol.texas.gov
Carried Senate Bill 1767 in the House. It became law on 2001-06-15 and expanded judges' authority to assign qualified magistrates to issue mental health protective custody orders.
June 15, 2001
Source: capitol.texas.gov
Carried Senate Bill 557 in the House. It became law on 2001-06-14 and permitted overtime pay or leave for certain senior police employees in qualifying cities with at least one million residents.
June 14, 2001
Source: capitol.texas.gov
Carried Senate Bill 1732 in the House. It became law on 2001-06-11 and required a child care pilot in three areas, including a rural area.
June 11, 2001
Source: capitol.texas.gov
Authored House Bill 2122, which became law on 2001-06-11. It allowed three experts outside active membership to serve on the volunteer emergency worker pension board.
June 11, 2001
Source: capitol.texas.gov
Voted for final House Bill 2912 on 2001-05-27. It continued the state's environmental commission and required uniform standards for evaluating and classifying regulated entities' compliance histories. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 27, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass the revised Senate Bill 985 in the House on 2001-05-27. It allowed cities to offer qualifying property tax abatements to leaseholders who made specified improvements or repairs in reinvestment zones. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 27, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to discharge conferees and accept Senate amendments to House Bill 3313 on 2001-05-27. It required written notice to affected parents when schools obtained exceptions to elementary class size limits. The notice had to identify the class and its size. It became law on 2001-06-14.
May 27, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to approve the final Railroad Commission bill on 2001-05-27 (Senate Bill 310). It continued the agency through 2013 and revised financial security requirements for well operators. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 27, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to approve the final Nimitz museum financing bill on 2001-05-27 (Senate Bill 1173). It authorized revenue bond financing for museum repair and expansion projects with an aggregate estimated cost up to $9 million. It became law on 2001-06-14.
May 27, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 826 in the House on 2001-05-27. It expressly authorized school districts to run schools, programs and classes outside district boundaries, including on college campuses with written consent. It became law on 2001-06-13.
May 27, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Carried Senate Bill 273 in the House and moved and voted to approve its final conference report on 2001-05-27. It raised the teacher pension service multiplier from 2.2 to 2.3 percent and increased specified retiree benefits. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 27, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to approve the final long-term care facility bill on 2001-05-27 (Senate Bill 1839). It added liability insurance requirements for nursing institutions starting in 2003 and allowed qualifying state inspection records in civil cases. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 27, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to approve the final turnpike authority bill on 2001-05-27 (Senate Bill 409). It expanded eligible toll road project facilities and allowed bond proceeds to reimburse specified earlier project costs. It became law on 2001-06-14.
May 27, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to approve the final floating cabin bill on 2001-05-27 (Senate Bill 1573). It required permits for covered coastal cabins, imposed sanitation and sewage safeguards and authorized penalties and removal procedures. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 27, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to approve the final career and technical education bill on 2001-05-27 (House Bill 660). It added a statewide advisory board and allowed local career programs involving businesses and colleges. The governor vetoed it on 2001-06-17.
May 27, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to approve the final electronic government bill on 2001-05-27 (Senate Bill 1458). It created a state office to coordinate digital projects and approve covered project spending. It also protected specified computer network security information from public disclosure. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 27, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to approve the final college savings plan bill on 2001-05-26 (Senate Bill 555). It established savings trust accounts for qualified higher education costs. The state did not guarantee investments. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 26, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 2914 on 2001-05-26. The fiscal bill required clear and unambiguous statutory language to waive state immunity from lawsuits and preserved legislative authority to grant permission to sue. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 26, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final House Bill 328 on 2001-05-26. It allowed qualifying school districts in counties below 10,000 residents to elect at least half their trustees from single-member districts, with others elected at large. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 26, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final House Joint Resolution 81 on 2001-05-26. It proposed up to $2 billion in additional state water-development bonds, including $50 million for a water infrastructure fund. It was sent to voters for November 2001.
May 26, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to approve the final student and teacher aid bill on 2001-05-26 (Senate Bill 1057). It allowed college grant eligibility extensions for serious hardship and added conditional grants for alternative teacher certification linked to service in shortage fields or communities. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 26, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to approve the final minors' addiction treatment bill on 2001-05-26 (Senate Bill 22). It expanded parental admission and treatment consent authority to cover 16- and 17-year-olds. It imposed release procedures and medical safeguards. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 26, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to approve the final water district powers bill on 2001-05-26 (Senate Bill 1444). It authorized district parks and recreation fees while barring property tax-backed bonds for those facilities. It became law without the governor's signature on 2001-06-17.
May 26, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 2575 on 2001-05-25. It raised covered compulsory student-services fee caps from $150 to $250 and revised student approval rules for increases. It became law on 2001-06-14.
May 25, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final House Bill 1641 on 2001-05-25. It barred using standardized tests as the sole admissions or scholarship criterion in covered graduate and professional programs, except specified English-proficiency tests, and permitted consideration of socioeconomic background and other factors. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 25, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 2510 on 2001-05-25. It required a diabetes research center at Texas Tech's El Paso health campus. It became law on 2001-06-14.
May 25, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 1449 on 2001-05-25. It extended the property tax abatement law through 2009 while barring school districts from new agreements under that chapter starting in September 2001. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 25, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 1886 on 2001-05-25. It revised municipal hotel tax rules, including removal of special public budget hearings and governing-body approval rules for specified tourism contractors. Financial record access requirements continued. It became law on 2001-06-16.
May 25, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 2379 on 2001-05-25. It allowed covered local development corporations to undertake water supply and conservation projects, with clear project descriptions in tax election propositions. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 25, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 920 on 2001-05-25. It adopted parentage rules covering voluntary acknowledgments, court determinations and genetic testing. It became law on 2001-06-14.
May 25, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 1617 on 2001-05-25. It funded prison industry expansion through specified inmate wage deductions and allowed prison land leases at negotiated prices instead of requiring market value. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 25, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 2700 on 2001-05-25. It required pilot programs for publicly reimbursed medical care delivered remotely, initially near the Mexican border, and authorized related facility grants. It became law on 2001-06-13.
May 25, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 2877 on 2001-05-25. It gave the State Preservation Board access to criminal history for specified staff and volunteer screening, with disclosure limits, alongside facilities and purchasing changes. It became law on 2001-06-17.
May 25, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 2870 on 2001-05-25. It authorized county economic development loans, grants, services and qualifying tax abatements and validated specified earlier county actions. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 25, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 2602 on 2001-05-25. It set the statutory minimum income eligibility level for county health care at 21 percent of the federal poverty level rather than 25 percent and revised state assistance funding. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 25, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 2453 on 2001-05-25. It raised the Veterans' Land Board's limit for specified revenue bonds from $250 million to $1 billion. It became law on 2001-06-14.
May 25, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 2004 on 2001-05-25. It required mental health discharge plans to address appropriate medication needs until a physician visit and identify responsibility for supplying and paying for the medicine. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 25, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 2600 on 2001-05-25. It revised workers' compensation medical oversight, including registration, training and financial-interest requirements for covered doctors and providers. It became law on 2001-06-17.
May 25, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 2109 on 2001-05-25. It exempted qualifying college entrants with a 3.5 high-school average and specified coursework from academic-skills testing if they enrolled within two years of graduation. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 25, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 1214 on 2001-05-24. It revised occupational licensing enforcement, including a default administrative penalty ceiling of $5,000 per day for each violation when the governing law supplied no maximum. It became law on 2001-06-14.
May 24, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 1188 on 2001-05-24. It extended covered assault protections for school employees to injuries caused by people exempt from criminal liability because of age or mental capacity. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 24, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to approve the final mental health professional bill on 2001-05-24 (Senate Bill 684). It added licensed professional counselors and marriage and family therapists to the Mental Health Code's nonphysician professional definition. It became law on 2001-06-13.
May 24, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 299 on 2001-05-24. It allowed 75-mile-per-hour daytime limits on state highways in sparsely populated counties when the state found them safe, with specified heavy vehicle exclusions. It became law on 2001-06-17.
May 24, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Authored House Bill 1888, which became law on 2001-05-24. It assigned the firefighter pension commissioner duties involving appeals, records, rules and annual reporting.
May 24, 2001
Source: capitol.texas.gov
Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 1692 on 2001-05-24. It kept qualifying electric utilities outside the main Texas grid under traditional rate regulation and delayed their option for retail competition until at least 2007. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 24, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to approve the final student deposit bill on 2001-05-24 (Senate Bill 1472). It changed a required deposit capped at $10 to an optional deposit capped at $100. Refund rules for remaining balances continued. It became law on 2001-06-16.
May 24, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to approve the final TEXAS grant II bill on 2001-05-24 (Senate Bill 1596). It created financial need-based grants for qualifying students in public two-year degree and certificate programs, subject to funding and continued academic eligibility. It became law on 2001-06-11.
May 24, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 1645 on 2001-05-24. It allowed qualifying college transfer courses with grades of B or better to satisfy the corresponding academic-skills requirements, with transcript rules. It became law on 2001-06-14.
May 24, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 1018 on 2001-05-24. It expedited medical license applications for specified rural or underserved-area work and required requests for qualifying faculty physicians' federal visa waivers. It became law on 2001-06-16.
May 24, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 1938 on 2001-05-24. It revised education-loan financing and allowed qualifying alternative student loans, with lender, loan-size and interest rules. It became law on 2001-06-16.
May 24, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 176 on 2001-05-24. It allowed agreed remote hearings and testimony in covered civil cases, with recording requirements and a prior-deposition condition for trial witnesses. It became law on 2001-06-14.
May 24, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 1913 on 2001-05-24. It strengthened review protections for health care providers facing insurer contract termination, with exceptions for serious misconduct and patient danger. The governor vetoed it on 2001-06-17.
May 24, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 472 on 2001-05-24. It created a Texas no-call list, restricted covered telemarketing calls to listed numbers and prohibited evasion of caller identification, with exceptions and penalties. It became law on 2001-06-17.
May 24, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 1359 on 2001-05-24. It required common transfer curricula for at least 15 high-demand degree programs by specified deadlines and publication of college credit transfer guidelines. It became law on 2001-06-14.
May 24, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 877 on 2001-05-24. It raised the principal death benefit for qualifying public servants' survivors from $50,000 to $250,000 and added college benefits for eligible spouses and children. It revised survivor priority and removed dependent siblings. It became law on 2001-06-17.
May 24, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 623 on 2001-05-24. It required schools to honor parents' requests for students to take textbooks home when available and set safeguards against erroneous sample copies being sold as used textbooks. It became law on 2001-06-14.
May 24, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 247 on 2001-05-24. It allowed permit-free reservoirs of up to 200 acre-feet for wildlife management in unincorporated areas, including fishing but excluding fish farming. It became law on 2001-06-17.
May 24, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 173 in the House on 2001-05-23. It proposed rules for cash bail refunds and deductions for related unpaid fines and costs. It barred cash deposits below the full set bail amount and money conditions for personal bonds. The governor vetoed it on 2001-06-17.
May 23, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to adopt Senate Joint Resolution 49 in the House on 2001-05-22. It proposed constitutional rules for uniform court fee handling and earlier fee effective dates. It was filed on 2001-05-26 for a 2001-11-06 election.
May 22, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to adopt Senate Joint Resolution 6 in the House on 2001-05-22. It proposed authority to exempt qualifying commercial goods held temporarily at another party's location from property taxes, with a local option to tax them. It was filed on 2001-05-28 for a 2001-11-06 election.
May 22, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against setting aside Amendment 10 to Senate Bill 1156 on 2001-05-22. It replaced a childbearing-age test with a minimum age of 18 for a proposed women's preventive health and family planning program. The amendment was adopted. The governor vetoed the broader Medicaid bill on 2001-06-17.
May 22, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to adopt Senate Joint Resolution 32 in the House on 2001-05-22. It proposed allowing cities to donate outdated or surplus firefighting equipment to underdeveloped countries. It was filed on 2001-05-24 for a 2001-11-06 election.
May 22, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to set aside Amendment 30 to Senate Bill 2 on 2001-05-21. It preserved and expanded specified municipal supply wells' exemption from groundwater district regulation. The motion failed and the amendment was adopted. The broader water law became law on 2001-06-15.
May 21, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against setting aside an amendment removing a proposed $1 daily hotel surcharge from Senate Bill 5 on 2001-05-21. The removal amendment was adopted. He also voted against setting aside removal of proposed vehicle inspection fees. The broader emissions plan became law on 2001-06-15.
May 21, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 591 in the House on 2001-05-16. It allowed sheriffs and constables to use reasonable force to enforce commercial tenants' court orders for reentry. It became law on 2001-06-11.
May 16, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 82 in the House on 2001-05-16. It required equal entry criteria for high school and college credit courses regardless of public, private or home schooling. It became law on 2001-06-14.
May 16, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against setting aside Amendment 7 to Senate Bill 1783 on 2001-05-16. It proposed communications grants and loans for specified disadvantaged communities, including settlements near the border. The amendment was set aside. The bill later stopped in conference.
May 16, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 1475 on 2001-05-16. It provided a grant program for stipends to certified technology teacher mentors, subject to available appropriations. It favored high-need schools. It became law on 2001-06-16.
May 16, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against House passage of Senate Bill 272 on 2001-05-16. It revised permitted interest calculations for certain consumer loans and limited repeated administrative fees on specified refinancings. It became law on 2001-06-14.
May 16, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 1686 on 2001-05-16. It required veterinarians to report listed animal diseases within 24 hours of diagnosis. It became law on 2001-06-11.
May 16, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 588 in the House on 2001-05-16. It expanded local cultural facility financing purposes to include specified health, social service and conservation facilities. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 16, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 940 in the House on 2001-05-16. It established medical school preparation and scholarship support for qualifying economically disadvantaged students. It became law on 2001-06-11.
May 16, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 158 in the House on 2001-05-16. It required school counseling about college preparation and financial aid, including information for students and parents in the first and final high school years. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 16, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 1671 in the House on 2001-05-16. It authorized school districts to issue bonds to buy new school buses. It became law on 2001-06-17.
May 16, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to adopt Senate Joint Resolution 16 in the House on 2001-05-16. It proposed a Texas Mobility Fund for highway financing, including bonds and toll road grants or loans. It was filed on 2001-05-25 for a 2001-11-06 election.
May 16, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for House passage of Senate Bill 354 on 2001-05-16. It proposed competitive bidding exceptions for specified local corporation hotel, water and redevelopment projects. The House later revised the bill. The governor vetoed it on 2001-06-17.
May 16, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 596 in the House on 2001-05-16. It authorized school districts to offer additional preschool classes using tuition or district funds, with limits on tuition and state approval. It became law on 2001-06-11.
May 16, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 2384 on 2001-05-15. It required voter approval for qualifying smaller cities to recognize exclusive bargaining agents for police or firefighters under the covered law. It became law on 2001-05-28.
May 15, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 1103 on 2001-05-15. It extended unemployment-contribution collection rules to final agency assessments, including interest and a bond requirement after unsatisfied enforcement. It became law on 2001-05-28.
May 15, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 1687 on 2001-05-15. It allowed the animal health commission to assist industry food safety and quality programs on request. It also allowed gifts and grants with annual source reporting. It became law on 2001-05-28.
May 15, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against Amendment 12 to Senate Bill 507 on 2001-05-15. It called for homeowners' association fees to fund loans for owners struggling to pay assessments. The amendment failed. The broader association protection bill became law on 2001-06-14.
May 15, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against advancing Senate Bill 293 on second reading on 2001-05-14. It proposed criminal penalties for unauthorized use of electronic driver's license data, with specified government and commercial exceptions. The bill failed.
May 14, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against advancing Senate Bill 85 on second reading on 2001-05-14. It proposed adding life without parole to capital sentencing options. On 2001-05-15, he moved and voted to reconsider the failed bill. That motion also failed.
May 14, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 789 in the House on 2001-05-11. It revised Medicaid rules for medical care delivered remotely and added technology security standards. It also provided for telehealth payment pilot programs. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 11, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1853 in the House on 2001-05-11. It proposed full funding of basic insurance coverage for qualifying state employees' children, subject to appropriations limits. The bill stopped in Senate committee.
May 11, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 1037 in the House on 2001-05-11. It allowed a state program using taxpayer-hired accountants for sales tax audits, with qualifications and confidentiality safeguards. It barred specified penalties absent fraud or deliberate evasion. It became law on 2001-06-13.
May 11, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 433 in the House on 2001-05-11. The secured lending law excluded specified injury compensation and special needs trust benefits from its rules. It became law on 2001-06-13.
May 11, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1959 in the House on 2001-05-11. It proposed federally permitted income exclusions for food stamp households containing both eligible and specified ineligible members. It stopped in the Senate.
May 11, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 236 in the House on 2001-05-11. It revised children's court-ordered medical support priorities, including public health plan applications when affordable private coverage was unavailable. It became law on 2001-06-05.
May 11, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 729 in the House on 2001-05-11. It proposed proportionate minimum pay for teachers and specified school staff required to work additional days. The bill stopped in Senate committee.
May 11, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 702 in the House on 2001-05-11. It revised school support duties and eligibility for students at risk of dropping out, including specified younger students. It became law on 2001-06-13.
May 11, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 170 in the House on 2001-05-11. It allowed public bodies' quorums to attend legislative meetings without separate meeting status when their activity stayed within specified public participation. It became law on 2001-06-04.
May 11, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance his firefighter employment bill on second reading on 2001-05-10 (House Bill 320). It proposed voluntary city agreements with recognized firefighter associations over pay and working conditions. The bill stopped before House passage.
May 10, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to adopt House Joint Resolution 60 on 2001-05-10. It proposed greater legislative supervision of the Texas Supreme Court's rulemaking powers. It stopped in Senate committee.
May 10, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 865 in the House on 2001-05-10. It revised property appraisal corrections, including prior protests that lacked a decision on the merits. Other eligibility limits and correction penalties remained. It became law on 2001-05-28.
May 10, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 1140 in the House on 2001-05-10. It strengthened job reinstatement protections for state military personnel returning to private employment. Employers carried the burden of proving reinstatement impossible or unreasonable. It became law on 2001-05-24.
