State Rep. Sylvester Turner

Democrat
Current Rating

N/A

House District 139 (Retired) - Houston
First elected 1989

Previous Ratings on the Fiscal Index

  • Career: F
  • 2015: F
  • 2013: F
  • 2011: F
  • 2009: F
  • 2007: F

About State Rep. Sylvester Turner

Representative Turner was born in Houston, Texas.  He received a BA from the University of Houston and a JD Harvard Law School. He is a practicing Attorney and a father to one child. Representative Turner has served in the Texas House of Representatives since 1989.
Committee Assignments during 84th Legislative Session: Appropriations (Vice Chair); Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV & V (Chair); State Affairs

House District District 139

State Rep. Sylvester Turner's Record

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

HB 1038: Property tax appraisal reform

House Record Vote: 81
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SB 1, Amendment 148 by Y. Davis: Mandating a duplicative study by the agency responsible for low-income housing

House Record Vote: 181
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SB 1, Amendment 213 by Paxton: Ordering the Legislative Budget Board to study spending limits

House Record Vote: 185
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HB 681: Requiring sellers of fresh fish to post signs about mercury

House Record Vote: 206
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HB 482: Creating a program through Texas Department of Agriculture that gives small retailers in low-income neighborhoods grants to purchase refrigerators

House Record Vote: 216
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HB 1462: Allowing state employees to be paid by the taxpayers while performing volunteer service

House Record Vote: 329
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HB 4765: Temporarily increasing the small business exemption in the Gross Margins Tax

House Record Vote: 537
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SB 1071: Providing transparency for state pension funds

House Record Vote: 570
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HB 2291: Bringing greater transparency to the setting of property tax rates

House Record Vote: 653
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HB 130: Creating a new pre-K program

House Record Vote: 656
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HB 300, Motion to Table Amendment 35 by Laubenberg: Allowing "best value" addition to TxDOT contracting

House Record Vote: 662
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HJR 112: Creating new taxing jurisdictions for existing services that should be funded through general revenues

House Record Vote: 730
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HB 2962: Expands the Children's Health Insurance Program to 300% of poverty, or $66,000 for a family of four

House Record Vote: 881
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HB 2511: Imposing McCain-Feingold style speech limits on Texas politics

House Record Vote: 889
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HB 464: Requiring dynamic fiscal impact statement for certain bills and joint resolutions affecting taxes and fees

House Record Vote: 897
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SB 968: New regulations on "water features," needlessly creating additional expenses and burdens

House Record Vote: 1016
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SB 1569, Amendment 13 by Strama: Allowing drug users to qualify for Unemployment Insurance benefits

House Record Vote: 1052
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HB 300, Motion to Instruct: Keeping the gas tax and local fee hikes out of the TxDOT re-authorization conference report

House Record Vote: 1373
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HB 2559: Reforming state's employee pension system

House Record Vote: 1525
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HCR 50: Affirming state's rights under 10th Amendment

House Record Vote: 1544
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HB 2888: Creating a state-financed "income tax assistance" program

House Record Vote: 1708
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