Total votes
284
all sessions
Attendance
99%
2 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
89%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
5%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
348
bills & resolutions
Higher than 86% of chamber peers
Committees
0
assignments
284 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
134
voted in favor
Nay
150
voted against
Absent
2
missed votes
Total cast
284
across all sessions
Crossed party
30
votes against own party
This page
284
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 24
Relating to the provision of informational materials and certain other information to a pregnant woman before an abortion.
Nay
Passed
17–8
Apr 17, 2019
SB 1264
Relating to consumer protections against certain medical and health care billing by certain out-of-network providers.
Yea
Passed
22–3
Apr 16, 2019
SB 205
Relating to the use of information from the lists of noncitizens and nonresidents excused or disqualified from jury service.
Nay
Passed
16–9
Apr 16, 2019
SB 1264
Relating to consumer protections against certain medical and health care billing by certain out-of-network providers.
Nay
Failed
7–18
Apr 16, 2019
SB 2486
Relating to a prohibition against certain local regulation of the scheduling and overtime compensation practices of private employers.
Yea
Failed
9–16
Apr 16, 2019
SB 2488
Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to adopt or enforce certain regulations regarding whether a private employer may obtain, consider, or take employment action based on an employment applicant's or employee's criminal history record information.
Nay
Passed
16–9
Apr 16, 2019
SB 1264
Relating to consumer protections against certain medical and health care billing by certain out-of-network providers.
Nay
Failed
8–17
Apr 16, 2019
SB 2486
Relating to a prohibition against certain local regulation of the scheduling and overtime compensation practices of private employers.
Nay
Passed
17–8
Apr 16, 2019
SB 2486
Relating to a prohibition against certain local regulation of the scheduling and overtime compensation practices of private employers.
Yea
Failed
9–16
Apr 16, 2019
SB 616
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, the conditional transfer of the driver licensing program to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, the abolition of the Texas Private Security Board, the transfer of the motorcycle and off-highway vehicle operator training programs to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, and the regulation of other programs administered by the Department of Public Safety; imposing an administrative penalty; authorizing and repealing the authorization for fees. Against party
Nay
Failed
9–16
Apr 16, 2019
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