May 10, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 637 in the House on 2001-05-10. It allowed navigation districts to form transportation corporations, with procurement rules and city consent for taking rights of way within cities. It became law on 2001-06-16.
May 10, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 3012 in the House on 2001-05-10. It proposed extending the physicians' joint negotiation law through 2005 and protecting submitted business information. The bill stopped in Senate committee.
May 10, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 3147 in the House on 2001-05-10. It allowed qualifying retired educators to work as principals or assistant principals without losing retirement payments. It required a year away from public school service. It became law on 2001-06-11.
May 10, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 601 in the House on 2001-05-10. It authorized insurance premium tax credits for investments in certified capital companies, with investment requirements and limits. It became law on 2001-05-28.
May 10, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 2086 on second reading on 2001-05-10. As amended, it proposed conditional increases in wages subject to unemployment taxes, capped at $12,000. Fund balance conditions allowed a return to $9,000. The bill failed.
May 10, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 3038 in the House on 2001-05-10. The House version linked eligible public health beneficiaries to cost-effective group insurance, with premium payments and other protections. The bill became law on 2001-06-15.
May 10, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 3567 on 2001-05-10. It authorized veterans' land loans secured by mortgages or other liens, alongside existing land purchase arrangements. It became law on 2001-05-24.
May 10, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to adopt House Joint Resolution 89 on 2001-05-10. It proposed allowing counties to spend available money, including qualifying bond funds, on roads within cities. It stopped in Senate committee.
May 10, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 261 on 2001-05-09. It revised which convicted defendants were eligible to request transfer from county jail to state prison during an appeal. A valid transfer ended bail eligibility during that appeal. It became law on 2001-05-22.
May 9, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 2776 in the House on 2001-05-09. It proposed grants for nonprofit water and sewer projects involving residents of qualifying underserved border communities. The bill stopped in Senate committee.
May 9, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against House Joint Resolution 22 on 2001-05-09. It proposed allowing specified injury and death claims against the state after the Texas A&M bonfire and Prairie View van disasters. It included damages limits and other conditions. It failed.
May 9, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to approve the final TexasOnline bill on 2001-05-09 (Senate Bill 187). It established shared systems for online government applications, documents and payments, with authority oversight and license-related funding. It became law on 2001-05-26.
May 9, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against advancing the vehicle emissions bill on second reading on 2001-05-09 (House Bill 2134). It included assistance for eligible low-income vehicle owners in participating counties. The bill passed the House and became law on 2001-06-15.
May 9, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 2807 in the House on 2001-05-09. It proposed a locally funded Medicaid pilot for qualifying uninsured, low-income adults, using federal matching funds. The governor vetoed it on 2001-06-17.
May 9, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 846 in the House on 2001-05-09. The House version required qualifying cities above 10,000 people to process requested employee association dues deductions. The final bill narrowed that population rule. The governor vetoed it on 2001-06-17.
May 9, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to adopt House Joint Resolution 44 on 2001-05-09. It proposed allowing local property tax exemptions for qualifying travel trailers, excluding school district taxes. It was filed on 2001-05-24 for the November 2001 election.
May 9, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Authored House Bill 782, which became law on 2001-05-09. It authorized home-rule city grants to development corporations through economic development contracts and restricted property-tax-backed bond funding.
May 9, 2001
Source: capitol.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 3452 in the House on 2001-05-09. The House version continued the economic development department through 2003 and added oversight standards. On 2001-05-27, he opposed ending conference negotiations and accepting Senate changes. That motion failed, and the bill stopped.
May 9, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 3631 on second reading on 2001-05-08. It proposed delaying grade promotion testing requirements by one year for grades three, five and eight. It stopped in Senate committee.
May 8, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against House passage of House Bill 1143 on 2001-05-08. The teacher bill proposed an alternative certification route for qualifying degree holders, alongside mentor grants and placement restrictions. It passed the House but stopped in Senate committee.
May 8, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against advancing House Bill 2486 on second reading on 2001-05-08. The amended purchasing bill proposed awarding municipal contracts based on best value instead of the lowest responsible bid. It failed.
May 8, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 2606 in the House on 2001-05-08. It proposed reducing minimum freight train crews from five people to two, with specified exceptions and federal limits. The bill stopped in Senate committee.
May 8, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1537 in the House on 2001-05-08. It required a study of interstate health care continuity for covered migrant workers' children. The commission had to start a pilot if it found the network feasible. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 8, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 2119 in the House on 2001-05-08. It authorized licensed charities to offer progressive bingo, with prizes growing across sessions until someone won. The governor vetoed it on 2001-06-17.
May 8, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against advancing House Bill 3175 on second reading on 2001-05-08. As amended, it required specified public law office employees running for judge to certify limits on workplace campaigning. The bill failed.
May 8, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 2763 in the House on 2001-05-08. It required local workforce boards to count eligible school money and services toward federal child care matching funds. It became law on 2001-06-13.
May 8, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1317 in the House on 2001-05-08. It proposed stronger financial security requirements for specified oil well operators, covering well plugging and surface cleanup. It stopped during conference proceedings.
May 8, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance the Texas House redistricting bill on second reading on 2001-05-07 (House Bill 150). It proposed district boundaries for elections beginning in 2002. It passed the House but stopped in the Senate.
May 7, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 827 in the House on 2001-05-03. It allowed qualifying rural development borrowing with repayment before 30 years. Notes totaling up to $500,000 received specified approval exemptions. It became law on 2001-05-16.
May 3, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 1629 on 2001-05-03. It allowed the Lower Colorado River Authority to contract to sell water outside its service area, with surcharges, contract limits and lake-level protections. It became law on 2001-05-16.
May 3, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 253 on second reading on 2001-05-03. It proposed raising qualifying public servants' survivor payments from $50,000 to $250,000 and changing survivor eligibility. The bill stopped in Senate committee.
May 3, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to adopt Senate Joint Resolution 2 on 2001-05-03. It proposed allowing school districts to donate surplus historic school property for preservation under specified safeguards. It was filed on 2001-05-04 for the November 2001 election.
May 3, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1721 in the House on 2001-05-03. It allowed qualified teachers from other jurisdictions to use comparable, equally rigorous certification exams instead of repeating the Texas exam. It became law on 2001-06-16.
May 3, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 2456 in the House on 2001-05-03. It proposed a health care pilot for low-income residents in eligible counties. It authorized voter-approved sales taxes up to one percent for funding. It stopped in Senate committee.
May 3, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 340 on second reading on 2001-05-03. It proposed a county road mapping process establishing public access and maintenance authority, with notice and court challenges. It stopped in Senate committee.
May 3, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1053 in the House on 2001-05-03. It allowed qualifying commercial and industrial development zones in counties with at least 2.5 million people. It authorized funding from growth in property tax revenue. It became law on 2001-06-16.
May 3, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final changes to House Bill 1665 on 2001-05-03. The vehicle sales law expanded license discipline for deliberate fraud from retail buyers to any buyer. It became law on 2001-05-18.
May 3, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 179 in the House on 2001-05-03. It proposed college testing exemptions for military personnel and their dependents. The House also added exemptions for some older students. The bill stopped after House passage.
May 3, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 1761 on second reading on 2001-05-03. It proposed protected time off for eligible parents attending school-requested meetings. The motion failed. The House later passed the bill, which stopped in the Senate.
May 3, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 1384 on second reading on 2001-05-03. It proposed limits on insurers ending captive agents' contracts because of customer location or qualifying claims experience. It stopped in Senate committee.
May 3, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 2190 in the House on 2001-05-02. It required state debt policies covering borrowing risks, reserves and the effects on state finances. It became law on 2001-06-11.
May 2, 2001
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Voted to pass House Bill 2888 in the House on 2001-05-02. It set school bond repayment tests using a tax rate of 50 cents per $100 of property value. It allowed certified future property values, with safeguards. It became law on 2001-06-13.
May 2, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 2312 in the House on 2001-05-02. It revised state contract claim procedures and preserved legislative authority to grant permission to sue the state. The governor vetoed it on 2001-06-17.
May 2, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 2053 in the House on 2001-05-02. It proposed validating specified municipal court actions despite defects in the courts' creation, with exceptions for invalidity judgments. The bill stopped in Senate committee.
May 2, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 2029 in the House on 2001-05-01. It included qualifying employment by Indian tribes in the state unemployment compensation system, with specified exclusions. It became law on 2001-06-11.
May 1, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 1130 on 2001-05-01. It broadened tuition-exemption eligibility for qualifying school employees who had worked as aides and required plans to make teacher-certification courses more accessible. It became law on 2001-05-14.
May 1, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 2336 in the House on 2001-05-01. It assigned the secretary of state responsibility for distributing federal election administration funds, including assistance for replacing punch-card systems. It became law on 2001-06-11.
May 1, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against Amendment 2 to Amendment 1 to House Bill 2107 on 2001-05-01. The amendment proposed applying customer credits, as far as possible, to electricity consumed in August 2001, conditional on immediate effect. The amendment failed. The broader bill stopped in the Senate.
May 1, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 2331 in the House on 2001-05-01. It raised maximum license suspensions for covered alcohol violations involving minors from 60 to 90 days for a first offense and from three to six months for a second offense. It became law on 2001-06-15.
May 1, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 893 in the House on 2001-05-01. It proposed a $5 vehicle registration fee for the tertiary care account supporting trauma centers. The proposal authorized counties to retain up to 10 percent for administration and other county purposes. The bill stopped in the Senate.
May 1, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to adopt the House proposal for construction and repair bonds on 2001-05-01 (House Joint Resolution 97). The House version provided up to $800 million. The final proposal allowed up to $850 million and added equipment purchases. It was filed on 2001-05-28 for the November 2001 election.
May 1, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1941 in the House on 2001-04-30. It reduced the prior Texas residence period for qualifying military family members' resident tuition from twelve to six months, while retaining other conditions. It became law on 2001-06-11.
April 30, 2001
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Voted to adopt House Joint Resolution 2 in the House on 2001-04-30. It proposed letting counties declare long-unfilled constable offices dormant, with reinstatement procedures and a voter-petition right. It was sent to voters for November 2002.
April 30, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 1328 on 2001-04-30. The House proposal shifted execution-warrant authority to the Court of Criminal Appeals after specified review deadlines. The vote failed, and the bill stopped in the House.
April 30, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance the school-employee health-coverage bill on 2001-04-30 (House Bill 3343). The House version established a state group-coverage program for covered employees and dependents and barred preexisting-condition limits. A later version became law on 2001-06-15.
April 30, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 1869 on 2001-04-30. The House version classified qualifying permanently attached manufactured homes as real property and set closing and installation requirements. A later version became law on 2001-06-15.
April 30, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 84 in the House on 2001-04-30. It added qualifying volunteer centers to the definition of charitable organizations under the charitable-liability law. It became law on 2001-05-14.
April 30, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to adopt House Joint Resolution 85 in the House on 2001-04-30. The House version allowed current and retired schoolteachers and retired school administrators to receive pay for serving on water-district governing bodies. A later version expanded the covered local bodies and was sent to voters for November 2001.
April 30, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1640 in the House on 2001-04-30. It authorized a pharmacy school at Texas A&M University–Kingsville and degrees customarily offered by leading pharmacy schools. It became law on 2001-05-24.
April 30, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 1166 in the House on 2001-04-26. It expanded delegated prescribing by qualifying nurses and physician assistants at alternate practice sites, with supervision conditions and limited waiver authority. It became law on 2001-05-11.
April 26, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 607 in the House on 2001-04-26. It allowed cities to create development corporations for job training and education programs and to fund them with voter-approved sales taxes. It became law on 2001-05-16.
April 26, 2001
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Voted to pass House Bill 2463 in the House on 2001-04-26. It barred new producer-dairy permits in areas deemed infected with or at high risk for bovine tuberculosis, while protecting specified existing permit holders. It became law on 2001-06-04.
April 26, 2001
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Voted to advance House Bill 2639 on 2001-04-26. The House proposal adjusted redistricting counts to place qualifying incarcerated people at their prior Texas addresses and required use of those adjusted counts. The vote failed, and the bill stopped in the House.
April 26, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass the prescription-drug program bill in the House on 2001-04-26 (House Bill 1094). The House version required a program for qualifying Medicare beneficiaries, with enrollment priorities when funding was insufficient. It became law on 2001-06-15.
April 26, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 3524 in the House on 2001-04-26. It allowed a limited flat-rate tuition pilot at the University of Texas at Austin, with a full-time tuition ceiling and evaluation requirements. It became law on 2001-06-11.
April 26, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 3054 in the House on 2001-04-25. The House proposal allowed loans and federal Pell grants to supplement a state Texas grant when tuition and required fees exceeded that grant. It stopped in the Senate.
April 25, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 2530 in the House on 2001-04-25. It restricted misleading mail sweepstakes and purchase-linked entries, with specified exemptions. It became law on 2001-06-15.
April 25, 2001
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Voted to pass House Bill 514 in the House on 2001-04-25. The House proposal provided a state gambling-law defense for qualifying federally permitted tribal gaming on specified federally recognized tribal land. It stopped in the Senate.
April 25, 2001
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Voted to advance House Bill 740 on 2001-04-25. The House proposal required judges granting judgment without trial to identify their grounds and limited appeals to those grounds. The verified vote failed; the bill later passed the House and stopped in the Senate.
April 25, 2001
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Voted to pass House Bill 3309 in the House on 2001-04-25. It established a coalition to develop a Houston biotechnology research park through public and private contributions, with authority to use available state land. It became law on 2001-06-11.
April 25, 2001
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Voted to pass House Bill 1448 in the House on 2001-04-25. It allowed qualifying tax-abatement agreements covering leasehold interests and improvements on tax-exempt property in reinvestment zones. It became law on 2001-06-13.
April 25, 2001
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 695 in the House on 2001-04-24. It allowed covered government bodies to consult outside attorneys remotely, while requiring public consultations to be audible at the meeting location. It became law on 2001-05-07.
April 24, 2001
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Voted to pass House Bill 1113 in the House on 2001-04-24. The House proposal allowed police officers in qualifying large cities to donate leave to employee organizations for legislative activity, with donation and use limits. The governor vetoed it on 2001-06-17.
April 24, 2001
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 938 in the House on 2001-04-24. It revised agriculture licensing sanctions and allowed stop-sale orders for products improperly represented as organic. It became law on 2001-05-07.
April 24, 2001
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Voted to table an insurance-rate amendment on 2001-04-24 (House Bill 2159). The amendment required reasons for rate increases, allowed rejection of unjustified increases and set expiration and review provisions. The motion failed. The broader bill became law on 2001-06-16.
April 24, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 2746 in the House on 2001-04-24. It revised overlapping emergency-service district rules, barring duplicate services and limiting overlapping territory, with a separate rule for very large counties. It became law on 2001-06-16.
April 24, 2001
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Voted to pass House Bill 2344 in the House on 2001-04-24. It removed a statutory 900-student cap on lower-division enrollment at the University of Texas at Brownsville, leaving intake to the university and junior-college boards. It became law on 2001-06-15.
April 24, 2001
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Voted to advance House Bill 1243 on 2001-04-23. It required a system to track employment and earnings of covered former public-assistance recipients for up to three years and report results to lawmakers. It became law on 2001-06-14.
April 23, 2001
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Voted to pass House Bill 1281 in the House on 2001-04-23. It proposed requiring accessible payment locations for covered water customers facing disconnection, with waiver rules and extra payment time when a waiver applied. It stopped in the Senate.
April 23, 2001
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Voted against advancing House Bill 1684 on 2001-04-23. It allowed a separate insurance policy or agent fee in covered motor-vehicle installment contracts. It became law on 2001-05-28.
April 23, 2001
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Voted to adopt the homestead-lien proposal in the House on 2001-04-23 (House Joint Resolution 5). The final proposal shortened a home-repair credit waiting period from twelve to five days and addressed manufactured-home lien conversions. It was sent to voters for November 2001.
April 23, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against advancing the electronic license-information bill on 2001-04-23, then against tabling its final report on 2001-05-27 (House Bill 3016). The final law allowed alcohol-law compliance checks using license data, with retention and marketing limits. It became law on 2001-06-15.
April 23, 2001
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Voted against advancing House Bill 1994 on 2001-04-23. The House proposal raised covered documentary-fee caps in retail installment sales from $50 to $75, with disclosure rules. The governor vetoed it on 2001-05-28.
April 23, 2001
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Voted for final House Joint Resolution 47 on 2001-04-23. It proposed allowing a legislative vacancy to be filled without an election when only one candidate qualified. It was sent to voters for November 2001.
April 23, 2001
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Authored House Joint Resolution 45 and voted to adopt the presidential-elector proposal in the House on 2001-04-23. It proposed requiring a special legislative session to appoint electors if the governor found a reasonable likelihood of missing the legal deadline for a final determination of their appointment. It was sent to voters for November 2001.
April 23, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 688 in the House on 2001-04-23. It allowed qualifying local alcohol-sales restrictions within 1,000 feet of private schools on their governing body's request and revised school-area alcohol rules. It became law on 2001-05-28.
April 23, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1755 in the House on 2001-04-23. It allowed specified health-profession licensing boards to deny, suspend or discipline licenses for student-loan defaults or breached service obligations, with rebuttal and restoration rules. It became law on 2001-06-11.
April 23, 2001
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Jointly authored House Bill 1747, which became law on 2001-04-20. It added complaint handling requirements and conflict restrictions for firefighter pension oversight officials.
April 20, 2001
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 813 in the House on 2001-04-19. It created a spaceport infrastructure trust fund, with spending tied to business, financing and federal licensing conditions. It became law on 2001-05-02.
April 19, 2001
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 565 in the House on 2001-04-19. It set rules for security interests backing public debt, including automatic protection of covered pledges and priority over certain other creditors, with real-property recording rules. It became law on 2001-05-02.
April 19, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 576 in the House on 2001-04-19. It established the University of North Texas at Dallas in law, with independent operation conditioned on a certified enrollment threshold of 2,500 full-time-equivalent students. It became law on 2001-05-02.
April 19, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 716 in the House on 2001-04-19. It expanded the agricultural linked-deposit program to qualifying rural businesses and raised its total cap from $25 million to $30 million, including $5 million for rural business development. It became law on 2001-05-02.
