State Rep. Sylvester Turner

Democrat

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House District 139 (Retired) - Houston

First elected 1989

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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

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Bill	Vote
Re-election of State Rep. Joe Straus as Speaker of the Texas House House Record Vote: 1 Read Full Detail	X
HR 3, Amendment 2 by Laubenberg: Increasing office budgets of House members House Record Vote: 5 Read Full Detail	X
HR 4, Motion to Table Amendment 22 by Simpson: Requiring Conference Committees to be open and transaparent House Record Vote: 11 Read Full Detail	X
SB 293: Unconstitutional retroactive payment from the Major Events Trust Fund House Record Vote: 96 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1, Amendment 1 by Otto: Adding $800 million to public education without reforms House Record Vote: 105 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 7 by D. Miller: Gutting Amendment 6 by Spitzer that defunded the Commission on the Arts House Record Vote: 106 Read Full Detail	Absent
HB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 10 by Martinez Fischer: Moving money from the AG's office to the Texas Ethics Commission House Record Vote: 108 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 11 by Farias: Moving money from the AG's Legal Services Fund to Victim's Assistance House Record Vote: 109 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 14 by Martinez Fischer: Earmarking money appropriated to the AG's Legal Services Fund for school finance litigation House Record Vote: 110 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 15 by C. Turner: Creating politicized report on the state's litigation against federal government House Record Vote: 111 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1, Amendment 20 by Gonzalez: Creating politicized report on "Equal Pay" at state agencies House Record Vote: 112 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 30 by Miles: Dedicating certain Texas Enterprise Fund dollars to "community improvement projects" House Record Vote: 115 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 32 by E. Rodriguez: Prohibiting certain appropriations to certain police unions that lobby the Legislature House Record Vote: 116 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 33 by Rinaldi: Defunding the Film & Music Marketing Program House Record Vote: 118 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 37 by Rinaldi: Defunding the Texas Enterprise Fund House Record Vote: 119 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 50 by Miles: Moving money from DPS for recruitment and retention efforts to social programs under the Dept. of State Health Services House Record Vote: 121 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1, Amendment 53 by Leach: Banning Dept. of State Health Services from contracting with "Family Planning Organizations" that perform elective abortions House Record Vote: 122 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 108 by E. Rodriguez: Funding for Full-Day Pre-K House Record Vote: 128 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 109 by Walle: Funding for "High Quality" Pre-K House Record Vote: 129 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 120 by Miles: Studying effects of open-enrollment charter schools on "community cohesion" House Record Vote: 131 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 214 by Miles: Creating politicized study on solid waste facilities near low-income residential areas House Record Vote: 147 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1, Amendment 229 by Sanford: Reducing administrative funding for the Texas Lottery Commission House Record Vote: 149 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 247 by McClendon: Optional funding for the Lone Star Rail District House Record Vote: 150 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 253 by Burrows: Requiring state agencies to report ways they can cut their budgets by certain amounts House Record Vote: 151 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1, Motion to Table Amendment 258 by Schaefer: Requiring the Legislative Budget Board to produce monthly reports on funds available without exceeding the state spending limit House Record Vote: 153 Read Full Detail	X
HB 4: Funding "High-Quality Pre-K" programs in public schools House Record Vote: 178 Read Full Detail	X
HB 100: Authorizing $3.1 billion of debt via tuition revenue bonds House Record Vote: 187 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2037: Taxpayer-funded lobbying for state police officers House Record Vote: 228 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2350: Expanding amount of taxpayer dollars used to guarantee Texas Agriculture Finance Authority loans House Record Vote: 230 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1690: Moving the Public Integrity Unit from Travis County DA to the Texas Rangers (within DPS) House Record Vote: 292 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2007: Increasing fees for county junkyards and automotive wrecking/salvage yards without restricting use of funds House Record Vote: 313 Read Full Detail	X
HB 700: Repealing the B-On-time student loan program House Record Vote: 332 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2717: Deregulation of hair braiding House Record Vote: 334 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2089: Repealing certain occupational taxes House Record Vote: 359 Read Full Detail	Check
HJR 111: Constitutional amendment prohibiting using revenues dedicated by law for non-dedicated purposes House Record Vote: 390 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 409: Mandating liability insurance for bars House Record Vote: 397 Read Full Detail	X
HB 23: Requiring disclosure of certain relationships with local government officers and vendors House Record Vote: 404 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 31, Motion to Table Amendment 4 by Howard: Requiring Comptroller certification for sales tax cuts to take effect House Record Vote: 418 Read Full Detail	X
HB 31: Reducing the rate of the state sales tax House Record Vote: 419 Read Full Detail	Absent
HB 32, Motion to Table Amendment 6 by C. Turner: Substituting permanent franchise tax cut with "temporary permissive rates" House Record Vote: 420 Read Full Detail	X
HB 32, Motion to Table Amendment 8 by Smithee: Increasing franchise tax exemption for small businesses House Record Vote: 421 Read Full Detail	X
HB 32, Motion to Table Amendment 10 by Howard: Making franchise tax cut dependent on result of school finance lawsuit House Record Vote: 422 Read Full Detail	X
