State Rep. John Raney

Republican

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House District 14 - Bryan

First elected 2011

Facebook: raneyfortexas

Twitter: @RaneyForTexas

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Career: F
2021: F
2019: F
2017: F
2015: F
2013: F

About State Rep. John Raney

John Raney is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin High School and Texas A&M University where he obtained a BBA Degree in Marketing. He founded Texas Aggieland Bookstore in 1969 while still attending Texas A&M. He has been married to his wife, Elizabeth, for 37 years and they have two daughters. Rep. Raney was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in a special election in December 2011.

Committee Assignments

88th Legislative Session
Higher Education
Transportation, Vice Chair

Offices

Capitol

CAP 1N.12

P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768

p: (512) 463-0698

District

4103 South Texas Avenue, Suite 103
Bryan, Texas 77802

p: (979) 260-5040

House District District 14

State Rep. John Raney's Record

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Bill	Vote
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	X
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	Check
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	Check
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	Absent
SB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 176 by Herrero: Moving money into ineffective "pre-K" programs House Record Vote: 178 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 86: Reforming sunset of state licensing House Record Vote: 193 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1, Motion to Instruct: Conferees should not to adopt language allowing for the expansion of Medicaid House Record Vote: 253 Read Full Detail	Check
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	X
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	Check
SB 202: Continuing the Commission on the Arts House Record Vote: 376 Read Full Detail	X
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	Absent
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	Absent
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	Check
HB 500, Amendment 34 by V. Taylor: Simplifying the calculations for the gross margins House Record Vote: 661 Read Full Detail	Check
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	Check
HB 887: New nanny-state regulations on high school sports House Record Vote: 678 Read Full Detail	Absent
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	Check
SB 376: Requiring certain school districts to begin providing a free breakfast House Record Vote: 693 Read Full Detail	Check
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	X
HB 613: New regulations on foundation repair contractors House Record Vote: 747 Read Full Detail	Check
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	Check
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	X
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	Check
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	Check
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