April 19, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 2840 in the House on 2001-04-18. It authorized a Texarkana college-university partnership and simultaneous enrollment for students meeting the university's requirements. It became law on 2001-05-21.
April 18, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass the interstate adult-offender supervision bill in the House on 2001-04-18 (House Bill 2494). The final law adopted a framework for tracking and supervising offenders moving between states and created a Texas oversight council. It became law on 2001-06-11.
April 18, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 234 in the House on 2001-04-18. It exempted active-duty military students from specified college academic-skills testing requirements. It became law on 2001-05-24.
April 18, 2001
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Voted to advance House Bill 2 on 2001-04-17. The House version proposed reports for targeted candidate advertising costing more than $2,500 in covered preelection periods, with specified exceptions. It stopped after conference committees were appointed.
April 17, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 85 in the House on 2001-04-11. It proposed removing Hudspeth County limits from specified radioactive-waste site-selection and land-entry provisions. It stopped in the Senate.
April 11, 2001
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Voted to pass House Bill 2147 in the House on 2001-04-11. It raised the per-contributor ceiling for the speaker's reunion ceremony from $100 to $500, allowed specified unused ceremony funds to carry forward and made reports public. It became law on 2001-05-28.
April 11, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1876 in the House on 2001-04-10. It allowed otherwise qualified attorneys serving as appointed masters in delinquent property-tax cases to practice law in the referring court. It became law on 2001-05-24.
April 10, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 47 on 2001-04-09. It proposed automatic university admission for qualifying public junior-college or technical-institute graduates with a degree or certificate requiring at least 30 credit hours and a 3.0 average, subject to capacity and program rules. It stopped in the Senate.
April 9, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 417 in the House on 2001-04-05. It expanded which cities located in more than one county qualified to seek voter approval for municipal development districts and related sales taxes by removing population and coastal-county limits. It became law on 2001-05-01.
April 5, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass the municipal pension-system bill in the House on 2001-04-05 (House Bill 1573). It set governance and membership rules for covered cities with more than 1.5 million residents, including an eleven-member pension board. It became law on 2001-05-11.
April 5, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to table a charter-school substitute amendment on 2001-04-04 (House Bill 6). It proposed replacing the bill with emergency intervention powers and a governance task force. The motion passed. The broader charter-school bill became law without the governor's signature on 2001-06-17.
April 4, 2001
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Voted to pass House Bill 1515 in the House on 2001-04-03. It proposed allowing qualifying parents or guardians to recover medical costs not recovered in an earlier suit through a former minor's timely injury suit, despite expiration of their own filing period. The governor vetoed it on 2001-06-17.
April 3, 2001
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 676 in the House on 2001-04-03. It revised Spanish-language testing and exemption decisions for students with limited English proficiency, including decisions by language-proficiency committees. It became law on 2001-04-11.
April 3, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 946 in the House on 2001-04-03. It allowed school character-education programs with specified traits, community consultation and reporting, while barring religious or political indoctrination under the provision. It became law on 2001-06-11.
April 3, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 533 on 2001-04-02. It linked Texas's minimum wage to the federal minimum and revised tipped-worker rules. It became law on 2001-05-28.
April 2, 2001
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Voted to pass House Bill 271 in the House on 2001-03-29. It defined which military discharge classifications counted as other than dishonorable for state veterans' land and housing programs. It became law on 2001-05-11.
March 29, 2001
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Voted to pass House Bill 1576 in the House on 2001-03-29. It proposed tying the combined limit on specified state college grants to a student's actual tuition and required fees. It stopped in the Senate.
March 29, 2001
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Voted to pass House Bill 1754 in the House on 2001-03-29. It allowed qualifying junior-college boards to let trustees finish their staggered terms after redistricting, while retaining a residence requirement. It became law on 2001-05-11.
March 29, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 80 in the House on 2001-03-28. It limited liability for covered good-faith organ-donation actions, except intentional, reckless or similarly serious misconduct, and defined reasonable efforts to find people authorized to consent to donation. It became law on 2001-06-16.
March 28, 2001
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 407 in the House on 2001-03-27. It allowed eligible public entities to borrow from the state infrastructure bank for qualifying projects, using their credit and keeping project funds separate. It became law on 2001-04-09.
March 27, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 1095 on 2001-03-27. It proposed recommended procedures and minimum standards for school-based health care and a state advisory committee. The verified vote failed, and the bill stopped in the House.
March 27, 2001
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Voted to pass House Bill 1753 in the House on 2001-03-22. It authorized a Rio Grande City extension campus and an agreement giving qualifying community-college students automatic transfer into the university after completing required coursework. It became law on 2001-05-03.
March 22, 2001
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Voted to pass House Bill 1467 in the House on 2001-03-22. It allowed public community and junior colleges to set aside up to 20 percent of covered tuition for public education grants, while retaining a six-percent minimum. It became law on 2001-05-26.
March 22, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 331 in the House on 2001-03-22. It revised state agricultural policy, including protection of established farming and a presumption that activities complying with law were reasonable and not nuisances. It became law on 2001-04-09.
March 22, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to adopt House Joint Resolution 53 in the House on 2001-03-20. It proposed allowing release of specified state land claims to qualifying good-faith owners, with mineral rights and other exclusions. It was sent to voters for November 2001.
March 20, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass the municipal street-maintenance tax bill in the House on 2001-03-20 (House Bill 445). The final law allowed a voter-approved sales tax of one-quarter of one percent for street maintenance and repair, with expiration and renewal rules. It became law on 2001-06-11.
March 20, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 753 in the House on 2001-03-20. It authorized joint master's and doctoral programs between the cancer center and Houston biomedical graduate school, subject to state approval. It became law on 2001-05-11.
March 20, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 757 on 2001-03-20. The final law established a task force to investigate health-access disparities, develop strategies and monitor the health department's response. It became law on 2001-06-17.
March 20, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1212 in the House on 2001-03-15. It allowed public colleges to offer installment payments for 12-week and 16-week summer terms, with fee and delinquency rules. It became law on 2001-05-03.
March 15, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 459 in the House on 2001-03-13. The final law replaced an eight-semester tuition-exemption limit with a limit of 120 undergraduate credit hours for qualifying children of dead or disabled firefighters, peace officers and other covered employees, with application-age and age-26 limits. It became law on 2001-06-11.
March 13, 2001
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 630 in the House on 2001-03-08. It allowed cities to permit unmarked cars for municipal officers enforcing environmental criminal laws. It became law on 2001-05-14.
March 8, 2001
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Authored House Bill 3333, which became law on 1999-06-20. It required higher reimbursement for qualifying child care providers and prioritized low-income children under four.
June 20, 1999
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Authored House Bill 2201, which became law on 1999-06-19. It allowed a judge from an adjacent municipality to replace a recused or disqualified municipal judge, subject to an early party objection.
June 19, 1999
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Authored House Bill 1797, which became law on 1999-06-18. It authorized county facilities to transfer people under emergency mental health detention to specified treatment facilities.
June 18, 1999
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Voted for the final lottery-prize bill on 1999-05-30 (House Bill 844). It replaced the prize cap with advertising-budget limits linked to how much ticket revenue was paid in prizes. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 30, 1999
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Voted for final House Bill 2896 on 1999-05-30. It required annual independent financial and performance audits of covered Medicaid administrative contractors and revised program operations. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 30, 1999
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Voted for final House Bill 3211 on 1999-05-30. The fiscal law revised public-payment withholding and university fund distribution rules, with specified fund provisions conditional on voter approval of House Joint Resolution 58. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 30, 1999
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for House Concurrent Resolution 317 on 1999-05-30. It stated that a separate after-school tax credit was not a voucher or private-tuition subsidy and called for strict limits on eligible program uses. The resolution stopped in the Senate.
May 30, 1999
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final Senate Bill 947 on 1999-05-30. It allowed the University of Texas at Austin's compulsory student union fee to increase to a maximum of $50 per regular semester and $30 per summer term, with student committee or student-vote approval requirements. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 30, 1999
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the final tax package on 1999-05-30 (Senate Bill 441). It exempted the first $25 of monthly Internet access charges and qualifying clothing and footwear purchases under $100 during an August sales-tax holiday, with exceptions. It became law on 1999-06-03.
May 30, 1999
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final Senate Bill 104 on 1999-05-30. It authorized school campuses to remain open for recreation, after-school care and tutoring, and classified specified municipal school-campus care programs as governmental functions for liability rules. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 30, 1999
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final House Bill 542 on 1999-05-30. It removed the requirement that members of the Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund board be policyholders or their officers or employees and established staggered six-year terms. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 30, 1999
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final student-aid changes on 1999-05-29 (House Bill 713). They established the Texas grant program for eligible students with financial need and revised other aid and teacher programs. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 29, 1999
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Voted for final House Bill 1104 on 1999-05-29. It required campus plans to encourage parental involvement and added state options to demand improvement reports and plans at low-performing schools. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 29, 1999
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final House Bill 1444 on 1999-05-29. It established a funding-dependent grant program for essential local public-health services, with equal urban and rural allocation and evaluation rules. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 29, 1999
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final House Bill 3697 on 1999-05-29. It expanded pricing tiers for the state workers' compensation insurer, removed its specified tax credit and made it part of the insurance guaranty association. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 29, 1999
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final House Bill 211 on 1999-05-29. It applied school-related public information and open-meetings requirements to open-enrollment charter schools and revised their governance requirements. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 29, 1999
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final House Bill 3693 on 1999-05-29. It allowed an exemption from covered Medicaid nursing-bed procedures for facilities affiliated with, located on land of, and teaching for a state-supported medical school. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 29, 1999
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final House Bill 3470 on 1999-05-29. It authorized a Parents as Scholars pilot to help eligible cash-assistance recipients obtain college grants, with eligibility and program conditions. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 29, 1999
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 772 on 1999-05-28. It allowed fees up to $50 for voluntary attendance make-up programs, with signed no-hardship assurances and an accessible no-fee alternative. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 28, 1999
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Joint Resolution 4 on 1999-05-27. It proposed tax-exemption authority for institutions primarily engaged in public charitable functions, including auxiliary supporting activities. It was sent to voters.
May 27, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 3573 on 1999-05-27. It transferred specified school extracurricular rule authority from the State Board of Education to the education commissioner and revised participation rules. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 27, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 3229 on 1999-05-27. It expanded property subject to seizure under covered evidentiary search warrants to include specified contraband. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 27, 1999
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 618 on 1999-05-27. It required written parental notice by the 30th instructional day for covered uncertified teachers assigned to the same classroom for more than 30 consecutive instructional days, with specified certification exceptions. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 27, 1999
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 3543 on 1999-05-27. It raised the threshold for specified transit contracts without competitive bids from $15,000 to $25,000 and revised related posting thresholds. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 27, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 1504 on 1999-05-27. It established a consortium of Alzheimer's disease centers, including the University of Texas Southwestern center in Dallas, and provided for clinical-center support. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 27, 1999
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Voted for final Senate Joint Resolution 12 on 1999-05-27. It proposed changes to reverse mortgages, including raising the qualifying borrower-or-spouse age from 55 to 62. It was sent to voters.
May 27, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 2075 on 1999-05-27. It revised public notice before school budget and tax-rate meetings, including publication ten to 30 days before the hearing. It became law on 1999-06-08.
May 27, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 3682 on 1999-05-27. It allowed covered state agencies to adjust grant matching requirements for economically disadvantaged counties or census tracts, with reporting and transportation-program exceptions. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 27, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 2873 on 1999-05-26. It required fuller service assessments and family-support planning for children with disabilities or special health needs in covered Medicaid waiver programs. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 26, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 1764 on 1999-05-26. It required covered health plans that covered mastectomies to also cover reconstruction, symmetry procedures, prostheses and treatment of complications. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 26, 1999
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Authored House Bill 2202 and voted to accept final Senate changes on 1999-05-26. It authorized school-based health centers and grant applications for student and family health services, with written parental consent for students and restrictions on grant-funded reproductive services. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 26, 1999
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Voted to advance Senate Bill 1468 on 1999-05-25. The final law authorized competing physicians to negotiate specified contract terms jointly with health plans, subject to statutory oversight and limits. It became law on 1999-06-20.
May 25, 1999
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Voted to advance Senate Joint Resolution 10 on 1999-05-25. It proposed allowing a judicial compensation commission's salary recommendations to become law unless either legislative chamber rejected them. It was sent to voters.
May 25, 1999
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Voted to table an amendment to Senate Bill 103 on 1999-05-24. It proposed retaining State Board of Education authority in specified assessment provisions and deleting other proposed revisions. The amendment was blocked. The broader bill became law on 1999-06-08.
May 24, 1999
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Voted against an amendment to Senate Bill 89 on 1999-05-24. It proposed voter approval in areas annexed by cities with at least 1.6 million residents, subject to specified exceptions. The amendment failed. The broader bill became law on 1999-06-19.
May 24, 1999
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Voted to table an amendment to Senate Bill 560 on 1999-05-24. It proposed local-service price caps through September 2005, limits on later increases and reductions in certain access rates. The amendment was blocked. The broader bill became law on 1999-06-19.
May 24, 1999
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Voted to table an amendment to Senate Bill 4 on 1999-05-23. It proposed admitting qualifying large single-sex private high schools to state interscholastic competition, with eligibility and assessment rules. The amendment was blocked. The broader education bill became law on 1999-06-08.
May 23, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 1987 on 1999-05-22. It revised accepted physician licensing examinations and related standards, including the Texas medical-law test and exam completion deadlines. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 22, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 820 on 1999-05-22. It required review of children's continued Medicaid eligibility after cash assistance ended and allowed limited provisional coverage pending review. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 22, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 862 in the House on 1999-05-22. It directed suitable donated vascular organs to qualifying procurement organizations and prioritized transplantation in Texas, with out-of-state exceptions. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 22, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 1165 in the House after reconsideration on 1999-05-22. It revised eligibility and amendment rules for water-quality protection zones, including boundary changes and termination procedures. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 22, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 1020 in the House on 1999-05-22. It authorized enforceable rules requiring prepaid calling companies to disclose rates and service terms. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 22, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 1223 in the House on 1999-05-22. It revised acupuncture regulation, including raising required college coursework for applicants from 48 to 60 semester hours. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 22, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 1521 on 1999-05-22. It raised covered surveying penalty ceilings from $1,000 to $1,500 per violation and revised real-estate licensing offenses. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 22, 1999
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Voted against an amendment to Senate Bill 1851 on 1999-05-22. It proposed withholding private persons' addresses, phone numbers, images and Social Security numbers from public requests, with listed exceptions. The amendment failed. The broader bill became law on 1999-06-19.
May 22, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 1491 on 1999-05-22. It let a qualifying private nonprofit medical school retain faculty physicians' clinical income while requiring policies protecting independent medical judgment. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 22, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 3050 on 1999-05-22. It raised the cap on state deposits backing qualifying agricultural loans from $15 million to $25 million, with $10 million limited to water conservation, and revised maximum loan interest rates. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 22, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 1734 in the House on 1999-05-22. It extended the earlier crime-victim compensation limit rules to qualifying timely approved applications by dependents of victims who died before the earlier law took effect. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 22, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 1346 on 1999-05-22. It let qualifying smaller counties propose a junior-college branch maintenance-tax election without a voter petition after a needs assessment and state approval. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 22, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 3515 on 1999-05-22. It allowed involuntary unemployment insurance to be offered when a motor-vehicle credit contract was signed, with a separate charge, and excluded specified seller warranties and service contracts from insurance regulation. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 22, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 1418 on 1999-05-22. It proposed optional public-school career and technology training certificates, separate from diplomas, and contracts with businesses or workforce boards. The governor vetoed it on 1999-06-20.
May 22, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Joint Resolution 95 on 1999-05-22. It proposed that the adjutant general, the head of state military forces, serve at the governor's pleasure despite other term limits. It was sent to voters.
May 22, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 2171 on 1999-05-21. It expanded medical review committee authority and protected specified committee material and public-hospital deliberations from disclosure, with limits and business-record exceptions. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 21, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Joint Resolution 74 on 1999-05-21. It proposed that the health and human services commissioner serve at the governor's pleasure despite other term limits. It was sent to voters.
May 21, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 3092 on 1999-05-21. It revised vehicle regulation, including conditions on manufacturers forcing dealers to relocate or discontinue a vehicle line. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 21, 1999
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Voted for Senate Joint Resolution 22 on 1999-05-21. It proposed increasing the maximum urban homestead from one acre to ten acres and revising permitted uses and lien protections. It was sent to voters.
May 21, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 385 on 1999-05-21. It revised school-bus categories and allowed inspected school buses up to 60 miles per hour on numbered highways outside urban districts, with lower limits in other covered circumstances. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 21, 1999
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Voted for final House Bill 2025 on 1999-05-21. It established the Border Health Institute in El Paso to support research, care and education in the Texas-Mexico border region. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 21, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Joint Resolution 71 on 1999-05-20. It proposed revised population thresholds and permitted numbers of justice-of-the-peace and constable precincts. It was sent to voters.
May 20, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 494 on 1999-05-20. It required exhausting Medicaid drug benefits before specified other health programs paid and created a voluntary manufacturer rebate program for those programs. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 20, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 2725 on 1999-05-20. It proposed county collection contracts and permission to add 28 percent attorney fees to qualifying court debts more than 60 days overdue, with inability-to-pay protections. The governor vetoed it on 1999-06-20.
May 20, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 1837 on 1999-05-20. It replaced the covered insurance premium-tax schedule with a 1.6 percent rate and revised what counted as premiums. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 20, 1999
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Voted to advance Senate Bill 7 on 1999-05-20. It restructured electric utilities and introduced qualifying retail competition, with statutory exceptions. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 20, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 2867 on 1999-05-20. It allowed Texas colleges to match verified nonathletic scholarships or grants offered to Texas high-school graduates by out-of-state institutions. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 20, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 1380 on 1999-05-19. It added municipal parks and recreation systems to eligible venue projects, with ballot-description requirements and specified financing exclusions. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 19, 1999
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Voted for Senate Joint Resolution 21 on 1999-05-19. It proposed authority to exempt qualifying leased vehicles used primarily for personal purposes from property tax, with local taxation options. It was sent to voters.
