State Rep. Sylvester Turner

Democrat

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House District 139 (Retired) - Houston

First elected 1989

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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

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HB 1038: Property tax appraisal reform House Record Vote: 81 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1, Amendment 148 by Y. Davis: Mandating a duplicative study by the agency responsible for low-income housing House Record Vote: 181 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1, Amendment 213 by Paxton: Ordering the Legislative Budget Board to study spending limits House Record Vote: 185 Read Full Detail	X
HB 681: Requiring sellers of fresh fish to post signs about mercury House Record Vote: 206 Read Full Detail	X
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 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1462: Allowing state employees to be paid by the taxpayers while performing volunteer service House Record Vote: 329 Read Full Detail	X
HB 4765: Temporarily increasing the small business exemption in the Gross Margins Tax House Record Vote: 537 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1071: Providing transparency for state pension funds House Record Vote: 570 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2291: Bringing greater transparency to the setting of property tax rates House Record Vote: 653 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 130: Creating a new pre-K program House Record Vote: 656 Read Full Detail	X
HB 300, Motion to Table Amendment 35 by Laubenberg: Allowing "best value" addition to TxDOT contracting House Record Vote: 662 Read Full Detail	Absent
HJR 112: Creating new taxing jurisdictions for existing services that should be funded through general revenues House Record Vote: 730 Read Full Detail	X
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 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2511: Imposing McCain-Feingold style speech limits on Texas politics House Record Vote: 889 Read Full Detail	A-EX
HB 464: Requiring dynamic fiscal impact statement for certain bills and joint resolutions affecting taxes and fees House Record Vote: 897 Read Full Detail	A-EX
SB 968: New regulations on "water features," needlessly creating additional expenses and burdens House Record Vote: 1016 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1569, Amendment 13 by Strama: Allowing drug users to qualify for Unemployment Insurance benefits House Record Vote: 1052 Read Full Detail	X
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 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2559: Reforming state's employee pension system House Record Vote: 1525 Read Full Detail	Check
HCR 50: Affirming state's rights under 10th Amendment House Record Vote: 1544 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2888: Creating a state-financed "income tax assistance" program House Record Vote: 1708 Read Full Detail	X

State Rep. Sylvester Turner

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House District District 139

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