HB 1, Amendment 29 by Cason: Defunding the State Board of Geoscientists and funding bulletproof vests for law enforcement officers

PRO-TAXPAYER POSITION

Support Amendment (Oppose Motion to Table)

House Record Vote: 405

The Cason Amendment to the budget would have defunded the State Board of Geoscientists (which the Texas Sunset Commission recommended abolishing in 2019) and dedicated the savings to funding bulletproof vests for police officers. Defending the health and safety of law enforcement is a better use of taxpayer dollars than continuing an unnecessary state agency that even bureaucrats recommended ending.

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Vote Breakdown:

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

Legislator	District	Party	Vote
Alma Alma Allen	131	Democrat	X
Steve Steve Allison	121	Republican	X
Rafael Rafael Anchia	103	Democrat	X
Charles Charles Anderson	56	Republican	Check
Trent Trent Ashby	57	Republican	X
Ernest Ernest Bailes	18	Republican	Absent
Michelle Michelle Beckley	65	Democrat	X
Cecil Cecil Bell	3	Republican	A-EX
Keith Keith Bell	4	Republican	Check
Diego Diego Bernal	123	Democrat	X
Kyle Kyle Biedermann	73	Republican	Check
Greg Greg Bonnen	24	Republican	X
Rhetta Rhetta Bowers	113	Democrat	X
Brad Brad Buckley	54	Republican	X
John John Bucy	136	Democrat	X
DeWayne DeWayne Burns	58	Republican	Check
Dustin Dustin Burrows	83	Republican	X
Angie Angie Button	112	Republican	X
Briscoe Briscoe Cain	128	Republican	Check
Liz Liz Campos	119	Democrat	X
Terry Terry Canales	40	Democrat	X
Giovanni Giovanni Capriglione	98	Republican	X
Jeff Jeff Cason	92	Republican	Check
Travis Travis Clardy	11	Republican	X
Sheryl Sheryl Cole	46	Democrat	Absent
Garnet Garnet Coleman		Democrat	X
Nicole Nicole Collier	95	Democrat	X
David David Cook	96	Republican	X
Philip Philip Cortez	117	Democrat	X
Tom Tom Craddick	82	Republican	Check
Jasmine Jasmine Crockett	100	Democrat	X
John John Cyrier	17	Republican	Check
Drew Drew Darby	72	Republican	X
Yvonne Yvonne Davis	111	Democrat	X
Jay Jay Dean	7	Republican	X
Joe Joe Deshotel	22	Democrat	X
Alex Alex Dominguez	37	Democrat	X
Harold Harold Dutton	142	Democrat	X
Jake Jake Ellzey		Republican	X
Art Art Fierro	79	Democrat	X
Trey Trey Fischer	116	Democrat	Absent
James James Frank	69	Republican	X
John John Frullo	84	Republican	Check
Gary Gary Gates	28	Republican	X
Charlie Charlie Geren	99	Republican	X
Barbara Barbara Gervin-Hawkins	120	Democrat	X
Craig Craig Goldman	97	Republican	X
Mary Mary González	75	Democrat	X
Jessica Jessica González	104	Democrat	X
Vikki Vikki Goodwin	47	Democrat	X
R.D. R.D. Guerra	41	Democrat	X
Ryan Ryan Guillen	31	Democrat	Absent
Sam Sam Harless	126	Republican	Check
Cody Cody Harris	8	Republican	Check
Cole Cole Hefner	5	Republican	Check
Ana Ana Hernandez	143	Democrat	X
Abel Abel Herrero	34	Democrat	X
Gina Gina Hinojosa	49	Democrat	X
Justin Justin Holland	33	Republican	Check
Donna Donna Howard	48	Democrat	X
Dan Dan Huberty	127	Republican	Check
Lacey Lacey Hull	138	Republican	Check
Todd Todd Hunter	32	Republican	Check
Celia Celia Israel	50	Democrat	X
