HOUSE OF BAD CARDS

52 politicians,
4 suits,
2 jokers,
... and a whole lot of facts.

Wants to Use Your Money to Repay Others' Student Loans

The caption for the bill kind of says it all: "Relating to repayment of certain mental health professional education loans."

Should you be in the business of paying for others' student loans?

No. Of course not.

GOP Platform Conflict: Plank 62 (fiscal responsibility); Principles 4 (limited government), 5 (personal responsibility).

20250508_SB646_3R: Yea 23 (R 12, D 11) - Nay 8 (R 8, D 0)

Yea - A. Hinojosa; Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Cook; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hall; Hancock; J. Hinojosa; Johnson; King; Menendez; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; West; Zaffirini

Nay - Campbell; Creighton; Hagenbuch; Huffman; Hughes; Kolkhorst; Middleton; Sparks



RV#3941: Yea 75 (R 24, D 51) - Nay 58 (R 58, D 0)
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Yea - Barry; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Dyson; Flores; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Gonzalez, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Guillen; Hayes; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Munoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodriguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Smithee; Thompson; Turner; VanDeaver; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zweiner

Nay - Alders; Ashby; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bumgarner; Cain; Cook; Craddick; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Fairly; Frank; Gerdes; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Isaac; LaHood; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell; Wharton

Absent - Bowers; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Hernandez; Hunter; Leach; Simmons; Villalobos

Present, Not Voting - Burrows

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.

John Smithee: "When Record No. 3941 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Rhetta Bowers: "When Record No. 3941 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Todd Hunter: "When Record No. 3941 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Trent Ashby: "When Record No. 3941 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)



(Bill summary provided in part by Texas Policy Research)








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