HB 32: Reducing the rates of the franchise tax House Record Vote: 423 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1191: Increasing appropriations to public universities without reforms House Record Vote: 513 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1155: Using taxpayer dollars to create the crony capitalist "Recruit Texas Program" House Record Vote: 525 Read Full Detail	X
HB 408: Prohibiting "double-dipping" of retirement benefits of certain elected state officials House Record Vote: 575 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1114: Requiring certain local special-purpose PACs to file with the Texas Ethics Commission House Record Vote: 683 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1294: Requiring elected officials to disclose certain contracts entered into with governmental entities House Record Vote: 684 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 991: Displaying state and federal gas tax rates on fuel pumps House Record Vote: 729 Read Full Detail	Check
HJR 79: Calling for Texas to join an Article V Convention to pass a federal Balanced Budget Amendment House Record Vote: 825 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1295: Requiring disclosure of interested parties regarding contracts with government entities House Record Vote: 851 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1318: Expanding the Major Events Trust Fund to include presidential debates House Record Vote: 890 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2096: Tax breaks for data centers House Record Vote: 900 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 22, Motion to Table Amendment 3 by Zedler: Requiring a public two-thirds vote for TEC Commissioners to refer a potential criminal case to the Travis County DA House Record Vote: 905 Read Full Detail	X
HB 22, Motion to Table Amendment 5 by Hughes: Giving subpoena powers to respondent's counsel in TEC preliminary hearings House Record Vote: 907 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 22, Motion to Table Amendment 8 by Spitzer: Requiring the Texas Ethics Commission to automatically dismiss complaints not addressed within one year House Record Vote: 910 Read Full Detail	X
HB 22: Expanding unconstitutional power of the Texas Ethics Commission House Record Vote: 911 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2712: More tax breaks for data centers House Record Vote: 921 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 114: Curtailing the use of capital appreciation bonds by political subdivisions House Record Vote: 977 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1267: Expanding SNAP welfare benefits to felons House Record Vote: 979 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2392: Establishing a residential energy efficiency loan program with taxpayer dollars House Record Vote: 982 Read Full Detail	X
HB 283: Requiring certain governmental bodies make audio/visual recordings of meetings available online House Record Vote: 984 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 3113: Expanding use of the hotel occupancy tax for payment of municipal hotel projects House Record Vote: 1043 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2769: Continuing a pilot revolving loan program to provide for energy efficiency measures with taxpayer dollars House Record Vote: 1053 Read Full Detail	X
HB 506: Permitting higher property tax rates for certain school districts House Record Vote: 1054 Read Full Detail	X
HJR 77: Calling for an Article V Convention to pass a federal balanced budget amendment and term limits House Record Vote: 1084 Read Full Detail	X
HB 681: Eliminating pensions for elected officials convicted of felonies related to their time in office House Record Vote: 1085 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 3396: Increasing the cap on direct campaign expenditures made by individuals before triggering reporting requirements House Record Vote: 1086 Read Full Detail	X
HJR 26: Increasing the state minimum wage House Record Vote: 1089 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2703: Requiring behavior analysts to obtain an occupational license House Record Vote: 1092 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1891: Creating Texas "community" schools House Record Vote: 1095 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1892: Creating a Texas "community school" grant program House Record Vote: 1096 Read Full Detail	X
HB 964: Weakening rollback property tax rate protections House Record Vote: 1097 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1754: Allowing municipalities to give away public land for economic development House Record Vote: 1109 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1485: Establishing a "grocery access investment fund" program with taxpayer dollars House Record Vote: 1120 Read Full Detail	X
HB 799: Studying the effects of federal government regulations and mandates on state agencies House Record Vote: 1134 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 686: Creating the Math and Science Scholars Loan Repayment Program with taxpayer dollars House Record Vote: 1166 Read Full Detail	X
SB 837: Expanding crony capitalist hotel-only public improvement districts House Record Vote: 1170 Read Full Detail	X
SB 455: Creating a three-judge statewide panel to hear school finance and redistricting lawsuits House Record Vote: 1177 Read Full Detail	X
SB 20: Reforming state agency contracting practices House Record Vote: 1217 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 239: Creating a taxpayer-funded student loan repayment program for mental health professionals House Record Vote: 1255 Read Full Detail	X
SB 752: Repealing the inheritance tax House Record Vote: 1311 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 757: Repealing production taxes on crude petroleum and sulphur House Record Vote: 1316 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1: Enabling legislation for school district property tax relief House Record Vote: 1421 Read Full Detail	A-EX
SJR 1: Constitutional amendment providing for property tax relief House Record Vote: 1424 Read Full Detail	A-EX
SB 19, Amendment 20 by Schaefer: Eliminating provision banning filming of legislators at the state capitol House Record Vote: 1539 Read Full Detail	PNV
SB 19, Amendment 27 by Rinaldi: Floor substitute reverting unconstitutional "ethics" bill back to its original and constitutional Senate form House Record Vote: 1541 Read Full Detail	X
SB 19: Suppressing citizens' 1st Amendment rights under the guise of "ethics reform" House Record Vote: 1558 Read Full Detail	X

State Rep. Sylvester Turner

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