State Rep. Byron Cook

Republican

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House District 8 (Retired) - Corsicana

First elected 2002

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Previous Ratings on the Fiscal Index

Career: F
2017: F
2015: F
2013: F
2011: F
2009: C+
2007: B

    About State Rep.
    Byron Cook
  Representative Cook is a Businessman and Rancher. He and his wife, Kay, live in Corsicana, Texas and have two daughters and one grandson. Representative Cook has served in the Texas House of Representatives since 2003.
Committee Assignments during 85th Legislative Session: Calendars; State Affairs (Chair)

    House District District
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State Rep. Byron Cook's Record

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HR 4, Motion to Table Amendment 6 by Tinderholt: Requiring record votes for all non-unanimous votes in committee House Record Vote: 5 Read Full Detail	X
HR 4, Motion to Table Amendment 11 by Tinderholt: Prohibiting informal "tagging" of bills in Calendars House Record Vote: 6 Read Full Detail	X
HR 4, Motion to Table Amendment 16 by Anchia: Requiring Formal Conference Committee Meetings House Record Vote: 7 Read Full Detail	X
HR 4, Motion to Table Amendment 21 by Stickland: Requiring the Speaker to recognize members for certain motions House Record Vote: 9 Read Full Detail	X
HR 4, Motion to Table Amendment 24 by Stickland: Permitting electronic testimony in district offices House Record Vote: 10 Read Full Detail	X
HR 4, Motion to Table Amendment 27 by Schofield: Allowing statement from author to append bill analysis to avoid potential points of order House Record Vote: 11 Read Full Detail	X
HB 20, 1st Called: Raiding the Economic Stabilization Fund for TRS insurance subsidies House Record Vote: 40 Read Full Detail	X
HB 32, 1st Called: Property tax transparency House Record Vote: 46 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 25, 1st Called, Motion to Table Amendment 1 by Krause: Replacing funding mechanism from Economic Stabilization Fund House Record Vote: 53 Read Full Detail	X
HB 25, 1st Called, Amendment 1 by Cook: Reversing Krause amendment that protected ESF raid House Record Vote: 61 Read Full Detail	X
HB 62, Motion to Table Amendment 1 by Rinaldi: Preempting local governments from enacting more burdensome texting regulations House Record Vote: 81 Read Full Detail	X
Motion to Suspend Rules by Shine: Fast-tracking minimum wage increase through committee hearing process House Record Vote: 88 Read Full Detail	X
SB 5, 1st Called: Strengthening mail-in ballot fraud prevention House Record Vote: 105 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1818, Motion to Table Amendment 4 by Cain: Providing "truth-in-taxation" language for Railroad Commission fees House Record Vote: 109 Read Full Detail	X
SB 6, 1st Called, Amendment 2 by Schaefer: Including more Texans into annexation protections House Record Vote: 111 Read Full Detail	X
SB 6, 1st Called, Amendment 3 by Schaefer: Lowering threshold for application of annexation protections House Record Vote: 112 Read Full Detail	X
SB 6, 1st Called, Amendment 23 by P. King: Allowing small counties to opt-in to new annexation protections via election House Record Vote: 129 Read Full Detail	X
HB 132: Expanding financial assistance to relative caretakers House Record Vote: 133 Read Full Detail	X
SB 6, 1st Called: Municipal annexation reform House Record Vote: 134 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1, 1st Called, Motion to Table Amendment 1 by Shaheen: Lowering rollback rate from 6% to 4% House Record Vote: 136 Read Full Detail	X
HB 10: Mental health insurance mandate House Record Vote: 141 Read Full Detail	X
HB 208, 1st Called, Point of Order: Upholding ruling by Chair sustaining point of order and killing spending limits House Record Vote: 155 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 1 by Tinderholt: Strike appropriations to Commission on the Arts House Record Vote: 160 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 4 by Schofield: Moving medicaid fraud investigations to Attorney General from Comptroller House Record Vote: 162 Read Full Detail	X
SB 19, 1st Called, Calendars Rule: Prohibiting amendments to address ESF raid House Record Vote: 162 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1, 1st Called, Motion to Call Previous Question: Cutting off debate on pro-taxpayer amendments to property tax reform bill House Record Vote: 164 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1, Amendment 8 by Herrero: Prohibiting appropriations for school choice measures House Record Vote: 165 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1, Amendment 11 by Howard: Creating a study on suits against or impacting the state House Record Vote: 166 Read Full Detail	X
SB 16, 1st Called, Amendment 20 by Zedler: Creating a study on effect of union dues deduction on teacher orgs House Record Vote: 167 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1, Amendment 29 by Shaheen: Defunding Film and Music Marketing corporate handout House Record Vote: 175 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 56 by Stickland: Defunding Tobacco Use Reduction Programs House Record Vote: 185 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 69 by Turner: Moving funds from Alternatives to Abortion to Family Planning Services House Record Vote: 187 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1, Amendment 139 by Springer: Vindictive Sub. Defunding Bedford transportation maintenance House Record Vote: 204 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 152 by Fallon: Moving funding for fraud investigations from Comptroller to AG House Record Vote: 205 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 191 by Blanco: Report on school fund property used for border wall House Record Vote: 208 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1, Amendment 197 by Springer: Prohibiting appropriations to entities that perform abortions House Record Vote: 209 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1: House version of state budget, appropriating funds from the Economic Stabilization Fund House Record Vote: 213 Read Full Detail	X
