State Rep. Matt Schaefer

Republican

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House District 6 - Tyler

First elected 2012

Facebook: MattForTexas

Twitter: @RepMattSchaefer

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Previous Ratings on the Fiscal Index

Career: A+
2021: A-
2019: B+
2017: A+
2015: A+
2013: A+

About State Rep. Matt Schaefer

Born and raised in Texas, Matt and his wife, Jasilyn, are active members of Green Acres Baptist Church. He played football at Cisco Junior College before heading to Texas Tech to earn a degree in Finance. After college, Matt was employed in Tyler by U.S. Senator Phil Gramm and upon Sen. Gramm’s retirement, he joined the Navy Reserves while attending law school at Texas Tech, where he graduated with honors.

Committee Assignments

88th Legislative Session
Licensing and Administrative Procedures
Public Education

Offices

Capitol

CAP GN.8

P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768

p: (512) 463-0584

District

200 E. Ferguson, Suite 435
Tyler, TX 75702

p: (903) 592-0900

House District District 6

State Rep. Matt Schaefer'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	Check
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	Check
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	Check
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	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	Check
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	Check
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	Check
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	Check
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	Check
SB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 27 by Walle: Eliminating dollars to the Texas Enterprise Fund House Record Vote: 158 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1, Amendment 51 by Burnam & Zerwas: Opening the door to Medicaid expansion under ObamaCare House Record Vote: 161 Read Full Detail	Check
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	Check
SB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 88 by Capriglione: Striking funding for Regional Service Centers House Record Vote: 166 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1, Amendment 95 by Herrero: Prohibiting funding for implementing parental choice programs House Record Vote: 169 Read Full Detail	Check
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	Check
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	Check
HB 1717, Motion to Table Amendment 1 by Schaefer: Eliminating the licensing requirements for interior designers House Record Vote: 258 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1717: New regulations on architects House Record Vote: 262 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 502: Needlessly regulating "teeth whitening" services House Record Vote: 276 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2197, Motion to Reconsider: Providing for the continuation of the Lottery Commission House Record Vote: 282 Read Full Detail	Check
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	Check
SB 945: New regulation on hospitals, requiring employees to wear IDs House Record Vote: 398 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 971: Expanding the use of TIF financing to port authorities House Record Vote: 439 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 3238: Creating a needle exchange program House Record Vote: 502 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 852: Interfering in the market by making it illegal to transport lawfully caught shark fins House Record Vote: 508 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2782: Giving more power to the commissioner of insurance to interfere in the health insurance market House Record Vote: 521 Read Full Detail	Check
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	Check
HB 2062: Adding new regulations to plumbers House Record Vote: 528 Read Full Detail	Check
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	Check
HB 3536: Tax increase advocated by large companies onto small companies House Record Vote: 577 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 3459: Infringing on property rights by allowing easements to be re-defined after a storm event House Record Vote: 589 Read Full Detail	Check
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	Check
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	Check
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	Check
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	Check
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	Check
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	Check
SB 219, Amendment 12 by Geren: Violating constitutional protections against donor threats and intimidation (mimicking SB346) House Record Vote: 992 Read Full Detail	Check
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	Check
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	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	Check
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	Check
HB 1025 House-Senate conference report: Draining the ESF for non-emergency spending House Record Vote: 1334 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1 House-Senate conference report: Increasing budget beyond reasonable levels while increasing legislator pensions House Record Vote: 1336 Read Full Detail	Check