State Rep. DeWayne Burns

Republican

Current Rating

N/A

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House District 58 - Cleburne

First elected 2014

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: DeWayneBurnsforStateRep

Twitter: @BurnsForTexas

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Previous Ratings on the Fiscal Index

Career: C-
2023: F
2021: F
2019: F
2017: F
2015: B-

About State Rep. DeWayne Burns

DeWayne Burns graduated from Cleburne High School in 1990 and Tarleton State University in 1994.

He is currently a property and business investment manager. He previously served as the Vice President of the Cleburne ISD Board of Trustees and a member of the Johnson County Economic Development Commission.

He and his wife Jennifer have two teenage sons and a daughter.

Committee Assignments

88th Legislative Session
Higher Education
Land and Resource Management, Chair

Offices

Capitol

EXT E2.604

P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768

p: (512) 463-0538

District

115 S. Main Street, Suite 202
Cleburne, TX 76033

p: (817) 645-3685

House District District 58

State Rep. DeWayne Burns's Record

Pro-Taxpayer
Anti-Taxpayer
Absent
Speaker
Absent, Excused
Present, not voting
Not Applicable

Vote

Bill	Vote
Electing Dade Phelan Speaker of the Texas House House Record Vote: 0 Read Full Detail	X
HR 3 by Metcalf: Housekeeping Resolution House Record Vote: 5 Read Full Detail	X
HR 4 by Hunter: House Rules Resolution House Record Vote: 17 Read Full Detail	X
HR 4, Amendment 9 by Tinderholt: Required Record Votes in Committees House Record Vote: 8 Read Full Detail	X
HB 590 by Bailes: Criminalizing Honey Producers House Record Vote: 66 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1, Amendment 37 by Martinez Fischer: Takes $8 billion from Property Tax Relief Fund to Increase Teacher Salaries House Record Vote: 106 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1, Amendment 45 by Herrero: Prohibits Appropriations From Being Used for Any Form of School Choice House Record Vote: 111 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 45 by Herrero House Record Vote: 110 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2308 by Ashby: Farming Freedom House Record Vote: 128 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1635 by Burrows: Government Overreach House Record Vote: 175 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2 by Meyer: Property Tax Relief Act House Record Vote: 193 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2, Motion to Table Amendment 1 by Tinderholt: Increase M&O Compression to $20 billion House Record Vote: 190 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1595 by Bonnen: Misuse of the Rainy Day Fund House Record Vote: 230 Read Full Detail	X
HB 92 by Landgraf: Chicken Freedom House Record Vote: 248 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2127 by Burrows: Pre-emption of Local Government Regulations House Record Vote: 305 Read Full Detail	Check
HJR 45 by Shaheen: Property Tax Exemption at Expense of Other Taxpayers House Record Vote: 293 Read Full Detail	X
HB 900 by Patterson: READER Act House Record Vote: 334 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 12 by Rose: Medicaid Expansion for Post-Partum Women House Record Vote: 378 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1391 by Schaefer: Removing Barriers to Work House Record Vote: 434 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2466 by Button: Corporate Welfare House Record Vote: 487 Read Full Detail	X
HB 159 by Landgraf: Pro-Taxpayer House Record Vote: 529 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 438 by Schofield: Benefitting Lawmakers at the Expense of Taxpayers House Record Vote: 882 Read Full Detail	X
HB 9 by Ashby: Broadband Socialism House Record Vote: 592 Read Full Detail	X
HB 11 by Dutton Jr.: Anti-Taxpayer House Record Vote: 563 Read Full Detail	X
HB 100 by King, K.: Anti-Taxpayer House Record Vote: 595 Read Full Detail	X
HB 100, Amendment 1 by Harrison: Ensure Money Goes to Teachers and not Administrative Bloat House Record Vote: 594 Read Full Detail	Check
HJR 107 by Price: Raising the Mandatory Retirement Age for State Justices and Judges House Record Vote: 566 Read Full Detail	X
HJR 132 by Hefner: Net Worth Tax Proposition House Record Vote: 766 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1950 by King, K.: Expanding Corporate Welfare House Record Vote: 619 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2199 by Canales: Registration Fee on Electric Vehicle House Record Vote: 575 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1243 by Hefner: Restoring Penalty for Illegal Voting House Record Vote: 685 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2231 by Geren: Expanding Corporate Welfare House Record Vote: 1084 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3837 by Geren: Burdensome Regulation House Record Vote: 693 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2209 by Lozano: Creation of a Grant Program House Record Vote: 658 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2337 by Oliverson: Expanding Services that Qualify Under Medicaid House Record Vote: 708 Read Full Detail	X
HB 134 by Bernal: Expanding Services that Qualify Under Medicaid House Record Vote: 664 Read Full Detail	X
HB 4885 by Landgraf: Creation of a Grant Program House Record Vote: 667 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3659 by Hefner: Reforming Asset Forfeiture House Record Vote: 750 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 667 by Johnson, A.: Creation of an Occupational License for Music Therapy House Record Vote: 865 Read Full Detail	X
SB 14 by Campbell: Prohibition on Public Funds for Gender Transitioning House Record Vote: 1686 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 5174 by Bonnen: Creation of the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Consortium House Record Vote: 1060 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2859 by Ashby: Takes Away From Property Tax Relief House Record Vote: 1275 Read Full Detail	X