HB 100, Motion to Table Amendment 2 by Rinaldi: Brings cab companies under preemption framework House Record Vote: 287 Read Full Detail	X
HB 100, Motion to Table Amendment 3 by Stickland: Striking regulations for a free market solution House Record Vote: 288 Read Full Detail	X
HB 100, Motion to Table Amendment 5 by Y. Davis: Permitting fingerprint-based background checks for ride-sharing permits House Record Vote: 289 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 100, Amendment 12 by Tinderholt and Cain: Clarifying protected classes for discrimination House Record Vote: 295 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 100, Motion to Table Amendment 19 by Schaefer: Substitute incumbent-friendly bill with preemption framework House Record Vote: 298 Read Full Detail	X
HB 21, Motion to Table Amendment 8 by Uresti: Eliminating funding of open-enrollment charter schools House Record Vote: 304 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 21, Motion to Table Amendment 12 by Collier: Potentially reducing funding for some charter schools House Record Vote: 306 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 21, Motion to Table Amendment 16 by Gooden: Additional funding for full-day government run pre-kindergarten House Record Vote: 307 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 21: More money for public schools without structural reforms House Record Vote: 328 Read Full Detail	X
HB 518: Redirecting sales tax to job placement programs House Record Vote: 341 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1, Motion to Instruct Conferees by Leach: Maintaining zero balance for Film & Music Marketing in the budget House Record Vote: 356 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1, Motion to Instruct Conferees by Stickland: Maintaining zero balance of the Texas Enterprise Fund in the budget House Record Vote: 359 Read Full Detail	X
HB 206: Classifying certain persons with service such as state guardsmen as veterans House Record Vote: 366 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1260, Amendment 1 by Stickland: Removing licensing requirement for shrimp boat unloading House Record Vote: 367 Read Full Detail	X
HB 490: Creating a new hearing aid/cochlear implant insurance mandate House Record Vote: 385 Read Full Detail	X
HB 481: Preventing recovery of over-allocated funds by TEA House Record Vote: 388 Read Full Detail	X
SB 4, Amendment 10 by Rinaldi: Reincorporating removal from office for violation House Record Vote: 409 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 4, Amendment 9 by Schaefer: Strengthening sanctuary cities ban by reincorporating senate provisions House Record Vote: 415 Read Full Detail	X
SB 4, Amendment 69 by Cain: Protections for whistleblowers House Record Vote: 457 Read Full Detail	X
HB 926 (Local & Consent): Re-authorizing a Hotel Occupancy Tax in Real County House Record Vote: 494 Read Full Detail	N/A
SB 4: Requiring local and campus enforcement of federal immigration laws House Record Vote: 496 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 743: Expanding social services provided in public schools House Record Vote: 501 Read Full Detail	A-EX
HB 28, Amendment 6 by Turner: Enactment contingent on 50% state contribution and full-day Pre-K implementation House Record Vote: 513 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 28: Phase-out of the Franchise Tax House Record Vote: 565 Read Full Detail	A-EX
HB 2669: Prohibiting attorney's fees to a prevailing taxpayer in a lawsuit against the state House Record Vote: 577 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 3329: Prohibiting local fees on electricians House Record Vote: 600 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2950, Motion to Table Amendment 5 by Stickland: Expanding services by nurse practitioners House Record Vote: 609 Read Full Detail	X
SB 16: Reducing handgun license fees House Record Vote: 623 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 505: Prohibition against officials using campaign donations for certain political expenditures House Record Vote: 625 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 3360: Property tax incentive promotion by Incentive Oversight Board House Record Vote: 627 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2039: Creating an early childhood certification to teach students in pre-k through 3rd grade House Record Vote: 638 Read Full Detail	X
HB 486: Allowing certain school districts greater flexibility to increase taxes House Record Vote: 659 Read Full Detail	X
HB 714: Removing due process for certain parking tickets in the City of Houston House Record Vote: 668 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1449: Prohibiting local governments from imposing certain fees on new construction House Record Vote: 689 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 758: Expanding government-administered bill payment assistance program House Record Vote: 740 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1003: Removing lifeline services mandate on telecommunication companies House Record Vote: 741 Read Full Detail	Check
SJR 2, Amendment 1 by Miller: Correcting Convention of States resolution to match Senate version House Record Vote: 744 Read Full Detail	Check
