SB 1879 by Bettencourt: Requiring governments to disclose funds spent on taxpayer funded lobbying

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SB 1879 requires local government entities to obtain a majority vote before hiring a lobbyist and report their contracts and due expenditures to the Texas Ethics Commission. Taxpayer-funded lobbying is an onerous process that wastes taxpayer dollars and attacks citizens' rights.

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Vote Breakdown:
31
  • Pro-Taxpayer
  • Anti-Taxpayer
  • Absent
  • Speaker
  • Absent, Excused
  • Present, not voting
  • Not Applicable
LegislatorDistrictPartyVote
Carol Alvarado
6 Democrat
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Paul Bettencourt
7 Republican
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Brian Birdwell
22 Republican
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César Blanco
29 Democrat
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Dawn Buckingham
24 Republican
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Donna Campbell
25 Republican
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Brandon Creighton
4 Republican
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Sarah Eckhardt
14 Democrat
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Roland Gutierrez
19 Democrat
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Bob Hall
2 Republican
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Kelly Hancock
9 Republican
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Juan Hinojosa
20 Democrat
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Joan Huffman
17 Republican
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Bryan Hughes
1 Republican
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Nathan Johnson
16 Democrat
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Lois Kolkhorst
18 Republican
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Eddie Lucio, Jr.
27 Democrat
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José Menéndez
26 Democrat
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Borris Miles
13 Democrat
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Jane Nelson
12 Republican
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Robert Nichols
3 Republican
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Angela Paxton
8 Republican
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Charles Perry
28 Republican
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Beverly Powell
10 Democrat
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Charles Schwertner
5 Republican
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Kel Seliger
31 Republican
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Drew Springer
30 Republican
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Larry Taylor
11 Republican
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Royce West
23 Democrat
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John Whitmire
15 Democrat
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Judith Zaffirini
21 Democrat
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