State Rep. Elliott Naishtat

Democrat

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House District 49 (Retired) - Austin

First elected 1991

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2015: F
2013: F
2011: F
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2007: F

    About State Rep.
    Elliott Naishtat
  Representative Naishtat is an Attorney from Austin, Texas. He earned his BA Degree from Queens College, and his MS Degree in Social Work and JD from the University of Texas at Austin. Representative Naishtat has served in the Texas House of Representatives since 1991.
Committee Assignments during 84th Legislative Session: Human Services; Public Health (Vice Chair)

    House District District
    49
   

State Rep. Elliott Naishtat's Record

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HB 1, 3rd Called, Motion to Table Amendment 8 by Lavender: Dedicating certain motor vehicle sales tax revenue to the state highway fund House Record Vote: 8 Read Full Detail	X
HR 4, Motion to Table Amendment 9 by V. Taylor: To require hearings on legislation with 50 signatures House Record Vote: 10 Read Full Detail	X
HR 4, Motion to Table Amendment 24 by Zedler: To require legislation be placed on House floor for a vote if it has at least 76 supporters House Record Vote: 15 Read Full Detail	X
HR 4, Amendment 30 by V. Taylor: To require the legislative caption note if bills impose, authorize, increase or change a tax or fee House Record Vote: 17 Read Full Detail	Check
HJR 2 conference report, 2nd Called: Providing insufficient protections for the ESF when diverting oil & gas tax revenue to transportation House Record Vote: 47 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1600, Amendment 8 by Krause: To remove new cease-and-desist power being given to unelected bureaucracy House Record Vote: 77 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1600, Motion to Table Amendment 1 by S. Turner: Preventing agency from increasing surcharges without legislative approval House Record Vote: 89 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 5, Motion to Table Amendment 97 by Giddings: Forces school districts to provide "accelerated instruction" for under-performing students before any other funds can be spent House Record Vote: 108 Read Full Detail	X
HB 5, Motion to Table Amendment 114 by Herrero: Holds state budget hostage to certain education funding regardless of need or reform House Record Vote: 111 Read Full Detail	X
HB 4, Motion to Table Amendment 8 by V. Taylor: Prohibiting use of ESF monies House Record Vote: 121 Read Full Detail	X
HB 4: An increase in the size and scope of government, facilitating local debt without voter approval House Record Vote: 126 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1, Amendment 2 by Pitts: Wrongly removing oversight power from the UT Board of Regents House Record Vote: 145 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1, Amendment 5 by Pitts: Preventing UT Board of Regents from being able to exercise independent oversight authority House Record Vote: 146 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1, Amendment 12 by Farrar: Nonsensically requiring comptroller to "include in the tax policy e-newsletter" notice that a mother can breastfeed anywhere in public House Record Vote: 150 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1, Amendment 14 by Farias: Requiring state comptroller to produce a study on people not claiming the federal earned income tax credit House Record Vote: 152 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 27 by Walle: Eliminating dollars to the Texas Enterprise Fund House Record Vote: 158 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1, Amendment 51 by Burnam & Zerwas: Opening the door to Medicaid expansion under ObamaCare House Record Vote: 161 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 71 by Schaefer & Leach: Freezing funding of Historical Commission and moving money from Film & Music marketing to TRS House Record Vote: 162 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 88 by Capriglione: Striking funding for Regional Service Centers House Record Vote: 166 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1, Amendment 95 by Herrero: Prohibiting funding for implementing parental choice programs House Record Vote: 169 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 120 by Simpson: Transferring money from Commission on Arts to volunteer firefighters House Record Vote: 175 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 176 by Herrero: Moving money into ineffective "pre-K" programs House Record Vote: 178 Read Full Detail	X
HB 86: Reforming sunset of state licensing House Record Vote: 193 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1, Motion to Instruct: Conferees should not to adopt language allowing for the expansion of Medicaid House Record Vote: 253 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1752: Creating a "teacher residency program" House Record Vote: 256 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1717, Motion to Table Amendment 1 by Schaefer: Eliminating the licensing requirements for interior designers House Record Vote: 258 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1717: New regulations on architects House Record Vote: 262 Read Full Detail	Absent
HB 502: Needlessly regulating "teeth whitening" services House Record Vote: 276 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2197, Motion to Reconsider: Providing for the continuation of the Lottery Commission House Record Vote: 282 Read Full Detail	X
HB 148: Bringing greater accountability to the mail-in ballot process House Record Vote: 347 Read Full Detail	X
SB 202: Continuing the Commission on the Arts House Record Vote: 376 Read Full Detail	Absent
SB 945: New regulation on hospitals, requiring employees to wear IDs House Record Vote: 398 Read Full Detail	X