SJR 2: Calling for an Article V Convention of States House Record Vote: 746 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 967: Creating an unaccountable non-profit corporation House Record Vote: 755 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1917: Requiring adherence to vendor drug program for pharmacy benefits, increasing Rx prices House Record Vote: 768 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 3172: Creating a state economic development application system House Record Vote: 782 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3664: Creating Texas wine assessment program and board House Record Vote: 784 Read Full Detail	X
HB 550, Reconsideration Vote: Requiring safety whistles on small boats House Record Vote: 839 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2068: Repealing the Driver Responsibility Program House Record Vote: 860 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2664: Expanding federal nutrition standards to daycare House Record Vote: 861 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1290: Requiring state agencies repeal one rule for each adopted House Record Vote: 887 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 3287, Amendment 3 by Isaac: Allowing breweries to sell for off-premise consumption House Record Vote: 994 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3287, Amendment 6 by Tinderholt: Requiring beer distributors only charge for real and verifiable costs to brewers House Record Vote: 996 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3287, 2nd Reading: Creating additional regulations, mandates and restrictions on alcohol production/sales House Record Vote: 997 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3294: Extending major events reimbursements to NASCAR House Record Vote: 1000 Read Full Detail	X
HB 523: Making work sessions and special meetings of school board meetings available online House Record Vote: 1009 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 3287, 3rd Reading: Creating additional regulations, mandates and restrictions on alcohol production/sales House Record Vote: 1018 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1708: Exempting pull-tab bingo from certain gambling limitations House Record Vote: 1086 Read Full Detail	X
SB 7: Relating to improper relationships between educators and students and reporting of educator misconduct House Record Vote: 1103 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 3859: Protecting religious liberty of child welfare providers House Record Vote: 1110 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2766: Creating new hidden fee on residents of nursing home facilities House Record Vote: 1141 Read Full Detail	PNV
HJR 73: Prohibiting mandates on local government entities without corresponding funding House Record Vote: 1153 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1724: Establishing commercial license buyback account House Record Vote: 1171 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1289: Requiring domestic-made steel for government projects House Record Vote: 1184 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3015: Creating firefighter union vacation leave-time accounts House Record Vote: 1214 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1300: Expanding Hotel Occupancy Tax collection to Short-term Rentals House Record Vote: 1237 Read Full Detail	X
SB 500: No pensions for public official convicted of crimes involving the public trust House Record Vote: 1253 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 586: Extension of rural & small telecom subsidies House Record Vote: 1272 Read Full Detail	X
SB 312, Amendment 6 by Pickett: Status report on construction House Record Vote: 1277 Read Full Detail	X
SB 312, Amendment 12 by Pickett: Toll road authorities must repay state funds House Record Vote: 1281 Read Full Detail	X
SB 312, Amendment 16 by Rinaldi: E-verify for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a highway House Record Vote: 1282 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 312, Amendment 32 by Shaheen: Cessation of tolls; surplus stays with project House Record Vote: 1283 Read Full Detail	A-EX
SB 312, Amendment 47 by Walle: Increasing amount of contracting with "underutilized businesses" House Record Vote: 1286 Read Full Detail	A-EX
SB 533, Amendment 1 by Simmons: Adding "disabled" to historically underutilized business contract award program House Record Vote: 1303 Read Full Detail	X
SB 440: Expanding hotel occupancy tax for airports House Record Vote: 1477 Read Full Detail	Absent
SB 813: Recovery of court costs for frivolous regulatory actions by state agencies House Record Vote: 1479 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 977: Prohibiting use of public funds for private rail House Record Vote: 1481 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 975: Burdening private rail with security regulation House Record Vote: 1495 Read Full Detail	X
SB 654: Expanding allowable practice areas for advanced practice nurses House Record Vote: 1538 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 715: Municipal annexation reform House Record Vote: 1539 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 625: Creating a special purpose district financial and tax database House Record Vote: 1746 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 942 (L&C): Expanding Hotel Occupancy Tax authorization to build sports facilities in Queen City Read Full Detail	N/A
SB 2056 (L&C): Expanding Hotel Occupancy Tax to build sports facilities in Brownfield Read Full Detail	N/A
SB 2166 (L&C): Expanding Hotel Occupancy Tax to build multi-use sports facility in Shenandoah Read Full Detail	N/A

State Rep. Byron Cook

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House District District 8

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