State Rep. Ernest Bailes

Republican

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House District 18 - Shepherd

First elected 2016

Facebook: bailesfortexas

Twitter: @Bailesfortx

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Previous Ratings on the Fiscal Index

Career: F
2021: F
2019: F
2017: F

About State Rep. Ernest Bailes

Ernest Bailes is a rancher and agriculturalist. He is a graduate of Shepherd High School and earned his B.S. from Texas A&M University in 2004.

Following his graduation, Bailes founded an advanced reproductive services company for cattle and whitetail deer producers across the south-central United States.

Ernest and his wife Courtney live in Shepherd with their two sons.

Committee Assignments

88th Legislative Session
Culture, Recreation, and Tourism
Energy Resources

Offices

Capitol

EXT E2.818

P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768

p: (512) 463-0570

District

Mailing:
P.O. Box 1116
Shepherd, TX 77371
Physical:
10501 Hwy 150
Suite B
Shepherd, TX 77371

p: (936) 628-6687

House District District 18

State Rep. Ernest Bailes's Record

Pro-Taxpayer
Anti-Taxpayer
Absent
Speaker
Absent, Excused
Present, not voting
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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	X
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	X
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	X
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	X
HB 1942 by Leach: Growing Government House Record Vote: 1538 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2843 by Kuempel: Growing Government and Expanding Corporate Welfare House Record Vote: 1541 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3128 by Kitzman: Creation of a License for Sewage Disposal System Pumping Technicians House Record Vote: 1630 Read Full Detail	Check
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	X
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	X
HB 2382 by Thompson, S. (L&C): Burdensome Regulation House Record Vote: 1580 Read Full Detail	X
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	Check
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