HB 2843 by Kuempel: Growing Government and Expanding Corporate Welfare

PRO-TAXPAYER POSITION
Oppose
House Record Vote: 1541

HB 2843 is the enabling legislation for HJR 155. HB 2843 ultimately seeks to expand casino gambling in Texas. among other provisions. All done under the guise of economic development, HB 2843 seeks to grow the government by creating an entirely new bureaucratic entity to oversee the expansion. HB 2843 also creates a “limited number of resorts” by which this expansion of casino gambling and other provisions can take place, inevitably resulting in the government picking winners over losers, continuing to set yet another bad precedent. Expanding state power to regulate gambling, which almost always hurts the poorest Texans and those with addictions, continues to set a bad precedent and is not the proper role of government. TFR opposes HB 2843.

PRO-TAXPAYER POSITION
Oppose
Vote Breakdown:
69
54
20
5
  • Pro-Taxpayer
  • Anti-Taxpayer
  • Absent
  • Speaker
  • Absent, Excused
  • Present, not voting
  • Not Applicable
LegislatorDistrictPartyVote
Alma Allen
131 Democrat
X
Steve Allison
121 Republican
X
Rafael Anchia
103 Democrat
X
Charles Anderson
Republican
Check
Trent Ashby
9 Republican
Check
Ernest Bailes
18 Republican
X
Cecil Bell
3 Republican
Check
Keith Bell
4 Republican
Check
Diego Bernal
123 Democrat
X
Salman Bhojani
92 Democrat
X
Greg Bonnen
24 Republican
A-EX
Rhetta Bowers
113 Democrat
X
John Bryant
114 Democrat
Check
Brad Buckley
54 Republican
X
John Bucy
136 Democrat
X
Benjamin Bumgarner
63 Republican
X
DeWayne Burns
58 Republican
Check
Dustin Burrows
83 Republican
Check
Angie Button
112 Republican
X
Briscoe Cain
128 Republican
Check
Liz Campos
119 Democrat
X
Terry Canales
40 Democrat
X
Giovanni Capriglione
98 Republican
Check
Travis Clardy
11 Republican
Absent
Sheryl Cole
46 Democrat
X
Nicole Collier
95 Democrat
X
David Cook
96 Republican
X
Philip Cortez
117 Democrat
X
Tom Craddick
82 Republican
Check
Charles Cunningham
127 Republican
X
Drew Darby
72 Republican
X
Yvonne Davis
111 Democrat
X
Jay Dean
7 Republican
X
Mano DeAyala
133 Republican
Check
Mark Dorazio
122 Republican
Check
Harold Dutton
142 Democrat
X
Trey Fischer
116 Democrat
Check
Lulu Flores
51 Democrat
Absent
James Frank
69 Republican
Check
Frederick Frazier
61 Republican
X
Erin Gamez
38 Democrat
Absent
Josey Garcia
124 Democrat
X
Gary Gates
28 Republican
Check
Stan Gerdes
17 Republican
Check
Charlie Geren
99 Republican
X
Barbara Gervin-Hawkins
120 Democrat
X
Craig Goldman
97 Republican
X
Mary González
75 Democrat
X
Jessica González
104 Democrat
Absent
Vikki Goodwin
47 Democrat
Absent
R.D. Guerra
41 Democrat
X
Ryan Guillen
31 Republican
X
Sam Harless
126 Republican
X
Cody Harris
8 Republican
Check
Caroline Harris
52 Republican
Check
Brian Harrison
10 Republican
Check
Richard Hayes
57 Republican
Check
Cole Hefner
5 Republican
Check
Ana Hernandez
143 Democrat
A-EX
Abel Herrero
34 Democrat
Absent
Gina Hinojosa
49 Democrat
Check
Justin Holland
33 Republican
Absent
Donna Howard
48 Democrat
X
Lacey Hull
138 Republican
X
Todd Hunter
32 Republican
X
Carrie Isaac
73 Republican
Check
Jacey Jetton
26 Republican
X
Julie Johnson
115 Democrat
X
Ann Johnson
134 Democrat
Absent
Jarvis Johnson
139 Democrat
X
Venton Jones
100 Democrat
X
Jolanda Jones
147 Democrat
X
Kyle Kacal
12 Republican
Absent
Tracy King
80 Democrat
X
Ken King
88 Republican
X
Stan Kitzman
85 Republican
X
Stephanie Klick
91 Republican
Check
John Kuempel
44 Republican
X
Suleman Lalani
76 Democrat
X
Stan Lambert
71 Republican
Absent
Brooks Landgraf
81 Republican
Absent
Jeff Leach
67 Republican
Absent
Terri Leo-Wilson
23 Republican
Check
Oscar Longoria
35 Democrat
A-EX
Janie Lopez
37 Republican
Check
Ray Lopez
125 Democrat
Absent
J.M. Lozano
43 Republican
X
John Lujan
118 Republican
Check
Christian Manuel
22 Democrat
X
Armando Martinez
39 Democrat
Check
Will Metcalf
16 Republican
Check
Morgan Meyer
108 Republican
X
Terry Meza
105 Democrat
Check
Joseph Moody
78 Democrat
X
Eddie Morales
74 Democrat
Check
Christina Morales
145 Democrat
Check
Geanie Morrison
30 Republican
Absent
Sergio Muñoz
36 Democrat
Check
Andrew Murr
53 Republican
X
Victoria Neave
107 Democrat
X
Candy Noble
89 Republican
Check
Tom Oliverson
130 Republican
Check
Angelia Orr
13 Republican
X
Lina Ortega
77 Democrat
X
Jared Patterson
106 Republican
X
Dennis Paul
129 Republican
Check
Claudia Perez
79 Democrat
X
Mary Perez
144 Democrat
X
Mihaela Plesa
70 Democrat
Absent
Walter Price
87 Republican
Check
Ana-Maria Ramos
102 Democrat
Check
John Raney
14 Republican
X
Richard Raymond
42 Democrat
X
Ron Reynolds
27 Democrat
X
Glenn Rogers
60 Republican
Absent
Ramon Romero
90 Democrat
X
Toni Rose
110 Democrat
X
Jon Rosenthal
135 Democrat
X
Matt Schaefer
6 Republican
Check
Nate Schatzline
93 Republican
Check
Mike Schofield
132 Republican
Absent
Matt Shaheen
66 Republican
Check
Penny Shaw
148 Democrat
X
Carl Sherman
109 Democrat
A-EX
Hugh Shine
55 Republican
Check
Shelby Slawson
59 Republican
Check
Reggie Smith
62 Republican
Check
John Smithee
86 Republican
Check
David Spiller
68 Republican
Check
Lynn Stucky
64 Republican
Check
Valoree Swanson
150 Republican
Check
James Talarico
50 Democrat
X
Carl Tepper
84 Republican
Check
Shawn Thierry
146 Democrat
Absent
Kronda Thimesch
65 Republican
X
Ed Thompson
29 Republican
Check
Senfronia Thompson
141 Democrat
X
Tony Tinderholt
94 Republican
Check
Steve Toth
15 Republican
Check
Ellen Troxclair
19 Republican
Absent
Chris Turner
101 Democrat
X
Gary VanDeaver
1 Republican
Absent
Cody Vasut
25 Republican
Check
Hubert Vo
149 Democrat
X
Armando Walle
140 Democrat
A-EX
Terry Wilson
20 Republican
Check
Gene Wu
137 Democrat
X
Erin Zwiener
45 Democrat
X