May 19, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 362 on 1999-05-19. It restricted group-insurance eligibility for future community-college employees performing at least 75 percent of their services outside Texas, with college opt-in and existing-employee and insurance-contract protections. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 19, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 149 in the House on 1999-05-19. It authorized a mandatory athletics fee at the University of Texas at Arlington with student approval and separate rules for later increases. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 19, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 172 in the House on 1999-05-19. It expanded the qualified commercial-loan category to certain loans of at least $250,000 without real-property security, with advice certifications for smaller covered loans and specified exclusions. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 19, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 262 in the House on 1999-05-19. It required covered cities to reimburse qualifying water-district developers before annexation took effect, with escrow rules for specified delays. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 19, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 2104 on 1999-05-19. It extended application and designation deadlines for tax exemptions on qualifying inactive oil and gas wells returned to production by about ten years. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 19, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 3330 on 1999-05-19. It added disciplinary grounds for well drillers, including false information, missing logs and failure to warn of harmful water, and exempted specified construction dewatering work. It became law on 1999-06-20.
May 19, 1999
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Voted against an amendment to Senate Bill 370 on 1999-05-18. It proposed ending third-party public access to specified concealed-handgun license-holder records while retaining criminal-justice access. The amendment passed. The broader bill became law on 1999-06-19.
May 18, 1999
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Voted for Senate Joint Resolution 26 on 1999-05-18. It proposed allowing covered state employees to receive pay for serving on local governing boards. It was sent to voters.
May 18, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 717 in the House on 1999-05-18. It limited government lawsuits over lawful firearms or ammunition design, manufacture, marketing and sales, subject to legislative approval and statutory exceptions. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 18, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 347 on 1999-05-17. It expanded financing tools for covered criminal-justice projects and required voter approval for specified refunding bonds secured by property taxes. It became law on 1999-05-29.
May 17, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 79 on 1999-05-17. It revised appraisal-review-board eligibility, including limits on former officials and people who had represented taxpayers for pay in larger counties. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 17, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 333 in the House on 1999-05-14. It protected qualifying charitable gift-annuity issuers from certain donor suits alleging unauthorized insurance activity and allowed immediate appeals of denied immunity. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 14, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 394 in the House on 1999-05-14. It proposed private-security licensing exemptions for qualifying reserve or volunteer peace officers under supervision, service-hour and liability-bond conditions. It stopped in the Senate.
May 14, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 775 in the House on 1999-05-14. It expanded covered motor-carrier registration exemptions, including passenger vehicles operated by organizations whose main business was not transportation. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 14, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 631 in the House on 1999-05-13. It removed the condition tying pesticide contractors' protection from joint liability for the eradication foundation's acts to the foundation maintaining insurance. It became law on 1999-05-29.
May 13, 1999
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Voted to pass the campaign and election regulation bill in the House on 1999-05-13 (House Bill 4). Its text required mail-ballot applications included in campaign communications to carry the voting clerk's return address. It stopped in the Senate.
May 13, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 3144 in the House on 1999-05-13. It proposed mandatory investigations of specified credible complaints about sewage-sludge land application and related property and record inspection powers. It stopped in the Senate.
May 13, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 1722 on 1999-05-13. It revised investments of the veterans' land fund and imposed a $50 million limit on investments in specified revenue bonds, with reporting requirements. It became law on 1999-05-28.
May 13, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 1748 on 1999-05-13. It required renovation or replacement of the Texas Center for Infectious Disease facilities to support continued care and specified accreditation and accessibility requirements. It became law on 1999-05-28.
May 13, 1999
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Voted for House Joint Resolution 81 in the House on 1999-05-13. It proposed a property-tax exemption for boats and equipment used in commercial fishing and marine production. It stopped in the Senate.
May 13, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 621 in the House on 1999-05-13. It proposed stronger neighborhood notice, hearing and consent requirements before qualifying correctional or rehabilitation facilities were established. It stopped in the Senate.
May 13, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 2574 in the House on 1999-05-13. It required qualifying business aircraft value to be allocated for property tax according to Texas use, with a presumed departure-based formula. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 13, 1999
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Voted against tabling an amendment to Senate Bill 369 on 1999-05-13. It proposed graduated welfare-benefit reductions and possible family benefit termination for specified violations, with a case review of barriers and needed support before termination. The tabling motion failed. The bill stopped in the House.
May 13, 1999
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Authored House Bill 504 and voted to accept final Senate changes on 1999-05-13. It expanded the statutory definition of a physician for medical-malpractice expert testimony to include graduates of specified accredited medical schools. It became law on 1999-05-28.
May 13, 1999
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Voted for House Joint Resolution 73 on 1999-05-12. It proposed changing home-improvement lien protections, replacing specified waiting, cancellation and signing-location rules with revised contract requirements. It stopped in the Senate.
May 12, 1999
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Voted to advance House Bill 3206 on 1999-05-12. The election-procedure bill included a definition of electioneering covering candidate-related clothing and communications intended to influence voters. It stopped in the Senate.
May 12, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 2729 in the House on 1999-05-12. It allowed local governments to create regional business certification programs that admitted qualified firms to members' procurement processes. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 12, 1999
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Voted to advance Senate Bill 61 on 1999-05-12. The final law licensed covered body-piercing studios and required parental consent for minors, with exceptions for specified facilities and ear piercing. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 12, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 907 in the House on 1999-05-12. It required adults who voluntarily enrolled in public school to attend and allowed enrollment revocation after more than five unexcused absences in a semester. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 12, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 1678 in the House on 1999-05-12. It required a statewide college recruitment and retention strategy to attract a student population reflecting Texas's population, with institutional implementation reports. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 12, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 2858 in the House on 1999-05-12. It required approval by each creating municipality before covered transit authorities repealed or restored a telecommunications sales-tax exemption. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 12, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 708 in the House on 1999-05-12. It authorized state grants to implement approved coastal estuary management plans and required listed state agencies to participate. Local participation remained voluntary, subject to existing financial commitments. It became law on 1999-05-29.
May 12, 1999
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Voted against advancing Senate Bill 1298 on 1999-05-12. It barred requiring qualifying exempt concrete plants to conduct preconstruction air-dispersion modeling when the agency had considered that information in adopting the exemption. It became law on 1999-05-31.
May 12, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 1777 in the House on 1999-05-11. The final law established state-set fees and access rules for telephone providers using municipal rights-of-way, with options to end existing franchise agreements. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 11, 1999
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Voted to advance House Bill 3032 on 1999-05-11. It proposed changes to historically underutilized business certification and public procurement, including enforcement when agencies failed to comply. It stopped in the Senate.
May 11, 1999
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Voted against tabling an alcohol-regulation amendment on 1999-05-11 (House Bill 3555). It proposed criminal penalties for selling, serving or consuming alcohol at sexually oriented businesses and restricted local permission for it. The tabling motion failed. The broader bill stopped in the Senate.
May 11, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 746 in the House on 1999-05-11. It allowed compulsory student-service fees at the University of Texas at El Paso to rise from a $150 ceiling to $250 with student approval. It became law on 1999-05-29.
May 11, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 1685 in the House on 1999-05-11. It set shellfish refrigeration requirements and limited harvest-area closures when later temperature abuse probably caused specified illnesses, while preserving necessary investigations. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 11, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 1355 on 1999-05-10. It approved Texas's entry into the Red River Boundary Compact, subject to Oklahoma's enactment and congressional consent. It became law on 1999-05-24.
May 10, 1999
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Voted to advance House Bill 2968 on 1999-05-10. It doubled the records-management fee on covered criminal convictions from $10 to $20. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 10, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 2236 in the House on 1999-05-08. It proposed requiring Medicaid managed-care contracts with qualifying University of Texas Medical Branch organizations in covered regions, excluding the defined Harris service area. It stopped in the Senate.
May 8, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 2706 in the House on 1999-05-08. It extended medical workers' compensation benefits to qualifying state disaster or emergency-training volunteers, with prompt-treatment and other conditions. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 8, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 3446 in the House on 1999-05-08. It barred veterinary practice by entities not owned exclusively by licensed veterinarians, while allowing others to own the premises, and provided penalties. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 8, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 1308 in the House on 1999-05-08. It let the environmental agency's executive director approve water-quality management plans after public participation, with commission review available. It became law on 1999-05-24.
May 8, 1999
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Voted for House Joint Resolution 16 on 1999-05-07. It proposed allowing wage garnishment to enforce court-ordered spousal maintenance. It was sent to voters.
May 7, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 2372 in the House on 1999-05-07. It proposed expanded sales-tax exemptions for certain drugs and medicines. The House did not complete action on the later Senate changes.
May 7, 1999
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Voted to advance House Bill 921 on 1999-05-07. It proposed instruction in specified enrichment-curriculum knowledge and skills as an accreditation condition, replacing their use only as guidelines, subject to existing exceptions. It stopped in the Senate.
May 7, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 2371 in the House on 1999-05-07. It proposed a sales-tax exemption for qualifying diaper purchases, excluding diapers purchased, sold or used by a diaper service. It stopped in the Senate.
May 7, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 209 in the House on 1999-05-07. It proposed a sales-tax exemption during August for qualifying school supplies and instructional materials costing less than $75 per item. It stopped in the Senate.
May 7, 1999
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Voted to advance House Bill 551 on 1999-05-06. It proposed exempting qualifying small corporations from franchise tax and revising their reporting. It stopped after conference committees were appointed.
May 6, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 1367 in the House on 1999-05-06. It authorized legislative staff to collect and match agency data for policy analysis, with confidentiality, limited use and destruction rules for identifying information. It became law on 1999-06-20.
May 6, 1999
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Voted against advancing House Bill 954 on 1999-05-06. The verified vote failed. The bill later became law on 1999-06-19, changing tax-increase notice and hearing requirements. His later personal vote is not established.
May 6, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 3582 in the House on 1999-05-06. The final law allowed courts to appoint receivers for qualifying absent royalty owners and authorize specified mineral agreements, subject to proof and notice requirements. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 6, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 184 in the House on 1999-05-06. It implemented additional student-loan bond authority, subject to adoption of the related constitutional amendment. It was signed on 1999-05-21.
May 6, 1999
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Voted for an amendment to House Joint Resolution 85 on 1999-05-06. It proposed automatic resignation for a railroad commissioner seeking another office more than a year before the term ended, while exempting then-serving commissioners. The proposal stopped in the House.
May 6, 1999
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Voted against tabling an amendment to House Bill 1910 on 1999-05-06. The amendment stated that the bill did not authorize private entities to operate radioactive-waste disposal or assured-isolation sites. The tabling motion passed. The broader bill stopped in the Senate.
May 6, 1999
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Voted to advance the indigent-health-care bill on 1999-05-05 (House Bill 1398). The final law revised eligibility and services and lowered the county spending threshold for state assistance from ten to eight percent of the general revenue levy. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 5, 1999
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Voted for Senate Joint Resolution 16 on 1999-05-05. It proposed authority for up to $400 million in additional state bonds to finance student loans. It was sent to voters.
May 5, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 821 in the House on 1999-05-05. It let counties operate water or sewer systems and use specified bonds and eminent-domain powers, with limits on municipal territory and tax-backed debt. It became law on 1999-05-24.
May 5, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 1882 in the House on 1999-05-05. It proposed expanded exceptions to doctoral credit-hour funding limits and written notices to new doctoral students about resident-tuition limits. It stopped in the Senate.
May 5, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 1379 in the House on 1999-05-05. It exempted much inmate information from disclosure while preserving access to listed basic details, death and use-of-force information, aggregate data and death-row information. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 5, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 1488 on 1999-05-05. It authorized a Brownsville student-union fee between $34.35 and $70 per long term and revised junior-college fee powers, with approval requirements for large increases. It became law on 1999-05-17.
May 5, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 3138 in the House on 1999-05-04. It allowed tuition reductions for qualifying students taking at least 15 credit hours under enrollment or graduation policies, capped at three credit hours of tuition. It also allowed fees to be prorated by term length. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 4, 1999
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Voted to pass the returning-teacher retirement bill in the House on 1999-05-04 (House Bill 1702). It proposed benefit protections for qualifying retirees returning to teach in shortage areas. It stopped after conference committees were appointed.
May 4, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 1999 in the House on 1999-05-04. It allowed judges to select a served county to provide corrections-department employee benefits and equal personnel policies, with a ten-year limit on changing that designation. It became law on 1999-06-18.
May 4, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 744 in the House on 1999-05-04. It let public bodies decline information requests from prisoners' agents, while preserving an exception for attorneys requesting disclosable information. It became law on 1999-05-21.
May 4, 1999
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Voted to advance House Bill 1461 on 1999-05-04. It proposed requiring Texas's two highest courts to submit proposed rules to the legislature and delaying their effective dates, with specified interim powers. It stopped in the Senate.
May 4, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 3249 in the House on 1999-05-04. It allowed local prosecution offices to accept specified federal funds through the human-services department to defray prosecution costs despite the general ban on rewards for prosecutions. It became law on 1999-06-19.
May 4, 1999
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Voted for House Joint Resolution 58 on 1999-05-03. It proposed a prudent-investor standard for the permanent university fund and revised distributions, with a seven-percent limit subject to bond-payment needs. It was sent to voters.
May 3, 1999
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Voted for House Joint Resolution 69 on 1999-05-03. It proposed allowing local governments to buy qualifying property and casualty policies from authorized mutual insurers despite constitutional restrictions on public ownership or aid. It was sent to voters.
May 3, 1999
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Voted to advance House Bill 762 on 1999-05-03. It proposed barring specified prosecutor and city-attorney staff from running for judicial office while keeping that employment, while allowing qualifying leave. The bill failed in the House.
May 3, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 946 in the House on 1999-05-03. It proposed prohibiting employers from conditioning wage checks on waiving workers' compensation, unemployment or similar benefits, with a criminal penalty. It stopped in the Senate.
May 3, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 494 in the House on 1999-04-30. The final law established the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum under the State Preservation Board, including public-school educational programming. It became law on 1999-05-21.
April 30, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 445 in the House after reconsideration on 1999-04-30. The final law created a child health plan for eligible uninsured children in low-income families, subject to funding and other eligibility rules. It became law on 1999-05-28.
April 30, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 448 in the House on 1999-04-30. It created a state cost-sharing program for boll-weevil and pink-bollworm eradication in qualifying zones. It became law on 1999-05-20.
April 30, 1999
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Voted to advance House Bill 19 on 1999-04-30. It proposed vehicle-registration denials for qualifying unpaid municipal parking fines totaling more than $100, with notice and information-sharing rules. The bill failed in the House.
April 30, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 598 in the House on 1999-04-30. The final law set special deadlines and rules for covered claims over computer date failures, including a two-year filing period and a qualified 15-year product limit. It became law on 1999-05-19.
April 30, 1999
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Voted for House Joint Resolution 44 on 1999-04-29. It proposed that the lieutenant governor become governor for the remaining term after a permanent vacancy or inability, while distinguishing temporary service. It was sent to voters.
April 29, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 1326 in the House on 1999-04-29. It raised the maximum permitted optometry tuition from three to four times the specified statutory rate. It became law on 1999-05-14.
April 29, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 979 in the House on 1999-04-29. It authorized a student medical-services fee at Midwestern State University, with student approval required to impose it or increase it by more than ten percent. It became law on 1999-05-17.
April 29, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 2066 in the House on 1999-04-29. It established a state framework for interstate bank acquisitions, interstate branching and foreign-bank operations. It became law on 1999-05-29.
April 29, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 1984 in the House on 1999-04-28. The final law allowed emergency communication districts to consolidate with voter approval and combine debts, assets and service fees through a public planning process. It became law on 1999-06-19.
April 28, 1999
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Voted against advancing House Bill 477 on 1999-04-28. It proposed allowing covered junior college boards to choose plurality elections without a runoff. The bill failed in the House.
April 28, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 908 in the House on 1999-04-28. It required rules and screening records for child vision, hearing and related screening in covered licensed child-care facilities, and authorized record inspections. It became law on 1999-06-18.
April 28, 1999
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Voted for House Joint Resolution 36 on 1999-04-28. It proposed letting spouses agree in writing to convert separate property into community property. The proposal was sent to voters.
April 28, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 3234 in the House on 1999-04-28. It proposed expanded utility connections for qualifying land in economically distressed subdivisions, subject to certification and service conditions. It stopped in the Senate.
April 28, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 687 in the House on 1999-04-27. It proposed exempting Texas residents aged 65 or older from fishing licenses, subject to a funding condition. It stopped in the Senate.
April 27, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 1509 in the House on 1999-04-27. It replaced fixed limits on veterans' land purchases and housing loans with board-set limits, while tying mortgage amounts to federal veterans' loan limits. It became law on 1999-05-20.
April 27, 1999
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Voted to accept final Senate changes to House Bill 1345 on 1999-04-27. It required local antenna rules to reasonably accommodate amateur radio and use minimal practicable regulation, while preserving historic-district protection. It became law on 1999-05-10.
April 27, 1999
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Jointly authored House Bill 1689 and voted to pass it in the House on 1999-04-27. It established student-loan repayment assistance for qualifying early-childhood care workers with specified degrees and service agreements. It became law on 1999-06-18.
April 27, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 1555 in the House on 1999-04-27. It revised veterans' bond programs, including delegated agreement terms and permission for qualifying bank letters of credit as securities-loan collateral. It became law on 1999-05-20.
April 27, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 3089 in the House on 1999-04-27. It authorized optional group long-term care insurance programs for specified public employees, retirees and relatives, with participants paying the premiums. It became law on 1999-05-29.
April 27, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 3651 in the House on 1999-04-27. It proposed requiring coordinating-board findings or legislative approval for specified new college and medical-school academic partnerships. It stopped in the Senate.
April 27, 1999
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Voted to table an amendment to House Bill 2442 on 1999-04-26. The amendment proposed removing the premarital education handbook and family trust fund provisions. It was blocked. The broader bill became law on 1999-05-21.
April 26, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 2816 in the House on 1999-04-22. The final law extended petroleum-storage-tank cleanup reimbursements to September 2003 and set a separate March 2002 fee-collection cutoff. It became law on 1999-06-19.
April 22, 1999
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Voted for House Joint Resolution 29 on 1999-04-22. It proposed broader flexibility in the size of qualifying state agency boards while retaining staggered six-year terms. It was sent to voters.