SB 971: Expanding the use of TIF financing to port authorities House Record Vote: 439 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3238: Creating a needle exchange program House Record Vote: 502 Read Full Detail	X
HB 852: Interfering in the market by making it illegal to transport lawfully caught shark fins House Record Vote: 508 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2782: Giving more power to the commissioner of insurance to interfere in the health insurance market House Record Vote: 521 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1809: Allowing "cultural" entities to use taxpayer resources when leasing or purchasing land, when private money should be used House Record Vote: 523 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2062: Adding new regulations to plumbers House Record Vote: 528 Read Full Detail	X
HB 213: Making the small business exemption to the business tax permanent House Record Vote: 542 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1312: Creating new regulations on veterinary medicine and barriers to becoming a technician House Record Vote: 545 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3536: Tax increase advocated by large companies onto small companies House Record Vote: 577 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3459: Infringing on property rights by allowing easements to be re-defined after a storm event House Record Vote: 589 Read Full Detail	X
HB 170: Mandating new insurance coverages House Record Vote: 647 Read Full Detail	X
HB 500, Amendment 27 by N. Gonzalez: Increasing the exemption used in calculating the business tax House Record Vote: 657 Read Full Detail	X
HB 500, Amendment 34 by V. Taylor: Simplifying the calculations for the gross margins House Record Vote: 661 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1573: Authorizing certain counties to impose additional vehicle registration fees (L&C) House Record Vote: 669 Read Full Detail	N/A
HB 3043: Allowing for an increase in hotel occupancy taxes (L&C) House Record Vote: 669 Read Full Detail	N/A
HB 546: Creating new abatements and "reinvestment" zones (L&C) House Record Vote: 669 Read Full Detail	N/A
SB 620: New student loan program House Record Vote: 674 Read Full Detail	X
HB 887: New nanny-state regulations on high school sports House Record Vote: 678 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2038: Expanding state programs that should be eliminated: the Center for Elimination of Disproportionality and Disparities and Interagency Council for Addressing Disproportionality House Record Vote: 689 Read Full Detail	X
SB 376: Requiring certain school districts to begin providing a free breakfast House Record Vote: 693 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2158: Deterring fraud in the Medicaid system House Record Vote: 717 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1790: Reducing costs in the criminal justice system by procedures for those who complete community supervision House Record Vote: 744 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 613: New regulations on foundation repair contractors House Record Vote: 747 Read Full Detail	X
HB 912: Providing privacy protections from inappropriate use of unmanned drones House Record Vote: 763 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 346: Creating unconstitutional requirements on political speech while exempting labor unions from the new rules House Record Vote: 811 Read Full Detail	X
SJR 13: Reducing citizen choices in elections for only some state offices, and empowering bureaucracies House Record Vote: 845 Read Full Detail	X
SB 2: Expanding the number of charter schools while ensuring better oversight and management House Record Vote: 878 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 515: Allowing brew-pubs to sell their product to retailers House Record Vote: 953 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1459, Motion to Table Amendment 2 by Isaac: Removing tie between legislators' pensions from that of district judges House Record Vote: 988 Read Full Detail	X
SB 219, Amendment 12 by Geren: Violating constitutional protections against donor threats and intimidation (mimicking SB346) House Record Vote: 992 Read Full Detail	X
SB 219, Motion to Table Amendment 27 by King: Moving state's Public Integrity Unit from the Travis County District Attorney to the Attorney General House Record Vote: 994 Read Full Detail	X
SB 219, Amendment 30 by Capriglione: Requiring legislators to disclose government contracts entered into by themselves, their family or their businesses House Record Vote: 995 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 7, Amendment 26 by Leach: Prohibiting the future expansion of Medicaid under ObamaCare without the authorization of the Legislature House Record Vote: 998 Read Full Detail	X
SB 16: Allowing for billions of new university debt based on anticipated tuition revenues House Record Vote: 1003 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1406: Putting CSCOPE under review of SBOE House Record Vote: 1007 Read Full Detail	X
SB 656: Creating new transparency for local budgeting House Record Vote: 1015 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1795: Setting operating rules for ObamaCare exchange "navigators" House Record Vote: 1049 Read Full Detail	X
SJR 1: Creating yet another constitutional water fund while allowing for spending outside the state's constitutional limitation House Record Vote: 1126 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1025 House-Senate conference report: Draining the ESF for non-emergency spending House Record Vote: 1334 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1 House-Senate conference report: Increasing budget beyond reasonable levels while increasing legislator pensions House Record Vote: 1336 Read Full Detail	X

State Rep. Elliott Naishtat

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House District District 49

State Rep. Elliott Naishtat's Record