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Young Conservatives of Texas Legislative Scorecard – 82nd Session
The Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT) was chosen as the primary source to consider Representative J. Davis’ voting record. Although other conservative rating services rated John Davis with a smaller conservative rating in the 82nd Legislature (e.g., Texas Eagle Forum 32%), the YCT was chosen as representative in that it included the vote for Speaker of the House and was started by Steve Munisteri, the current Chairman of Republican Party of Texas. -
Rating History: (looks as if John is turning a bit liberal as he gets older)
Year/Session
Rating (%)
Year/Session
Rating (%)
1999/76th Legislature
95
2007/80th Legislature
73
2001/77th Legislature
83
2009/81th Legislature
77
2003/78th Legislature
84
2011/82nd Legislature
64
2005/79th Legislature
80
2013/83rd Legislature
(?)
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Voting Record in Opposition to YCT Positions
YCT Ref #
Bill #
Bill Summary
YCT Position
Cast Vote
1
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Vote to elect Representative Joe Straus as Speaker of the Texas House. No
Yes
7
HB 1
[Floor Amendment 6] Transfer money from the Commission of the Arts to the Department of Aging and Disability Services. Yes
No
12
HB
2271
[Floor Amendment 17] Create a committee to study the effects of expanding gambling at horse and greyhound racetracks in Texas. No
Yes
13
HB 2271
[Floor Amendment 24] Require the Racing Commission, in reviewing a racetrack license, to subject the tracks to the State’s “Historically Underutilized Businesses” (HUB) program. HUB program requires that certain state contracts go to businesses based on the race or gender of their owner. No
Yes
14
SB 18
[Floor Amendment 15] Allow a party whose property is taken through eminent domain but not actually used to repurchase the property at either the market rate or at the rate at which the party was originally compensated, whichever is lower. No
(on motion to table)
Yes
18
HB 1633
[Floor Amendment 1] HB 1633 would require jurors, in order to serve, to be able to read and write English but the Amendment would change from “read and write” to only “understand” English. No
Yes
29
HB 1276
Would have required Texas transportation planners to make maximizing federal funding a priority when making transportation planning decisions. No
Yes
32
HB 1
[Motion to Instruct Conferees] Motion was made to instruct conferees to exclude any use of the state’s Rainy Day Fund(RFD) from the budget. The Senate had increased spending using the RDF. Yes
No
43
SB 1811
[Floor Amendment 47] Amendment would have created a Legislative Fellows Program in which the Chancellors of each higher education system would appoint 20 students to work in the legislature to be paid through taxpayer funds. No
Yes
44
SB 1811
[Floor Amendment 50] Amendment would have abolished the Emerging Technologies Fund. This fund funnels taxpayer money to already bloated institutions of higher education to promote projects of dubious merit. Yes
No
46
SB 1811
[Floor Amendment 53] Amendment would impose a statewide ban on smoking in public businesses. Violates rights of property owners. No
Yes
52
SB 1
[Floor Amendment 150] (Special Session) Amendment gutted the provisions of Amendment 148which would have prohibited universities from providing funding, space, or resources for an LGBT or otherwise label homosexual resource center. No
Yes
53
SB 2
[Floor Amendment 3] (Special Session) Amendment would have reversed an amendment on second reading which appropriated excess Rainy Day funds for the purposes of education funding. Yes
No
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