HJR 146 by Capriglione: Enshrining the Right of Texans to Agree Upon a Medium of Exchange House Record Vote: 1453 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 4429 by Landgraf: Expanding Corporate Welfare House Record Vote: 1575 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1 by Bonnen: General Appropriations Act (GAA) for FY2024-25 (Conference Committee Report) House Record Vote: 2193 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1058 by Goldman: Tax Credits & Corporate Welfare House Record Vote: 76 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2802 by Rose: Increasing Reliance on Government Welfare House Record Vote: 314 Read Full Detail	Absent
HB 898 by Stucky: Increase in Penalties House Record Vote: 471 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1755 by Button: Anti-Taxpayer House Record Vote: 541 Read Full Detail	X
HB 264 by Toth: Loosening Regulations on Home Equity Loans House Record Vote: 821 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2026 by Darby: Expansion of Rural Veterinarian Incentive Program House Record Vote: 774 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2414 by Frank: Increasing Market Competition in Healthcare House Record Vote: 842 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 613 by Vasut: Pro-Taxpayer House Record Vote: 948 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2509 by Bernal (L&C): New Corporate Welfare Program House Record Vote: 791 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 4264 by Button (L&C): Expanding Corporate Welfare House Record Vote: 791 Read Full Detail	X
HB 5, Amendment 9 by Schaefer: Ensuring Renewables Not Included in Corporate Welfare Revival Effort House Record Vote: 1049 Read Full Detail	X
HB 5, Motion to Reconsider Amendment 15 by Schaefer: Would not allow companies that donate to abortion/gender mod to get abatement House Record Vote: 1053 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3297 by Harris, C.J.: Elimination of the Vehicle Safety Inspection Program House Record Vote: 1100 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2493 by Capriglione: Increased Transparency for Information Requests House Record Vote: 1155 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 3039 by Klick: Removes Barriers to Entry for Dentists and Dental Hygienists House Record Vote: 1251 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2779 by Leach: Benefitting Lawmakers at the Expense of Taxpayers House Record Vote: 1265 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3771 by Johnson, J.E.: Taxpayers Subsidizing Child-Care House Record Vote: 1247 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 3946 by Clardy (L&C): Expanding Corporate Welfare House Record Vote: 1176 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1585 by Geren: Overstep on Reforming Campaign Finance Law House Record Vote: 1413 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1614 by Dutton: Expanding Pre-K Eligibility and Creation of a Grant Program House Record Vote: 1321 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 490 by Hughes: Itemized Billing for Medical Services House Record Vote: 1409 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 800 by Guillen: Border Security House Record Vote: 1414 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 7 by Guillen: Border Security House Record Vote: 1417 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 3757 by Wilson: Property Tax Exemption at Expense of Other Taxpayers House Record Vote: 1497 Read Full Detail	X
HB 4456 by Harris, C.J.: Alteration in the Way the No-New-Revenue Tax Rate is Calculated House Record Vote: 1308 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1942 by Leach: Growing Government House Record Vote: 1538 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2843 by Kuempel: Growing Government and Expanding Corporate Welfare House Record Vote: 1541 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 3128 by Kitzman: Creation of a License for Sewage Disposal System Pumping Technicians House Record Vote: 1630 Read Full Detail	X
SB 784 by Birdwell: Local Government Preemption of Burdensome Regulation House Record Vote: 1663 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 4433 by Anchia: Encouraging an Inequitable Tax System House Record Vote: 1653 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 773 by Parker: Rollback of Medical Regulation House Record Vote: 1665 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 287 by Johnson, J.E. (L&C): Anti-Free Enterprise House Record Vote: 1580 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2382 by Thompson, S. (L&C): Burdensome Regulation House Record Vote: 1580 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1648 by Parker: Anti-Taxpayer House Record Vote: 1716 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1145 by West: Property Tax Exemption at Expense of Other Taxpayers House Record Vote: 1735 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1057 by Whitmire: Anti-Taxpayer House Record Vote: 2012 Read Full Detail	X
SB 812 by Zaffirini: Burdensome Regulation on Business House Record Vote: 2053 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 627 by Menéndez: Corporate Welfare House Record Vote: 2013 Read Full Detail	X
SB 15 by Middleton: Protecting Women’s College Sports House Record Vote: 1813 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 18 by Creighton: Eliminating Tenure at General Academic Institutions House Record Vote: 1978 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 3 by Bettencourt: Property Tax Relief House Record Vote: 1849 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 12 by Hughes: Banning Children’s Exposure to Drag Shows House Record Vote: 1917 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 17 by Creighton: Banning Discriminatory DEI Policies in Higher Education House Record Vote: 1921 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 17, Amendment 1 by Tinderholt: Attempting to Strip Kuempel Amendments Adopted on 2nd Reading House Record Vote: 1919 Read Full Detail	X
SB 17, Amendment 2 by Tinderholt: Changes Provision That Prevented the Firing of DEI Office Employees House Record Vote: 1920 Read Full Detail	X
SB 785 by Birdwell: Pro-Property Rights House Record Vote: 1993 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 2325 by Zaffirini: Corporate Welfare House Record Vote: 2003 Read Full Detail	X
SB 379 by Huffman: Wound Care Dressing and Menstrual Product Sales Tax Exemption House Record Vote: 2016 Read Full Detail	X
SB 833 by King, P.: Anti-ESG House Record Vote: 2054 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 5 by Hunter: Corporate Welfare Revival House Record Vote: 1082 Read Full Detail	X