Jacey Jacey Jetton	26	Republican	Check
Julie Julie Johnson	115	Democrat	X
Ann Ann Johnson	134	Democrat	X
Jarvis Jarvis Johnson	139	Democrat	X
Kyle Kyle Kacal	12	Republican	X
Phil Phil King	61	Republican	Check
Tracy Tracy King	80	Democrat	X
Ken Ken King	88	Republican	X
Stephanie Stephanie Klick	91	Republican	Check
Matt Matt Krause	93	Republican	Check
John John Kuempel	44	Republican	Check
Stan Stan Lambert	71	Republican	X
Brooks Brooks Landgraf	81	Republican	Check
Lyle Lyle Larson	122	Republican	X
Jeff Jeff Leach	67	Republican	X
Ben Ben Leman	13	Republican	Check
Oscar Oscar Longoria	35	Democrat	X
Ray Ray Lopez	125	Democrat	X
J.M. J.M. Lozano	43	Republican	Check
Armando Armando Martinez	39	Democrat	X
Will Will Metcalf	16	Republican	Check
Morgan Morgan Meyer	108	Republican	X
Terry Terry Meza	105	Democrat	X
Mayes Mayes Middleton	23	Republican	Check
Ina Ina Minjarez	124	Democrat	X
Joseph Joseph Moody	78	Democrat	X
Eddie Eddie Morales	74	Democrat	X
Christina Christina Morales	145	Democrat	X
Geanie Geanie Morrison	30	Republican	Check
Sergio Sergio Muñoz	36	Democrat	Check
Jim Jim Murphy	133	Republican	X
Andrew Andrew Murr	53	Republican	Check
Victoria Victoria Neave	107	Democrat	X
Candy Candy Noble	89	Republican	X
Tom Tom Oliverson	130	Republican	X
Lina Lina Ortega	77	Democrat	X
Leo Leo Pacheco		Democrat	Absent
Chris Chris Paddie		Republican	X
Tan Tan Parker	63	Republican	Check
Jared Jared Patterson	106	Republican	Check
Dennis Dennis Paul	129	Republican	Check
Claudia Claudia Perez	76	Democrat	X
Mary Mary Perez	144	Democrat	X
Dade Dade Phelan	21	Republican	Speaker
Walter Walter Price	87	Republican	X
Ana-Maria Ana-Maria Ramos	102	Democrat	X
John John Raney	14	Republican	Check
Richard Richard Raymond	42	Democrat	X
Ron Ron Reynolds	27	Democrat	X
Eddie Eddie Rodriguez	51	Democrat	X
Glenn Glenn Rogers	60	Republican	Check
Ramon Ramon Romero	90	Democrat	X
Toni Toni Rose	110	Democrat	X
Jon Jon Rosenthal	135	Democrat	X
Scott Scott Sanford	70	Republican	Check
Matt Matt Schaefer	6	Republican	Check
Mike Mike Schofield	132	Republican	Check
Matt Matt Shaheen	66	Republican	Check
Penny Penny Shaw	148	Democrat	X
Carl Carl Sherman	109	Democrat	Absent
Hugh Hugh Shine	55	Republican	X
Bryan Bryan Slaton	2	Republican	Check
Shelby Shelby Slawson	59	Republican	Check
Reggie Reggie Smith	62	Republican	Check
John John Smithee	86	Republican	X
David David Spiller	68	Republican	Check
Phil Phil Stephenson	85	Republican	Check
Lynn Lynn Stucky	64	Republican	Check
Valoree Valoree Swanson	150	Republican	Check
James James Talarico	52	Democrat	X
Shawn Shawn Thierry	146	Democrat	X
Ed Ed Thompson	29	Republican	X
Senfronia Senfronia Thompson	141	Democrat	X
Tony Tony Tinderholt	94	Republican	Check
Steve Steve Toth	15	Republican	Check
Chris Chris Turner	101	Democrat	X
John John Turner	114	Democrat	X
Gary Gary VanDeaver	1	Republican	Check
Cody Cody Vasut	25	Republican	Check
Hubert Hubert Vo	149	Democrat	X
Armando Armando Walle	140	Democrat	X
James James White	19	Republican	Check
Terry Terry Wilson	20	Republican	Check
Gene Gene Wu	137	Democrat	X
Erin Erin Zwiener	45	Democrat	X