April 22, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 1749 in the House on 1999-04-21. It allowed written agreements to share specified juvenile and school information, with limits on disclosure and retention. It became law on 1999-05-24.
April 21, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 1507 in the House on 1999-04-21. It excluded specified self-help books, forms and software from the practice of law when they clearly warned that they were not a substitute for an attorney. It became law on 1999-06-18.
April 21, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 1704 in the House on 1999-04-21. It restored protections requiring covered development permits to be judged under rules in place when the first application was filed, subject to statutory limits. It became law on 1999-05-11.
April 21, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 729 in the House on 1999-04-21. It required insurers to offer electronic workers' compensation payments to eligible employees and set payment deadlines. It became law on 1999-06-18.
April 21, 1999
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Voted against advancing House Bill 2000 on 1999-04-20. It proposed Texas membership in the Southern Dairy Compact for regional milk-price regulation, subject to compact conditions. It stopped in the Senate.
April 20, 1999
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Voted against tabling an amendment to Senate Bill 167 on 1999-04-20. It proposed requiring qualifying cities to publish whether they allowed annexation votes and explain their policy. The tabling motion failed. The broader seller-notice bill became law on 1999-06-18.
April 20, 1999
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Voted for a health-agency rulemaking amendment on 1999-04-19 (House Bill 2641). It replaced proposed prior approval by the health and human services commissioner with notification before an agency proposed a rule. The broader bill became law on 1999-06-19.
April 19, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 1572 in the House on 1999-04-15. The final law allowed specified jointly owned physician and podiatrist entities while preserving each profession's practice limits and clinical authority. It became law on 1999-06-19.
April 15, 1999
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Voted to advance House Bill 341 on 1999-04-14. The House version protected employers giving qualifying job references unless knowingly false information was proved by a preponderance of the evidence. The final law added a higher proof standard and exceptions for malice or reckless disregard. It became law on 1999-05-28.
April 14, 1999
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 395 in the House on 1999-04-07. It exempted county civil-service employees from a separate written-employment-contract requirement, including affected Dallas County employees. It became law on 1999-04-22.
April 7, 1999
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Voted to advance House Bill 1814 on 1999-04-06. The final law created a lower petition-signature threshold for local elections on mixed beverages at food-and-beverage establishments. It became law on 1999-06-19.
April 6, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 677 in the House on 1999-03-24. It expanded the mental-health-law physician definition to include authorized doctors training under specified institutional permits. It became law on 1999-05-12.
March 24, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 1615 in the House on 1999-03-24. It removed the scheduled expiration of purchasing powers for covered medical and dental institutions, allowing best-value and specified competitive or negotiated methods to continue. It became law on 1999-05-29.
March 24, 1999
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Voted against an amendment to House Bill 1283 on 1999-03-22. The rejected amendment called for keeping a daily 500,000-gallon limit for aquaculture discharges under general wastewater permits. The broader bill became law on 1999-06-19.
March 22, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 692 in the House on 1999-03-18. It protected Social Security numbers provided to occupational and professional licensing agencies from public disclosure. It became law on 1999-05-29.
March 18, 1999
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Voted to pass House Bill 229 in the House on 1999-03-16. It authorized a student union fee at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, capped at $50 per semester, with student approval required above $39. It became law on 1999-04-30.
March 16, 1999
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against Senate Bill 290 in the House on 1999-03-11. It temporarily exempted qualifying low-production oil and gas wells from production taxes under specified low-price conditions, with a combined $45 million cap. It became law that day.
March 11, 1999
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Filed House Bill 1099 on 1999-02-01. It proposed removing local government employees from the state's collective bargaining ban. It did not pass.
February 1, 1999
Source: capitol.texas.gov
Filed House Bill 391 on 1998-12-10. It proposed regulating certain check advances and sale-and-leaseback transactions as loans. It remained pending in committee.
December 10, 1998
Source: capitol.texas.gov
Authored House Bill 2592, which became law on 1997-06-20. It allowed a county magistrate to hold a hearing on returning a stolen vehicle before trial with the prosecutor's written consent.
June 20, 1997
Source: capitol.texas.gov
Carried Senate Bill 280 in the House. It became law on 1997-06-18 and required statewide rules for crediting teachers' and librarians' experience toward minimum salaries.
June 18, 1997
Source: capitol.texas.gov
Authored House Bill 776, which became law on 1997-06-11. It allowed drainage charges based on the number of water meters and changed covered-property rules in cities over one million.
June 11, 1997
Source: capitol.texas.gov
Voted for the final school discipline bill on 1997-06-01 (Senate Bill 133). Among its changes, it extended specified mandatory alternative-school placements to conduct within 300 feet of school property. It became law on 1997-06-19.
June 1, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final collaborative medical-practice changes on 1997-06-01 (House Bill 2846). They relaxed the required frequency of on-site physician supervision for covered nurse and physician-assistant care while retaining daily reports and remote availability. It became law on 1997-06-20.
June 1, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the final vehicle emissions bill on 1997-06-01 (Senate Bill 1856). It revised inspection and enforcement requirements in covered counties. It became law on 1997-06-19.
June 1, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the final water-planning overhaul on 1997-06-01 (Senate Bill 1). It required five-year state water plans incorporating regional plans and addressing drought, conservation and water development. It became law on 1997-06-19.
June 1, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final school notification rules on 1997-06-01 (House Bill 1150). They revised notices about specified student arrests, detention and case outcomes, including notice to staff with regular contact and confidentiality safeguards. It became law on 1997-06-20.
June 1, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the final welfare-fraud bill on 1997-06-01 (Senate Bill 30). It required collection efforts for erroneous food-stamp and cash benefits and a study of health care fraud. It became law on 1997-06-20.
June 1, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final preferred-provider insurance rules on 1997-06-01 (Senate Bill 383). They required specified emergency care at preferred benefit rates when reaching a preferred provider was not reasonable, along with continuity-of-care protections. It became law on 1997-06-19.
June 1, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final school transportation changes on 1997-06-01 (Senate Bill 517). They raised the threshold requiring buses on school-activity trips from 10 to 15 students, while requiring capacity limits and safety belts in cars and vans. It became law on 1997-06-19.
June 1, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the final juvenile justice bill on 1997-06-01 (House Bill 1550). Among its changes, it allowed specified recorded statements by children in custody as evidence when warning, recording and disclosure safeguards were met. It became law on 1997-06-19.
June 1, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the final workers' compensation insurance facility bill on 1997-06-01 (House Bill 976). It provided a way to convert the facility into a stock insurer and transfer control, with protections for existing rights. It became law on 1997-06-09.
June 1, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the final legislative-records disclosure exemption on 1997-06-01 (House Bill 3157). It shielded internal bill analyses or working papers prepared by the governor's office to evaluate legislation. It became law on 1997-06-20.
June 1, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final public college tuition and fee changes on 1997-06-01 (Senate Bill 1907). They redesignated the building use fee as tuition and authorized maximum additional amounts rising from $34 to $40 per semester credit hour over four academic years. It became law on 1997-06-19.
June 1, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final access rules for driving records on 1997-06-01 (House Bill 972). They allowed an interactive record system and employer checks of the national driver register with written consent. The bill became law on 1997-06-20.
June 1, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against the final public school choice bill on 1997-05-31 (House Bill 318). It authorized additional charter schools and revised public education grants for students at low-performing schools. It became law on 1997-06-17.
May 31, 1997
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Voted for the final college course-transfer bill on 1997-05-31 (Senate Bill 148). It required qualifying completed core courses to count at receiving public institutions. It became law on 1997-06-19.
May 31, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final election-calendar changes on 1997-05-31 (House Bill 298). They revised uniform election requirements and allowed specified local governments to change election dates. It became law on 1997-06-20.
May 31, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the final medical-payment recovery bill on 1997-05-31 (Senate Bill 534). It required a contract to recover specified government medical payments from responsible third parties, with payment based on recoveries and controls on court representation. It became law on 1997-06-19.
May 31, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final water and sewer connection assistance changes on 1997-05-30 (House Bill 2252). They authorized colonia set-aside funds for hookups and required coordinated approval before construction finished. It became law on 1997-06-20.
May 30, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the final telemedicine bill on 1997-05-30 (House Bill 2017). It required a Medicaid reimbursement system for remote medical services, with a safeguard against requiring remote care when reasonable local face-to-face care was available. It became law on 1997-06-20.
May 30, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the final weapons bill on 1997-05-30 (House Bill 311). It reorganized exceptions to unlawful-carrying rules, including for travelers and licensed handgun carriers. It became law on 1997-06-20.
May 30, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final changes implementing Medicaid managed care on 1997-05-30 (House Bill 2913). They required contracts with managed care organizations and standards for services, payments and recipient assistance. The bill became law on 1997-06-20.
May 30, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final automobile-insurance rate restrictions on 1997-05-29 (House Bill 1662). The bill proposed barring specified affiliated county mutual insurers from setting rates below the top of the regulated flexibility band. The governor vetoed the bill on 1997-06-20.
May 29, 1997
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Voted for the final health and human services enrollment bill on 1997-05-29 (House Bill 2777). It required an approved plan integrating eligibility and service delivery across agencies, including the transition from welfare to work. It became law on 1997-06-19.
May 29, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final Senate amendments to the home-equity loan proposal on 1997-05-29 (House Joint Resolution 31). It proposed allowing qualifying loans secured by homesteads, with total secured debt capped at 80 percent of value. The Legislature sent the proposal to voters.
May 29, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final junior-college tuition changes on 1997-05-28 (House Bill 1548). They let colleges offer specified lower tuition rates to qualifying students outside their districts, including some with financial need. It became law on 1997-06-20.
May 28, 1997
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 121 in the House on 1997-05-28. It allowed criminal pleas and rights waivers by video, with written consent, interactive communication and private access to counsel. It became law on 1997-06-19.
May 28, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the final health insurance portability bill on 1997-05-28 (House Bill 1212). It required credit for qualifying earlier coverage when applying preexisting-condition restrictions in small-employer plans. It became law on 1997-06-18.
May 28, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final write-in candidate filing requirements on 1997-05-28 (House Bill 51). They required advance declarations as a condition for counting write-in votes in covered junior college, hospital and navigation district elections. It became law on 1997-06-20.
May 28, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final inmate-death procedures on 1997-05-28 (House Bill 2827). For certain natural deaths, it required attempts to notify relatives and allowed an autopsy unless relatives objected within eight hours of death. It became law on 1997-06-20.
May 28, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against a real-estate education amendment on 1997-05-28 (Senate Bill 1100). It proposed minimum instruction time, limits on food or alcohol during courses, and bans on trade-association and political-fund solicitations during course segments. The amendment failed. The broader bill became law on 1997-06-19.
May 28, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final contact-lens prescription access rules on 1997-05-28 (House Bill 196). They generally required providers to give patients their prescriptions on request without an added release fee, subject to listed exceptions. It became law on 1997-06-20.
May 28, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 862 in the House on 1997-05-27. The final law revised tax enforcement, including sales-tax compliance certifications for specified out-of-state state-contract vendors. It became law on 1997-06-19.
May 27, 1997
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 453 in the House on 1997-05-27. It allowed appeals before final judgment for specified jurisdiction rulings and paused trial commencement during these appeals. It became law on 1997-06-20.
May 27, 1997
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 1857 in the House on 1997-05-27. It transferred specified radioactive-material regulation from the natural-resource commission to the health department and revised related definitions. It became law on 1997-06-20.
May 27, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass the franchise-tax bill in the House on 1997-05-27 (Senate Bill 861). The final law revised tax administration, including a 10 percent penalty for specified failures to report federal changes affecting taxable earnings. It became law on 1997-06-20.
May 27, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for a treatment-transfer safeguard on 1997-05-26 through an amendment to Senate Bill 414. It required continued compliance with a treatment decision when noncompliance risked death while arranging transfer, subject to physical and legal limits. The governor vetoed the bill on 1997-06-20.
May 26, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to block a private-school grant amendment on 1997-05-26 (Senate Bill 1873). The amendment proposed allowing eligible students to use public education grants at private schools after rejection by a public school. The amendment was blocked. The broader finance bill became law on 1997-06-19.
May 26, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 135 in the House on 1997-05-26. It extended specified school-district liability protections to counties, juvenile boards, staff and volunteers operating juvenile alternative education programs. It became law on 1997-06-20.
May 26, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against blocking an amendment expanding environmental economic-impact reviews to rules weakening air or water standards or granting permit exemptions on 1997-05-25 (Senate Bill 633). The amendment was blocked. The final bill became law on 1997-06-19.
May 25, 1997
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Voted to block an employer health-plan amendment on 1997-05-25 (Senate Bill 385). The amendment proposed requiring employers selecting health maintenance organizations to include one providing the full defined basic health services. The amendment was blocked. The broader bill became law on 1997-06-19.
May 25, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 780 in the House on 1997-05-25. It barred school districts from limiting the purposes of statutory personal leave. It became law on 1997-06-18.
May 25, 1997
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 211 in the House on 1997-05-25. The bill proposed creating a child-care fund combining appropriations and donations to obtain federal matching funds for services. The governor vetoed the bill on 1997-06-20.
May 25, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 220 in the House on 1997-05-24. It revised Texas courts' authority to dismiss or pause cases better heard elsewhere, while preserving specified protections for Texas residents. It became law on 1997-05-29.
May 24, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final National Guard drug-forfeiture sharing authority on 1997-05-24 (House Bill 3278). It treated the Guard's Counterdrug Support Program as a state law-enforcement agency for sharing federally seized or forfeited property when assisting federal drug enforcement. It became law on 1997-06-17.
May 24, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance the tobacco regulation bill at second reading on 1997-05-24 (Senate Bill 55). Its final version restricted sales and possession by people under 18, with specified exceptions, fines and awareness programs. It became law on 1997-06-16.
May 24, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against replacing appraisal-district boards with elected county tax collectors on 1997-05-24 (Senate Bill 841). The amendment failed. The broader property-tax bill became law on 1997-06-19.
May 24, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to block an athletic-admissions amendment on 1997-05-23 (Senate Bill 1419). The amendment proposed limiting the admissions restrictions to cases where athletes who exhausted their scholarship eligibility had lower graduation rates than students overall, and revised the funding scope. The amendment was blocked. The broader bill became law on 1997-06-20.
May 23, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final bank insurance-agent licensing changes on 1997-05-23 (House Bill 3391). They brought banks into the specified licensing provisions. It became law on 1997-06-09.
May 23, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Recorded a vote against advancing the judicial salary bill at second reading on 1997-05-22 (Senate Bill 310). It changed judicial pay and added $5,000 state supplements for qualifying administrative district and county judges. An amended version passed by non-record vote and became law on 1997-06-20.
May 22, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final motor-vehicle dealer and financing changes on 1997-05-22 (House Bill 1595). They created a specified installment-contract exception with choices to return, pay for or refinance the vehicle at the end, subject to conditions. It became law on 1997-06-11.
May 22, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against the final Senate amendments to House Bill 92 on 1997-05-22. The law authorized specified local venue taxes after voter approval and allowed bonds for approved sports and community venue projects. It became law on 1997-06-02.
May 22, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass the pollution-control flexibility bill in the House on 1997-05-22 (Senate Bill 1591). It allowed alternative standards only when at least as protective of health and the environment and consistent with federal law. It became law on 1997-06-20.
May 22, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance Senate Bill 54 at second reading on 1997-05-22. It required covered health plans to allow women direct access to designated obstetricians or gynecologists without a primary-care referral. It became law on 1997-06-18.
May 22, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to adopt Senate Joint Resolution 39 in the House on 1997-05-21. It proposed ending the Texas Growth Fund's investment-related disclosure requirement concerning South Africa or Namibia. The Legislature sent the proposal to voters.
May 21, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final school-promotion procedures on 1997-05-21 (House Bill 836). They required promotion after qualifying extended-year attendance and achievement, unless a parent kept a written request for retention after a required information meeting. It became law on 1997-06-17.
May 21, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against removing limits on state-paid air travel on 1997-05-21 (Senate Bill 495). The rejected amendment proposed deleting the requirement to use the lowest available airline rate and limits on first- and business-class reimbursement. The broader bill became law on 1997-06-20.
May 21, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the final Texas Trust Company Act on 1997-05-20 (House Bill 1870). It regulated trust companies, including enforcement orders for breaches of duties to clients and unsafe practices. It became law on 1997-06-17.
May 20, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for a campaign-contribution limit amendment on 1997-05-15 (House Bill 3332). It capped a general-purpose committee's contributions to a covered candidate's principal committee at $10,000 per election. The amendment passed, but the bill stopped in the House.
May 15, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against advancing the air-permit exemption bill on 1997-05-15 (House Bill 3019). The final law allowed some low-emission facility changes to avoid individual permits, while excluding federally major projects. It became law on 1997-06-19.
May 15, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against setting aside House Bill 1869 on 1997-05-15. It restricted cancellation of specified personal insurance policies based on claims or incidents after coverage began, with floor exceptions. The motion to set it aside passed, and the bill stopped in the House.
May 15, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass the House plan for nonpartisan appellate judicial elections on 1997-05-15 (House Bill 1175). The Senate substitute instead used initial partisan elections followed by retention votes. The bill stopped in the Senate.
May 15, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Carried Senate Bill 293 in the House. It became law on 1997-05-15 and expanded certain cities' eligibility for development corporations funded through sales taxes.
May 15, 1997
Source: capitol.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 2520 in the House on 1997-05-15. It revised state control of financially mismanaged agencies and junior colleges, including an approved rehabilitation plan as an alternative to agency conservatorship. The bill stopped in the Senate.
May 15, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 1574 on 1997-05-15. The bill proposed giving covered employees the right to inspect and copy personnel records. An adopted amendment excluded private employers with 50 or fewer workers. The bill failed in the House.
May 15, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 1007 in the House on 1997-05-14. It raised potential state civil penalties for deceptive practices aimed at consumers aged 65 or older to $10,000 per violation, capped at $100,000. It became law on 1997-05-28.
May 14, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final rural nursing-home access rules on 1997-05-14 (House Bill 606). They allowed additional Medicaid beds in qualifying counties despite occupancy limits, subject to annual caps and possible federal approval. It became law on 1997-06-02.
