Voted that Constables Can Act as Policymakers in Civil Rights Matters: House of Bad Cards

HB 2242 grants Texas constables the authority to act as final policymakers in law enforcement matters for their counties in federal civil rights lawsuits brought under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983.

This change would make counties potentially liable for policy decisions made by constables in cases alleging civil rights violations.

That's kind of a stretch... and sounds like it's a good thing that it died in the Senate.

GOP Platform Conflict: Principle 1 limits unelected authority per constitutional protections.

RV#2474: Yea 87 (R 30, D 57) - Nay 52 (R 52, D 0)
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Yea - Allen; Anchia; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gates; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Gonzalez, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Guillen; Harless; Hayes; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Meyer; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Munoz; Ordaz; Orr; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Rodriguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Simmons; Talarico; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zweiner

Nay - Alders; Ashby; Bumgarner; Cain; Cook; Curry; DeAyala; Gerdes; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hefner; Hickland; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; LaHood; Leo Wilson; Little; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Money; Morgan; Noble; Oliverson; Patterson; Paul; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Vasut; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson

Absent - Dean; Guerra; Lopez, R.; Martinez Fischer; Thompson

Present, Not Voting - Burrows; Harris; Meza

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

Mike Olcott: "When Record No. 2474 was taken, I was excused because of illness. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

(Bill summary provided in part by Texas Policy Research)