May 14, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final property-tax appeal changes on 1997-05-14 (House Bill 2201). They reduced the tax payment required to preserve an appeal to the lesser of the undisputed tax or the tax imposed by the challenged order. The bill became law on 1997-05-21.
May 14, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 772 on 1997-05-14. It proposed Texas congressional district boundaries. The bill stopped in the Senate.
May 14, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final benefit-fraud detection changes on 1997-05-14 (House Bill 2123). They required computerized food-stamp information matching with privacy safeguards and closure of specified cash-benefit accounts unused for 12 months. It became law on 1997-05-26.
May 14, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the final changes to the health insurance risk-pool bill on 1997-05-13 (House Bill 710). It set coverage rules for eligible people refused ordinary insurance and certain people with prior coverage. It became law on 1997-06-18.
May 13, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against a tobacco-ingredient disclosure exception on 1997-05-13 (House Bill 119). The amendment said legally protected trade secrets need not be disclosed. It passed after a verified vote. The broader bill became law on 1997-06-20.
May 13, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 1922 in the House on 1997-05-13. It excluded the Liberty County portion of the Trinity River from the specified coastal wetlands definition. It became law on 1997-05-28.
May 13, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the final changes creating the Texas Healthy Kids Corporation on 1997-05-12 (House Bill 3). The nonprofit's purpose was primary and preventive health coverage for children. The bill became law on 1997-06-02.
May 12, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to block a landowner-liability amendment on 1997-05-12 (House Bill 1202). It specified factors for judging a landowner's care against third-party crime and required related jury instructions. The amendment was blocked. The bill stopped in the Senate.
May 12, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 583 on 1997-05-12. The education bill included programs to encourage parental involvement in public schools. The governor vetoed it on 1997-06-20.
May 12, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for a $1 cap on certain cash machine transaction fees on 1997-05-12 through an amendment to House Bill 1188. It applied to financial institutions making home-equity loans. The bill stopped in the Senate.
May 12, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to remove a parking-fine amendment on 1997-05-10 (Senate Bill 881). The removed provision proposed allowing denial of driver's license renewal for specified unpaid municipal parking fines exceeding $100 in total. The broader bill became law on 1997-05-30.
May 10, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 625 in the House on 1997-05-10. It restricted disclosure of specified applications for disadvantaged-business certification, while leaving contract-specific information subject to other disclosure law. It became law on 1997-06-20.
May 10, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1700 in the House on 1997-05-10. It broadened the definition of major medical treatment in school employee coverage and required reporting and comparison of district plans. The bill stopped in the Senate.
May 10, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 1706 in the House on 1997-05-09. It authorized state loans from appropriated general revenue to an eligible passenger rail corporation. It became law on 1997-05-16.
May 9, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to block removal of contracted-worker benefit protections on 1997-05-08 (House Bill 2915). The provisions required comparable pay and benefits in specified private contracts replacing state workforce services. The governor vetoed the bill on 1997-06-20.
May 8, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for final college distance-learning changes on 1997-05-07 (House Bill 1404). They allowed approved courses without in-state geographic restrictions and required a public online information resource. It became law on 1997-05-19.
May 7, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to block a substitute health-plan liability amendment on 1997-05-07 (Senate Bill 386). The substitute tied a new compensation claim to failure to follow an independent review decision. The final law instead imposed a reasonable-care duty and became law without the governor's signature on 1997-05-22.
May 7, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 671 in the House on 1997-05-06. It restricted credit-report use in decisions about issuing home and auto insurance. The bill stopped in the Senate.
May 6, 1997
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Voted to pass Senate Bill 753 in the House on 1997-05-06. It specified who was covered by the railroad liability chapter, with exceptions for certain fabrication, repair, storage and internal production operations. It became law on 1997-05-20.
May 6, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the final telecommunications infrastructure fund bill after reconsideration on 1997-05-06 (Senate Bill 249). It set a 1.25 percent receipts assessment on covered telecommunications providers, subject to a collection cap. It became law on 1997-05-20.
May 6, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 123 in the House on 1997-05-05. It permitted surgical castration for qualifying repeat sex offenders who requested it and gave informed written consent. It became law on 1997-05-20.
May 5, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against setting aside House Bill 1131 on 1997-05-05. It proposed an environmental-violation hotline and rewards for information leading to collected penalties. The motion passed, and the bill stopped in the House.
May 5, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 2192 in the House on 1997-05-05. It established a physician recruitment and retention program for medically underserved areas. It became law on 1997-06-11.
May 5, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass the family and medical leave bill in the House on 1997-05-02 (House Bill 2400). The bill proposed 12 workweeks of family and medical leave for eligible employees and permitted unpaid leave. The bill stopped in the Senate.
May 2, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1629 in the House on 1997-05-02. It proposed resident tuition for specified students from a neighboring nation with financial need, including at Texas A&M campuses in Corpus Christi and Kingsville. The verified vote failed, and the bill stopped in the House.
May 2, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to block an amendment to House Bill 3207 on 1997-05-01. The amendment proposed allowing contributions during legislative sessions for qualifying fact-finding travel, with added travel reporting. The broader ethics bill became law on 1997-06-19.
May 1, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against blocking an agricultural-liability amendment on 1997-04-30 (House Bill 2945). The amendment proposed excluding specified intensive livestock, poultry and fish operations from the bill's protection for agricultural improvements. The amendment was blocked. The bill became law on 1997-05-26.
April 30, 1997
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Voted to advance the election procedures bill at second reading on 1997-04-30 (House Bill 331). The final law authorized jointly conducted party primaries with required local and party approvals. It became law on 1997-06-20.
April 30, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 2825 in the House on 1997-04-30. It expanded the criminal justice agencies authorized to contract for inmate or probationer labor on state highway projects. It became law on 1997-06-17.
April 30, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to adopt House Joint Resolution 83 in the House on 1997-04-29. It proposed allowing the Legislature to set constable qualifications by law. The Legislature sent the proposal to voters.
April 29, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against advancing a version of House Bill 768 that excluded pain-and-suffering and other damages from workers' compensation retaliation claims on 1997-04-29. The final version instead changed proof requirements. The governor vetoed it on 1997-06-20.
April 29, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to block an adoption-records amendment on 1997-04-29 (House Bill 1091). The amendment proposed giving adopted people aged 21 or older a noncertified original birth certificate after proof of identity. The amendment was blocked. The broader family-law bill became law on 1997-06-02.
April 29, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against blocking an environmental-audit amendment on 1997-04-28 (House Bill 3459). The amendment proposed adding continuous violations to the rule defining a pattern that defeats immunity. The amendment was blocked. The broader audit bill became law on 1997-05-21.
April 28, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against House Bill 4 on initial House passage on 1997-04-26. That version changed school funding and state and local taxes. A narrower final version addressing school property tax relief and education funding became law on 1997-06-04; final House adoption used a non-record vote.
April 26, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1180 in the House on 1997-04-22. It extended specified liability protection to vehicle gas-system installers or servicers, requiring safety compliance, lack of negligence and other conditions. It became law on 1997-05-26.
April 22, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 1060 in the House on 1997-04-22. It authorized Veterans' Land Board programs providing veterans homes, alongside changes to fund management and financing. It became law on 1997-05-09.
April 22, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 1173 in the House on 1997-04-22. It allowed a person to hold appointed municipal judgeships in more than one municipality. It became law on 1997-05-05.
April 22, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance the nursing-home regulation bill at second reading on 1997-04-21 (Senate Bill 190). Its final version set minimum care standards covering safety, treatment and caregiver professionalism. It became law on 1997-06-20.
April 21, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to adopt Senate Joint Resolution 36 in the House on 1997-04-21. It proposed allowing municipal court judges to hold more than one paid civil office. The Legislature sent the proposal to voters.
April 21, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 3116 in the House on 1997-04-18. It gave welfare work-program participants employee protections and barred hiring that displaced existing workers. The governor vetoed the bill on 1997-06-20.
April 18, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to adopt House Joint Resolution 55 in the House on 1997-04-16. It proposed automatic denial of a Texas Supreme Court rehearing request if the court did not act within 180 days. The Legislature sent the proposal to voters.
April 16, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 494 on 1997-04-16. It proposed damages, fees and civil penalties for knowingly making false government claims. The bill stopped in the Senate.
April 16, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 858 in the House on 1997-04-15. The bill proposed reserving a portion of undergraduate admissions at covered public institutions for open enrollment. The bill stopped in the Senate.
April 15, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 2828 in the House on 1997-04-15. It shielded specified personal information of prison-system employees from public disclosure without requiring them to request protection. The bill stopped in the Senate.
April 15, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 588 at second reading on 1997-04-15. It established automatic university admission for eligible Texas students in the top 10 percent of their high school class. The bill became law on 1997-05-20.
April 15, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to block a home-school driver-education amendment on 1997-04-14 (House Bill 1255). It proposed an approval route for qualifying courses taught at home by parents or guardians. The amendment was blocked, and the bill failed in the House.
April 14, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance House Bill 120 on 1997-04-14. It authorized monitored pain treatment with specified drugs for patients including those with drug-abuse histories, while preserving medical and federal-law limits. It became law on 1997-05-23.
April 14, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to advance the work-family policy bill on 1997-04-10 (House Bill 425). That vote failed. The bill later became law on 1997-06-20, allowing work-family facilitators and barring agency policies that violated parents' rights to direct their children's upbringing.
April 10, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against advancing House Bill 1277 on 1997-04-10. It revised open-end credit rules, including an 18 percent annual interest ceiling for specified credit-card accounts. The bill stopped in the Senate.
April 10, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 757 in the House on 1997-04-10. It barred cities from reclaiming authority beyond their boundaries over certain water quality protection zones before the 20th anniversary of the zone's designation, and authorized state monitoring fees. It became law on 1997-04-25.
April 10, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to adopt House Joint Resolution 24 in the House on 1997-04-09. It proposed letting the two highest Texas courts answer specified legal questions referred by each other. The proposal stopped in the Senate.
April 9, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass Senate Bill 616 in the House on 1997-04-09. It replaced a blanket two-year ban on investment-corporation transactions with former officials with restrictions on lobbying and work on matters they handled. It became law on 1997-04-25.
April 9, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to adopt House Joint Resolution 59 in the House on 1997-04-09. It proposed limiting annual state debt service payable from general revenue to five percent of a three-year revenue average. The Legislature sent the proposal to voters.
April 9, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 614 in the House on 1997-04-08. It extended justice-court authority over specified residential deed-restriction disputes beyond counties with at least 2.8 million people. It became law on 1997-05-19.
April 8, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 1525 in the House on 1997-04-08. It allowed cities to seek voter approval to use specified economic-development sales taxes for additional categories of projects. It became law on 1997-06-18.
April 8, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 833 in the House on 1997-04-03. It exempted state and local government real property from seizure and forced sale and made specified judgment liens unenforceable. It became law on 1997-05-20.
April 3, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 449 in the House on 1997-03-26. It revised defenses for gambling equipment aboard ocean-going vessels, including secured and disabled equipment, while keeping a ban on gambling in Texas waters. It became law on 1997-05-16.
March 26, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 138 in the House on 1997-03-26. It authorized creation of Texas Growth Fund II under the state constitution. It became law on 1997-05-28.
March 26, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 9 in the House on 1997-03-19. The House version expanded prepaid tuition eligibility to students aged 18 or older who were still in high school. It became law on 1997-05-31.
March 19, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to adopt the Texas Tomorrow Fund constitutional proposal in the House on 1997-03-18 (House Joint Resolution 8). It proposed a state guarantee for prepaid college tuition obligations. The Legislature sent the proposal to voters.
March 18, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 6 in the House on 1997-03-13. It revised the boundaries of numerous state House districts. It became law on 1997-05-19.
March 13, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 485 in the House on 1997-03-05. It required new contracts housing out-of-state inmates to provide for their release in the sending state. It became law on 1997-05-21.
March 5, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to pass House Bill 368 in the House on 1997-03-05. It set a three-year deadline after actual discovery or when the wrong was reasonably discoverable, for trade-secret misappropriation suits. It became law on 1997-05-01.
March 5, 1997
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Argued for Faith Davis in a workers' compensation insurance dispute on 1995-01-03. The Texas Supreme Court removed her $100,000 punitive award on 1995-07-07. It preserved $3,500 in unpaid benefits, a $420 penalty, fees and interest.
July 7, 1995
Source: search.txcourts.gov
Authored House Bill 1483, which became law on 1995-06-15. It required written consent for mortuary schools to use bodies for teaching and for students to embalm them, with specified exceptions.
June 15, 1995
Source: capitol.texas.gov
Voted to table the conference report on House Bill 1193, which concerned state licensing of providers of braces and artificial limbs on 1995-05-28. The motion passed, and the bill did not become law.
May 28, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the conference report on Senate Bill 673, the version negotiated by the House and Senate on 1995-05-28. It concerned rural health initiatives, nursing and physician-assistant powers, inmate managed care and health services for elderly or disabled people. It also included penalties.
May 28, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the conference report on Senate Bill 1646, the version negotiated by the House and Senate on 1995-05-28. It concerned the ability of a public housing authority to sponsor a public facility corporation.
May 28, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the conference report on House Bill 2843, the version negotiated by the House and Senate on 1995-05-28. It concerned the adoption of rules by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.
May 28, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the conference report on Senate Bill 1128, the version negotiated by the House and Senate on 1995-05-28. It concerned the deposit, investment, safekeeping, distribution, and records and reports of, and collateral requirements for the deposit of, state funds.
May 28, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the conference report on Senate Bill 776, the version negotiated by the House and Senate on 1995-05-28. It concerned the waste tire recycling program and included state funding.
May 28, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against the conference report on House Bill 788, the version negotiated by the House and Senate on 1995-05-28. It concerned the authority of a municipality to create an industrial development corporation and to levy a sales and use tax to carry out the projects of the corporation.
May 28, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against the conference report on Senate Bill 964, the version negotiated by the House and Senate on 1995-05-28. It concerned the regulation of driver training and included a penalty.
May 28, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the conference report on House Bill 2758, the version negotiated by the House and Senate on 1995-05-28. It concerned the provision of municipal services in an annexed area.
May 28, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the conference report on Senate Bill 913, the version negotiated by the House and Senate on 1995-05-28. It concerned retaliation against a resident of a nursing home or related institution for reports of abuse or neglect.
May 28, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the conference report on House Bill 2027, the version negotiated by the House and Senate on 1995-05-28. It concerned the regulation of tanning facilities and included penalties.
May 28, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the conference report on Senate Bill 744, the version negotiated by the House and Senate on 1995-05-28. It concerned guaranteed energy savings projects for local governments and certain retail utility fees.
May 28, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the conference report on House Bill 943, the version negotiated by the House and Senate on 1995-05-28. It concerned performance audits of certain metropolitan transit authorities.
May 28, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against tabling the conference report on Senate Bill 1509, which established self-help centers in border neighborhoods for specified border counties on 1995-05-28. The motion to table failed.
May 28, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the conference report on House Bill 2726, the version negotiated by the House and Senate on 1995-05-27. It concerned tax-exempt private activity bonds and housing finance corporations.
May 27, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the conference report on House Bill 3003, the version negotiated by the House and Senate on 1995-05-27. It concerned the control and eradication of cotton pests by the Department of Agriculture.
May 27, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the final education law rewrite on 1995-05-27 (Senate Bill 1). It authorized up to 20 open-enrollment charter schools and reserved school powers not assigned to state authorities for local school boards. The governor signed it on 1995-05-30.
May 27, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the conference report on House Bill 1593, the version negotiated by the House and Senate on 1995-05-27. It concerned payment for the proceeds of oil or gas production.
May 27, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the final welfare overhaul on 1995-05-26 (House Bill 1863). It set cash-assistance limits of 12, 24 or 36 months based on education and work history, with hardship exceptions and transitional child care and medical benefits. The governor signed it on 1995-06-13.
May 26, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 1612 in the House on 1995-05-26. It concerned the application to religious facilities of the law relating to architectural barriers.
May 26, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 2032 in the House on 1995-05-26. It concerned purchases by and programs for employees of public institutions of higher education.
May 26, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 1362 in the House on 1995-05-26. It concerned state indemnification for covered health-care liability claims.
May 26, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 1020 in the House on 1995-05-26. It concerned the regulation of savings banks.
May 26, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 2860 in the House on 1995-05-26. It concerned tax abatements by municipalities, counties, and junior college districts relating to property in certain school districts.
May 26, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 3082 in the House on 1995-05-26. It concerned the creation of, annexation of territory by, and consolidation of drainage districts.
May 26, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 2610 in the House on 1995-05-26. It concerned the collection of, appraisal of property for, and election to limit certain taxes.
May 26, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for House Joint Resolution 68, a proposed constitutional change, in the House on 1995-05-25. It concerned raising property-tax exemptions for disabled veterans and their surviving spouses and minor children.
May 25, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 3031 in the House on 1995-05-25. It concerned authorized locations for the sale of lottery tickets or other lottery interests and included a penalty.
May 25, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the conference report on House Bill 327, the version negotiated by the House and Senate on 1995-05-25. It concerned the juvenile justice system, including the adjudication and disposition of children; providing for civil and criminal penalties.
May 25, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 2216 in the House on 1995-05-25. It concerned the issuance of hunting licenses and stamps and the conducting of public hunt drawings by the Parks and Wildlife Department and included penalties.
May 25, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 1698 in the House on 1995-05-25. It concerned requiring a health and human services agency to inform certain clients or patients of community-based service options.
May 25, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the conference report on House Bill 1, the state budget for fiscal 1996 and 1997. The governor later used a line-item veto, and the remaining appropriations took effect on 1995-09-01.
May 25, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 1094 in the House on 1995-05-25. It concerned delinquency charges in retail charge agreements.
May 25, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 1586 in the House on 1995-05-25. It concerned certain agreements under a retail installment contract for the purchase of a motor vehicle.
May 25, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 1001 in the House on 1995-05-25. It concerned the regulation of subdivisions in economically distressed areas and the delivery of water and sewer services to economically distressed subdivisions; providing civil and criminal penalties.
May 25, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the conference report on House Bill 815, the version negotiated by the House and Senate on 1995-05-25. It concerned certain fees charged and bonds issued by certain public institutions of higher education.
May 25, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 1695 in a grouped House vote on 1995-05-24. It concerned emergency management.
May 24, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 727 in the House on 1995-05-24. It concerned certain nonprofit corporations that purchase or make student or parent loan notes.
May 24, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 480 in the House on 1995-05-24. It concerned the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas over pipeline safety.
May 24, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 1016 in the House on 1995-05-24. It concerned the powers of water control and improvement districts.
May 24, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 400 in the House on 1995-05-24. It concerned the application of the doctrine of forum non conveniens to certain actions.
May 24, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 3072 in the House on 1995-05-24. It concerned the use of solid waste fee revenues.
May 24, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 284 in the House on 1995-05-24. It concerned the liability of a peace officer who provides standby assistance to a victim of family violence.
May 24, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 560 in the House on 1995-05-24. It concerned disposal of abandoned vehicles.
May 24, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 1302 in the House on 1995-05-24. It concerned the regulation of physician assistants; providing a criminal penalty.
May 24, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 437 in the House on 1995-05-24. It concerned requiring a county to report on its expenditure of funds required to be used for highways.
May 24, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 1037 in the House on 1995-05-24. It concerned the custodians of local government and state agency funds.
May 24, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 1227 in the House on 1995-05-24. It concerned the regulation of electric cooperative corporations.
May 24, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 101 in the House on 1995-05-24. It concerned the payment of an ad valorem tax under protest.
May 24, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 1685 in the House on 1995-05-24. It concerned the detection and prevention of prostate cancer.
May 24, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 169 in the House on 1995-05-24. It concerned the interstate placement of and assistance to children; creating offenses and providing penalties.
May 24, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 281 in the House at its first passage vote on 1995-05-23. It concerned the punishment for the offense of evading arrest or detention and certain civil consequences of using a vehicle to evade arrest or detention.
May 23, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for Senate Joint Resolution 7, a proposed constitutional change, in the House on 1995-05-23. It concerned allowing investment of money from the Texas growth fund in a business without the business's disclosure of its investments in or with South Africa or Namibia.
May 23, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 94 in the House on 1995-05-22. It concerned the regulation of political contributions, political expenditures, and political advertising in connection with certain judicial candidates and officeholders and to personal financial statements filed by certain judicial officeholders; providing civil and criminal penalties.
May 22, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against tabling Amendment 6 to Senate Bill 345, which concerned tax abatements and economic-development districts on 1995-05-22. The amendment struck Sections 1 through 4 and 6 of the bill. The motion to table failed.
May 22, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against passage of Senate Bill 102 in the House on 1995-05-22. It concerned state employee contributions to the federal old age and survivors insurance program.
May 22, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 1445 in the House on 1995-05-19. It concerned transfer of title to a motor vehicle, procurement of a copy of a motor vehicle certificate of title, the collection and administration of the motor vehicle sales tax, and certain disclosures that must be made to the purchaser of a motor vehicle.
May 19, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 126 in the House on 1995-05-19. It concerned the requirement that a victim of the offense of stalking must have previously reported the stalking conduct and included penalties.
May 19, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 219 in the House on 1995-05-19. It concerned community assistance and economic development program activities of certain river authorities; validating certain actions and instruments of the river authorities.
May 19, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 472 in the House on 1995-05-19. It concerned the waiver of the visual standards for a commercial driver's license to operate a commercial motor vehicle only in this state.
May 19, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 428 in a grouped House vote on 1995-05-19. It concerned the exemption from property taxation of property owned by certain charitable organizations.
May 19, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 378 in a grouped House vote on 1995-05-19. It concerned the licensing of graduates of foreign or nonaccredited dental schools to practice dentistry.
May 19, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 869 in the House on 1995-05-19. It concerned coordinated delivery of health and human services programs.
May 19, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 1491 in a grouped House vote on 1995-05-19. It concerned testing and remedial education of students 55 years of age or older and to tuition and fees charged to those students at public institutions of higher education.
May 19, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 904 in the House on 1995-05-19. It concerned the eligibility of certain fire and police departments to participate in the Texas Municipal Retirement System.
May 19, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 351 in the House on 1995-05-19. It concerned clarifying procedures for the removal of organs or tissues from decedents when an inquest is required.
May 19, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 572 in the House on 1995-05-19. It concerned court-ordered mental health services.
May 19, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for Senate Joint Resolution 1, a proposed constitutional change, in the House on 1995-05-19. It concerned abolishing the office of state treasurer.
May 19, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against passage of Senate Bill 261 in the House on 1995-05-19. It concerned certain charges in connection with a fine for violation of a motor vehicle law.
May 19, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 1446 in the House on 1995-05-19. It concerned the regulation of certain motor vehicle dealers and to the sale, titling, and registration of certain motor vehicles.
May 19, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 921 in the House on 1995-05-19. It concerned the regulation of certain persons engaged in the business of motor vehicle leasing.
May 19, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 699 in the House on 1995-05-19. It concerned the eligibility of certain military veterans and other persons with military-related service and survivors of certain military veterans to an exemption from tuition, fees, and charges at a public institution of higher education.
May 19, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 1583 in the House on 1995-05-19. It concerned taxation of certain lawn services.
May 19, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for the conference report on House Bill 1343, the version negotiated by the House and Senate on 1995-05-19. It concerned inmate grievances and frivolous or malicious litigation filed by inmates.
May 19, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 160 in the House on 1995-05-19. It concerned the regulation of litter by counties.
May 19, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 1384 in the House on 1995-05-19. It concerned the judges stepping aside from cases on the supreme court.
May 19, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 1371 in the House on 1995-05-19. It concerned the authority of certain political subdivisions to contract for solid waste services.
May 19, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 1084 in a grouped House vote on 1995-05-19. It concerned the regulation of dental laboratories.
May 19, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 513 in a grouped House vote on 1995-05-19. It concerned the requirement that a facility accepting a prospective voluntary inpatient mental health consumer for treatment have a physician's signed order.
May 19, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 1017 in the House on 1995-05-19. It concerned the designation of water quality protection zones in certain areas.
May 19, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 642 in the House on 1995-05-18. It concerned the appraisal of property for property taxation and the assessment and collection of property taxes.
May 18, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 2162 in the House on 1995-05-18. It concerned the efficient administration of the criminal justice system.
May 18, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 949 in the House on 1995-05-18. It concerned the ability of incarcerated individuals to access and use certain public records or personal information pertaining to certain other individuals and included a penalty.
May 18, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 750 in the House on 1995-05-18. It concerned the creation of a license management program for certain commercial fishing.
May 18, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 1989 in the House on 1995-05-18. It concerned the underground storage of appropriated water incidental to a beneficial use.
May 18, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 440 in the House at its first passage vote on 1995-05-18. It concerned procedures for applying for a writ of court review of detention by persons convicted of a felony and procedures for the compensation and appointment of counsel to represent certain persons charged with a capital felony.
May 18, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 1543 in the House on 1995-05-18. It concerned the regulation of banking and of entities under the jurisdiction of state banking regulatory officials and included administrative and criminal penalties.
May 18, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 604 in the House on 1995-05-17. It concerned a pilot program for the establishment of medical savings accounts to assist Medicaid recipients.
May 17, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against tabling an amendment to Senate Bill 14 that exempted government actions protecting public health or safety from the private-property-rights bill on 1995-05-17. The amendment was tabled.
May 17, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against tabling Amendment 9 to Senate Bill 640 on 1995-05-17. It gave municipalities confidential sales-tax information about large taxpayers for economic forecasting. The motion to table failed.
May 17, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 605 in the House on 1995-05-17. It concerned the duty of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation to evaluate and revise its sliding fee schedules.
May 17, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 601 in the House on 1995-05-17. It concerned certain educational programs and support services under a managed care Medicaid program.
May 17, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 1150 in the House on 1995-05-17. It concerned continuing education of insurance adjusters by reciprocity.
May 17, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 768 in the House on 1995-05-16. It concerned the recovery of the costs of administering the state water pollution control revolving fund and additional state revolving funds.
May 16, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against passage of Senate Bill 361 in the House on 1995-05-16. It concerned the removal of the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority from the application of the Texas Sunset Act. It failed at that vote.
May 16, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 237 in a grouped House vote on 1995-05-16. It concerned the regulation of nonagricultural public warehouses.
May 16, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 542 in a grouped House vote on 1995-05-16. It concerned allowing certain counties to cancel certain platted subdivisions if the land has not been developed and is likely to be developed as a colonia.
May 16, 1995
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Voted for the conference report on Senate Bill 60, the version negotiated by the House and Senate on 1995-05-16. It concerned the issuance of a license to carry a concealed handgun; requiring of an applicant for the license a handgun proficiency and safety training course and a criminal background check and included penalties.
May 16, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 1063 in the House at its first passage vote on 1995-05-16. It concerned the regulation of package stores.
May 16, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 407 in the House on 1995-05-16. It concerned making emergency appropriations for distribution of state money to school districts and certain public institutions and commissions and to emergency reductions in the current appropriations to the Texas Department of Health.
May 16, 1995
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Voted to table Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 10, the Medicaid health-care delivery bill on 1995-05-16. The amendment proposed regional managed-care selection and oversight arrangements. It was tabled.
May 16, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 221 in the House on 1995-05-16. It concerned the waiver of tuition and fees for students attending courses that are fully funded by federal or other sources.
May 16, 1995
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Voted for an amendment to Senate Bill 1231 that reduced the service requirement for a judicial pension at age 65 from ten years to eight years on 1995-05-16. The amendment failed.
May 16, 1995
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Voted for the conference report on Senate Bill 482, the version negotiated by the House and Senate on 1995-05-16. It concerned the creation, powers, and duties of the Texas Volunteer Health Corps.
May 16, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 391 in the House on 1995-05-16. It concerned recovery from certain insureds of payments made by the Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association.
May 16, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 1280 in the House on 1995-05-16. It concerned the creation of statewide preceptorship programs in general internal medicine and general pediatrics and the expansion of primary care residency positions.
May 16, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2330 in the House on 1995-05-12. It concerned the statute of limitations for personal injury or death as a result of sexual assault.
May 12, 1995
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Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 1337 in the House on 1995-05-12. It concerned the provision by a public junior college of remedial programs for students enrolled in secondary schools in an independent school district in the junior college's service area.
May 12, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 1726 in the House on 1995-05-12. It concerned certain criminal background information obtained by the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse.
May 12, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2257 in the House on 1995-05-12. It concerned certain inquiries made by the Texas Department of Insurance and information from those inquiries.
May 12, 1995
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Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 2265 in the House on 1995-05-12. It concerned the judgments, fines, forfeitures, penalties, and criminal justice fees collected by certain local officers and departments.
May 12, 1995
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Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 2732 in the House on 1995-05-12. It concerned alcoholic beverage regulation.
May 12, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 1997 in the House on 1995-05-12. It concerned the guarantee of certain loans under the linked deposit program. It failed at that vote.
May 12, 1995
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Voted against passage of House Bill 2491 in the House on 1995-05-12. It concerned certain environmental permitting procedures of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. It failed at that vote.
May 12, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 1440 in a grouped House vote on 1995-05-12. It concerned the dismissal of an appeal from a justice or municipal court in a criminal case.
May 12, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 3164 in the House on 1995-05-12. It concerned the continuation, operations, and functions of the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Office of Public Utility Counsel and included penalties.
May 12, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 142 in the House on 1995-05-11. It concerned the identification and legislative review of unfunded mandates on political subdivisions.
May 11, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2460 in the House at its first passage vote on 1995-05-11. It concerned the possession, purchase, sale, distribution, and receipt of cigarettes and tobacco products and included penalties.
May 11, 1995
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Voted for House Joint Resolution 20, a proposed constitutional change, in the House on 1995-05-11. It concerned limiting franchise-tax rates.
May 11, 1995
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Voted for House Joint Resolution 107, a proposed constitutional change, in the House on 1995-05-11. It concerned property-tax exemptions for goods held temporarily at a location.
May 11, 1995
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Voted against passage of House Bill 299 in the House at its first passage vote on 1995-05-11. It concerned violations of rules or statutes applicable to personal care facilities.
May 11, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 532 in the House on 1995-05-11. It concerned the retainage of payments for a contract to improve a state highway.
May 11, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2704 in the House on 1995-05-11. It concerned criminal history checks of employees and applicants for employment in certain facilities serving the elderly or persons with disabilities.
May 11, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2712 in the House on 1995-05-11. It concerned removing the authority of certain local governments to participate directly in regional habitat conservation plans; requiring the Parks and Wildlife Department to coordinate with governmental entities affected by the plan and to submit the plan to the legislature for review.
May 11, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 3226 in the House on 1995-05-11. It concerned protection of coastal resources.
May 11, 1995
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Voted against Amendment 1 to House Bill 3028 on 1995-05-11. It addressed residential security deposits and a new owner’s lease duties after a foreclosure, tax sale or bankruptcy sale. The amendment failed after the vote was verified.
May 11, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2646 in the House at its first passage vote on 1995-05-11. It concerned courts of inquiry under the Code of Criminal Procedure.
May 11, 1995
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Voted for House Joint Resolution 131, a proposed constitutional change, in the House on 1995-05-10. It concerned providing for the constructive election of an unopposed candidate to a municipal office.
May 10, 1995
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Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 2341 in the House on 1995-05-10. It concerned research for the control of fire ants.
May 10, 1995
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Voted against passage of House Bill 164 in the House at its first passage vote on 1995-05-10. It concerned liability for injury arising from a motor vehicle accident to a driver who fails to maintain financial responsibility. It failed at that vote.
May 10, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 1385 in the House on 1995-05-10. It concerned the limitation and termination of annual cost recovery fees for regional water quality assessments.
May 10, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 1988 in the House on 1995-05-10. It concerned the insurance rates and policy forms for certain lines of insurance and to certain administrative hearings conducted regarding those rates.
May 10, 1995
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Voted against House Joint Resolution 14, a proposed constitutional change, in the House on 1995-05-10. It concerned requiring consent for use of and compensation for damages to private property and releasing property owners from liability to persons using property without consent.
May 10, 1995
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Voted for House Joint Resolution 75, a proposed constitutional change, in the House on 1995-05-10. It concerned letting school-district voters set a residence homestead exemption.
May 10, 1995
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Voted for House Joint Resolution 30, a proposed constitutional change, in the House on 1995-05-10. It concerned authorizing the commissioner of the General Land Office to issue mineral patents for certain university fund land held in good faith under color of title for at least 50 years.
May 10, 1995
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Voted against House Joint Resolution 106, a proposed constitutional change, in the House on 1995-05-10. It concerned ending liability for delinquent property taxes after a tax sale.
May 10, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 1418 in the House on 1995-05-10. It concerned liability insurance requirements for certain child care facilities.
May 10, 1995
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Voted for House Joint Resolution 74, a proposed constitutional change, in the House on 1995-05-10. It concerned limiting debt payable from the general revenue fund.
May 10, 1995
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Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 1647 in the House on 1995-05-09. It concerned purchasing and contracting authority of municipalities.
May 9, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 701 in a grouped House vote on 1995-05-09. It concerned the creation of municipal courts of record in Grand Prairie.
May 9, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 3101 in the House on 1995-05-09. It concerned application of usury laws to certain purchases of accounts receivable.
May 9, 1995
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Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 1336 in the House on 1995-05-09. It concerned authorizing public junior colleges to offer courses for joint high school and junior college credit.
May 9, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 1805 in the House on 1995-05-09. It concerned the procedures for determining eligibility for parole of a defendant serving a life sentence after conviction of a capital felony.
May 9, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2603 in the House on 1995-05-09. It concerned the liability of certain volunteer fire departments.
May 9, 1995
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Voted for the conference report on Senate Bill 114, the version negotiated by the House and Senate on 1995-05-09. It concerned exempting certain veterans of the armed forces, the surviving children of certain members of the armed forces, and other persons with military-related service from tuition, fees, and charges at public institutions of higher education.
May 9, 1995
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Voted to table House Bill 3189, which concerned the Edwards Aquifer Authority’s board and aquifer management on 1995-05-09. The motion failed. He later voted against tabling Amendment No. 1.
May 9, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2987 in a grouped House vote on 1995-05-09. It concerned the authority of the supreme court to adopt rules relating to the contractual relationship between an attorney and client.
May 9, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2893 in a grouped House vote on 1995-05-09. It concerned certain insurance benefits and annuity proceeds.
May 9, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2492 in a grouped House vote on 1995-05-09. It concerned industrial development corporations created by certain cities and the taxes levied for projects of those corporations.
May 9, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2945 in the House on 1995-05-09. It concerned the state's source reduction and recycling goal and labeling of certain fertilizer.
May 9, 1995
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Voted for the conference report on House Bill 43, the version negotiated by the House and Senate on 1995-05-09. It concerned civil liability for stalking.
May 9, 1995
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Voted against passage of House Bill 24 in the House at its first passage vote on 1995-05-09. It concerned the inspection of certain vehicles. It failed at that vote.
May 9, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2187 in the House on 1995-05-09. It concerned coordination between The University of Texas at Tyler and other institutions of higher education.
May 9, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2022 in the House on 1995-05-09. It concerned the construction of laboratory and office facilities for the Texas Department of Health; granting authority to issue a bond.
May 9, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2247 in the House on 1995-05-09. It concerned the transfer of the University of Central Texas to The Texas A&M University System.
May 9, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 1367 in the House on 1995-05-09. It concerned certain acts of unfair discrimination in the business of insurance and certain methods, programs, and mechanisms for providing property and casualty insurance in underserved areas and included administrative penalties.
May 9, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 1189 in a grouped House vote on 1995-05-09. It concerned reporting certain child support payments to a consumer reporting agency.
May 9, 1995
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Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 1664 in the House on 1995-05-09. It concerned notice of a meeting of the governing board of an institution of higher education.
May 9, 1995
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Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 3157 in the House on 1995-05-09. It concerned the board of certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities.
May 9, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 387 in the House on 1995-05-09. It concerned the jurisdiction of certain justice courts.
May 9, 1995
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Voted to pass House Bill 2960 in the House on 1995-05-09. It concerned insolvent insurers, the insurance commissioner's management of those insurers and insurance guaranty associations.
May 9, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2845 in the House on 1995-05-09. It concerned the powers, functions, authority, and duties of the Automobile Theft Prevention Authority.
May 9, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 833 in a grouped House vote on 1995-05-09. It concerned application of the sales and use tax to certain aircraft.
May 9, 1995
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Voted against Amendment 3 to House Bill 1718 on 1995-05-08. It let governmental bodies other than state agencies set their own charges for copies of public information. The amendment was adopted.
May 8, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 870 in the House at its first passage vote on 1995-05-08. It concerned the authority of the consumer credit commissioner and to the regulation of certain consumer credit practices and included penalties. It failed at that vote.
May 8, 1995
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Voted for House Joint Resolution 82, a proposed constitutional change, in the House on 1995-05-08. It concerned granting the legislature authority to release the state's interest in land that is held by a person in good faith under color of title.
May 8, 1995
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Voted against tabling an amendment to House Bill 505 on 1995-05-08. It conditioned an accountant’s protection from third-party negligence claims on a notice identifying the intended client and restricted uses of financial information. The amendment was tabled.
May 8, 1995
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Voted for House Joint Resolution 72, a proposed constitutional change, in the House on 1995-05-08. It concerned property-tax appraisal of open-space land used for wildlife management.
May 8, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 1819 in a grouped House vote on 1995-05-07. It concerned approval of alcohol and drug abuse driving awareness programs for personal automobile insurance discounts.
May 7, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 424 in a grouped House vote on 1995-05-07. It concerned the payment in periodic installments of certain penalties owed by certain businesses for violations of law under the jurisdiction of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.
May 7, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 1714 in a grouped House vote on 1995-05-07. It concerned eligibility of libraries for reduced rates for telecommunications services.
May 7, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 694 in a grouped House vote on 1995-05-07. It concerned the exemption from tuition of a resident student enrolled in the Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf.
May 7, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2613 in a grouped House vote on 1995-05-07. It concerned the exemption from property taxation of property owned by a religious organization.
May 7, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 1032 in the House on 1995-05-04. It concerned liens permitted on homestead property.
May 4, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 1125 in the House on 1995-05-04. It concerned the renewal, amendment, or modification of certain emissions permits.
May 4, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 410 in the House on 1995-05-04. It concerned the delay of certain payments or transfers from the general revenue fund.
May 4, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 1126 in the House on 1995-05-04. It concerned the modification of an existing facility under the Texas Clean Air Act.
May 4, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 688 in the House on 1995-05-03. It concerned the use of reclaimed asphalt pavement.
May 3, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2525 in the House on 1995-05-03. It concerned the authority of certain hospital authorities to issue short-term obligations.
May 3, 1995
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Voted against passage of House Bill 2441 in the House at its first passage vote on 1995-05-03. It concerned the amendment, extension, or renewal of a permit for a solid waste facility.
May 3, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2839 in the House on 1995-05-03. It concerned the borrowing powers of drainage districts.
May 3, 1995
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Voted for the conference report on House Bill 1899, the version negotiated by the House and Senate on 1995-05-03. It concerned a deferred retirement option plan for members of retirement systems for police officers in certain municipalities.
May 3, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2197 in the House on 1995-05-03. It concerned the payment in installments of property taxes on certain property located in a disaster area.
May 3, 1995
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Voted for Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 28 on 1995-05-03. It limited a property owner’s liability for injury to contractors and their workers, with exceptions for control of the work and actual knowledge of the danger. The amendment was adopted.
May 3, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2176 in the House on 1995-05-03. It concerned the award of highway improvement contracts.
May 3, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2462 in the House on 1995-05-03. It concerned the allocation of certain funds to certain institutions of higher education.
May 3, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 1098 in the House on 1995-05-02. It concerned consent for the immunization of a minor.
May 2, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 1329 in the House on 1995-05-02. It concerned the use of impact fees by a municipality.
May 2, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 12 in the House on 1995-05-02. It concerned administrative hearings for the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission provided by the State Office of Administrative Hearings.
May 2, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 886 in the House on 1995-04-28. It concerned curfews and to the arrest, custody, and detention of a child alleged to have violated a curfew and included penalties.
April 28, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 403 in the House on 1995-04-28. It concerned the occupation tax imposed on attorneys.
April 28, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 32 in a grouped House vote on 1995-04-28. It concerned the exercise of the powers of eminent domain and the right of entry by the Texas High-Speed Rail Authority.
April 28, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 279 in the House on 1995-04-28. It concerned the identification of inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and other convicted persons as illegal criminal aliens.
April 28, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 323 in a grouped House vote on 1995-04-28. It concerned the licensing of certain physicians who are certified by a medical specialty board.
April 28, 1995
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Voted against passage of House Bill 823 in the House on 1995-04-28. It concerned permitted hotel and motel telephone-call charges. It failed at that vote.
April 28, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2696 in a grouped House vote on 1995-04-28. It concerned the ability of a municipality to participate in a federal program for which local matching funds are required.
April 28, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2875 in a grouped House vote on 1995-04-28. It concerned the continued eligibility for assistance of certain areas formerly classified as economically distressed areas.
April 28, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 178 in the House on 1995-04-28. It concerned the vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program.
April 28, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 897 in the House on 1995-04-28. It concerned a review of Texas' programs to research, control, and eradicate animal tuberculosis and to implementing an improved program based on the review.
April 28, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 606 in the House on 1995-04-27. It concerned the detection and prevention of osteoporosis.
April 27, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 525 in the House on 1995-04-27. It concerned the required contents of a petition asking a court to review detention.
April 27, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2495 in the House on 1995-04-27. It concerned the transfer of the Baylor College of Dentistry to The Texas A&M University System.
April 27, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 1567 in the House on 1995-04-27. It concerned the operation and implementation of the correctional managed health care plan.
April 27, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 1877 in the House on 1995-04-27. It concerned the authority of the board of regents of The University of Texas System to delegate certain powers and duties of the board.
April 27, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 523 in the House on 1995-04-27. It concerned stolen vehicle checkpoints near the Mexico border and the jurisdiction of a magistrate to hear a stolen property disposition hearing.
April 27, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2467 in the House on 1995-04-27. It concerned tuition rates and tuition-funded grants at public institutions of higher education.
April 27, 1995
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Voted for House Joint Resolution 90, a proposed constitutional change, in the House on 1995-04-26. It concerned granting the supreme court jurisdiction to answer questions certified from the court of criminal appeals and granting the court of criminal appeals jurisdiction to answer questions certified from the supreme court.
April 26, 1995
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Voted for House Joint Resolution 35, a proposed constitutional change, in the House on 1995-04-26. It concerned authorizing the governing body of a political subdivision to exempt from property taxation boats and other equipment used in the commercial taking or production of fish, shrimp, shellfish, and other marine life.
April 26, 1995
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Voted for House Joint Resolution 73, a proposed constitutional change, in the House on 1995-04-26. It concerned reducing the amount of general obligation bonds authorized for the issuance for undertakings related to a superconducting super collider research facility.
April 26, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2730 in the House at its first passage vote on 1995-04-26. It concerned the expunction of certain criminal records. It failed at that vote.
April 26, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2473 in the House on 1995-04-26. It concerned audits to determine compliance with certain laws, rules, and regulations and included penalties.
April 26, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 514 in the House on 1995-04-25. It concerned the employment of inmates of the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice by contractors constructing institutional division facilities.
April 25, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 3104 in the House on 1995-04-25. It concerned an exemption of certain charitable gift annuities from regulation under the Insurance Code.
April 25, 1995
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Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 856 in the House on 1995-04-25. It concerned the scope of practice of a dentist performing oral and maxillofacial surgery.
April 25, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 673 in the House on 1995-04-25. It concerned the assignment of a former statutory probate court judge.
April 25, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 2021 in the House on 1995-04-25. It concerned the certification of certain health organizations to contract with or employ certain health practitioners.
April 25, 1995
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Voted for passage of Senate Bill 965 in the House on 1995-04-25. It concerned hospital staff membership and privileges for physicians, podiatrists, and dentists.
April 25, 1995
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Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 1178 in the House on 1995-04-24. It concerned authorizing municipalities to use the competitive sealed proposal procedure for certain purchases.
April 24, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 1507 in a grouped House vote on 1995-04-20. It concerned the authority of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy to authorize certain pilot or demonstration projects.
April 20, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 347 in the House on 1995-04-20. It concerned insurance coverage for certain real property foundations.
April 20, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 3116 in the House on 1995-04-20. It concerned an exemption from annual registration fees for retired physicians performing voluntary charity care.
April 20, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 1338 in a grouped House vote on 1995-04-20. It concerned testing and remedial education of a student enrolled in a certificate program.
April 20, 1995
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Voted for House Bill 2527 in a grouped House third-reading vote on 1995-04-20. It allowed credit unions from other states or countries to operate in Texas when those places allowed Texas credit unions to operate there.
April 20, 1995
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Voted for accepting the Senate’s changes to House Bill 721 in the House on 1995-04-20. It concerned the control of rabies and included criminal penalties.
April 20, 1995
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Voted for House Bill 2529 in a grouped House third-reading vote on 1995-04-20. It revised state takeover rules for credit unions facing insolvency or serious violations, including appointment of a conservator to manage their affairs.
April 20, 1995
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A committee amendment offered on his behalf to Senate Bill 260 defined which properties received drainage-service benefits in cities with more than one million residents on 1995-04-19. The House adopted it without objection.
April 19, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 530 in the House at its first passage vote on 1995-04-19. It concerned the installation of smoke detectors with visual alarms in leased dwellings.
April 19, 1995
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Voted for the conference report on Senate Bill 436, the version negotiated by the House and Senate on 1995-04-18. It concerned the regulation of certain facilities that advertise the provision of special care for residents with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.
April 18, 1995
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Offered with Representative Davis an amendment to House Bill 2128 that allowed qualifying telephone companies to send unclaimed money to scholarships for needy urban students on 1995-04-18. The House adopted the amendment without objection.
April 18, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 1491 in the House on 1995-04-12. It concerned partner notification programs for persons with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
April 12, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 1086 in the House on 1995-04-11. It concerned disqualification for the receipt of unemployment compensation benefits based on the receipt of certain periodic payments.
April 11, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 1689 in the House on 1995-04-11. It concerned training for members of the governing boards of public institutions of higher education.
April 11, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 1605 in the House on 1995-04-11. It concerned the licensing of insurance agents.
April 11, 1995
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Voted for passage of House Bill 1146 in the House on 1995-04-11. It concerned tuition and fees at a public institution of higher education for a nonresident student holding a competitive academic scholarship.
April 11, 1995
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Voted against passage of House Bill 1775 in the House at its first passage vote on 1995-04-11. It concerned permit and license requirements for the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority.
April 11, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 1648 in the House on 1995-04-11. It concerned the criminal jurisdiction of justice courts and certain municipal courts.
April 11, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 835 in the House on 1995-04-11. It concerned violation of speed limits required by federal law.
April 11, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 2313 in the House on 1995-04-11. It concerned abolition of the Lamar University System and the transfer of the institutions in that system to the Texas State University System, and to the actions and functions of the board of regents of the Texas State University System.
April 11, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 941 in the House on 1995-04-06. It concerned the service and return of a subpoena in a criminal proceeding.
April 6, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 584 in a grouped House vote on 1995-04-06. It concerned the authority of Dallas County Utility and Reclamation District to enter into tax abatement agreements, to designate reinvestment zones and to utilize all functions and procedures of Chapter 312, Tax Code; and validating prior elections and other actions and contracts.
April 6, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 1030 in a grouped House vote on 1995-04-06. It concerned extended benefits for unemployment compensation.
April 6, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 2647 in a grouped House vote on 1995-04-06. It concerned the rules for general application of the Texas Department of Insurance.
April 6, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted to table an amendment to Senate Bill 25 that limited the punitive-damages bill to actions begun on or after 1995-09-01. The motion passed.
April 5, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 1422 in the House on 1995-04-05. It concerned certain fees charged by local recording agents and insurers.
April 5, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 947 in the House on 1995-04-04. It concerned loans secured by liens on agricultural-use or open-space land.
April 4, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 1235 in a grouped House vote on 1995-03-30. It concerned special judges elected by the practicing lawyers of the statutory probate courts in Dallas County.
March 30, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 1264 in the House on 1995-03-30. It concerned service required under the Teacher Retirement System of Texas in certain circumstances to qualify for group insurance coverage.
March 30, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 114 in a grouped House vote on 1995-03-30. It concerned the testing and remedial education of certain students enrolling in public institutions of higher education.
March 30, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 200 in the House on 1995-03-30. It concerned the alternative fuels program.
March 30, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 1298 in a grouped House vote on 1995-03-30. It concerned access to criminal history record information by the banking commissioner.
March 30, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 722 in the House at its first passage vote on 1995-03-30. It concerned liability for false disparagement of perishable food products.
March 30, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 1611 in the House on 1995-03-30. It concerned an exemption from the state sales tax for certain ship equipment.
March 30, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 2028 in a grouped House vote on 1995-03-30. It concerned the conduct of masters appointed to preside over certain mental health hearings.
March 30, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 165 in a grouped House vote on 1995-03-30. It concerned a certification of willingness not to appear and plead as an attorney in court by certain retired and former judges.
March 30, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 795 in the House on 1995-03-30. It concerned reinstatement, purchase, and transfer of service credit between the Employees Retirement System of Texas and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
March 30, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 1409 in the House on 1995-03-28. It concerned children and family issues, including health and human services issues.
March 28, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 1284 in the House on 1995-03-28. It concerned the governance of client care for mental health and mental retardation in certain areas.
March 28, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 731 in the House on 1995-03-23. It concerned the investment of funds of a local government or an institution of higher education.
March 23, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 290 in the House on 1995-03-23. It concerned the delay of the employer trip reduction program.
March 23, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 449 in the House on 1995-03-23. It concerned membership in, contributions to, and administration of local retirement systems for fire fighters.
March 23, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 414 in the House on 1995-03-23. It concerned the restricted sale of wine for off-premises consumption by the holder of a winery permit in certain dry areas.
March 23, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 785 in the House on 1995-03-21. It concerned the regulation of manufactured housing and included penalties.
March 21, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 305 in the House on 1995-03-21. It concerned the authority of local governments to enter into contracts with other governmental entities for purchases of goods and services.
March 21, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against passage of House Bill 564 in the House at its first passage vote on 1995-03-20. It concerned requiring certain home-rule municipalities to obtain annexation approval from voters in the area to be annexed.
March 20, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 669 in the House on 1995-03-16. It concerned the quarantine of rabid animals.
March 16, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 8 in the House on 1995-03-16. It concerned the distribution of certain state funds appropriated for education and certain statewide retirement systems.
March 16, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 238 in the House on 1995-03-16. It concerned the employment and commissioning of law enforcement personnel to provide security services to certain educational institutions.
March 16, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 889 in the House at its first passage vote on 1995-03-15. It concerned a prohibition on merger transactions involving out-of-state banks and a prohibition on interstate branches.
March 15, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 1155 in the House on 1995-03-15. It concerned the limited authority of a peace officer from an adjoining state to transport certain criminal defendants in this state.
March 15, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted against passage of House Bill 1204 in the House on 1995-03-14. It concerned the punishment for contempt of certain persons who fail to respond to a jury summons.
March 14, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 988 in the House on 1995-03-14. It concerned home collection kits for human immunodeficiency virus infection testing and included penalties.
March 14, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 509 in the House on 1995-03-09. It concerned the Health and Human Services Commission's authority to delegate Medicaid operations to a health and human services agency.
March 9, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of House Bill 1219 in the House on 1995-03-09. It concerned the handling and quarantine of certain animals and included a penalty.
March 9, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 181 in the House on 1995-03-09. It concerned college or university credit in government or political science and in American or Texas history through advanced standing examination.
March 9, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 19 in the House on 1995-01-26. It concerned delay of the vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program and included state funding.
January 26, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Voted for passage of Senate Bill 18 in the House on 1995-01-19. It concerned reestablishing the State Board of Dental Examiners, regulating dentistry and dental hygiene, penalties and a state appropriation.
January 19, 1995
Source: lrl.texas.gov
Won the Texas House District 105 election on 1994-11-08. He received 9,516 votes against Mike Anderson’s 9,343.
November 8, 1994
Source: elections.sos.state.tx.us
Represented Ella Jo McGovern in a dispute over an auto-insurance payout. She sought separate coverage for lost companionship after her husband's injury. The Texas Supreme Court rejected that claim on 1987-12-09. It kept the insurer's total obligation at $10,000.
December 9, 1987
Source: law.justia.com

Legal Competence · 1 favorable · 3 unfavorable

Awarded Claymore about $211.9 million in place of a $40 million jury award in its Credit Suisse case. The Texas Supreme Court reversed that relief in 2020. On 2025-10-21, an appeals court reversed his $26,975,342 interest award because settlement credits left no damages payable. Further review was denied in October 2026.
October 21, 2025Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: cases.justia.com
Ordered production of emails between Andrew Silver and his patent agent. On 2018-02-23, the Texas Supreme Court recognized a privilege for authorized patent-agent communications and required a private judicial review before disclosure.
February 23, 2018Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: txcourts.gov
Kept a nursing-home death lawsuit open after accepting its expert reports. Appeals judges reversed his ruling on 2015-03-06. They found the reports lacked clear explanations of proper care, specific failures and the cause of death. The case returned for dismissal and fees.
March 6, 2015Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: search.txcourts.gov
Argued for parties challenging a judge's appointment of a private discovery supervisor on 1990-04-18. The Texas Supreme Court ordered the judge to cancel the appointment on 1991-04-03. It found that this case did not justify shifting all discovery work to a paid private supervisor.
April 3, 1991Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: search.txcourts.gov

Candidate Ethics · 1 record

Received a $500 civil penalty for campaign-finance disclosure violations in a Texas Ethics Commission order issued on 2016-02-02. He agreed to resolve the complaint without admitting or denying the findings.
February 2, 2016
Source: ethics.state.tx.us

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District Judge, 134th Judicial District · November 3, 2026 · Dallas County, Texas · incumbent

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