Lawsuit Reform in the 81st Legislative Session

 How State Representatives Voted

State Representatives who joined Chairman Todd Hunter in killing bad trial lawyer bills in the House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee:

Beverly Woolley (R-Houston)
Jim Jackson (R-Carrollton)
Tryon Lewis (R-Odessa)
Jerry Madden (R-Richardson)
Dan Branch (R-Dallas)

 

State Representatives who supported the trial lawyer agenda in the House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee:

Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola)
Roberto Alonzo (D-Dallas)
David Leibowitz (D-San Antonio)

 

Democrats who stood up for lawsuit reform, despite tremendous pressure from trial lawyers:

Chuck Hopson (D-Jacksonville)
Eddie Lucio III (D-Brownsville)
Marisa Marquez (D-El Paso)
Tara Rios Ybarra (D-South Padre Island)
Patrick Rose (D-Dripping Springs)
Mark Strama (D-Austin)
Ryan Guillen (D-Rio Grande City)
Aaron Pena (D-Edinburg).

 

Republicans State Representatives who supported the trial lawyer agenda:

Dan Gattis (R-Georgetown)
Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola)
Todd Smith (R-Euless)
John Smithee (R-Amarillo).
 

The 71 State Representatives who voted with lawsuit reform advocates and against the Entergy Bill -- the only bad trial lawyer bill to make it to the House floor:

Doc Anderson (R-Waco)
Jimmy Don Aycock (R-Killeen)
Leo Berman (R-Tyler)
Dwayne Bohac (R-Houston)
Dennis Bonnen (R-Angleton)
Dan Branch (R-Dallas)
Betty Brown (R-Terrell)
Fred Brown (R-College Station)
Angie Chen Button (R-Garland)
Bill Callegari (R-Katy)
Warren Chisum (R-Pampa)
Wayne Christian (R-Center)
Byron Cook (R-Corsicana)
Frank Corte, Jr. (R-San Antonio)
Tom Craddick (R-Midland)
Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe)
Myra Crownover (R-Denton)
Drew Darby (R-San Angelo)
John Davis (R-Houston)
Joe Driver (R-Garland)
Rob Eissler (R-The Woodlands)
Gary Elkins (R-Houston)
Allen Fletcher (R-Tomball)
Dan Flynn (R-Van)
Charlie Geren (R-Fort Worth)
Kelly Hancock (R-North Richland Hills)
Rick Hardcastle (R-Vernon)
Patricia Harless (R-Spring)
Linda Harper-Brown (R-Irving)
Harvey Hilderbran (R-Kerrville)
Chuck Hopson (D-Jacksonville)
Charlie Howard (R-Sugar Land)
Todd Hunter (R-Corpus Christi)
Carl Isett (R-Lubbock)
Jim Jackson (R-Carrollton)
Delwin Jones (R-Lubbock)
Jim Keffer (R-Eastland)
Phil King (R-Weatherford)
Susan King (R-Abilene)
Tim Kleinschmidt (R-Lexington)
Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham)
Jodie Laubenberg (R-Parker)
Ken Legler (R-Pasadena)
Tryon Lewis (R-Odessa)
Eddie Lucio III (D-Brownsville)
Jerry Madden (R-Richardson)
Marisa Marquez (D-El Paso)
Brian McCall (R-Plano)
Tommy Merritt (R-Longview)
Doug Miller (R-New Braunfels)
Sid Miller (R-Stephenville)
Geanie Morrison (R-Victoria)
Rob Orr (R-Burleson)
John Otto (R-Dayton)
Tan Parker (R-Flower Mound)
Diane Patrick (R-Arlington)
Ken Paxton (R-McKinney)
Larry Phillips (R-Sherman)
Debbie Riddle (R-Tomball)
Tara Rios Ybarra (D- South Padre Island)
Patrick Rose (D-Dripping Springs)
Ralph Sheffield (R-Temple)
Mark Shelton (R-Fort Worth)
Wayne Smith (R-Baytown)
Mark Strama (D-Austin)
David Swinford (R-Dumas)
Larry Taylor (R-Friendswood)
Vicki Truitt (R-Keller)
Randy Weber (R-Pearland)
Beverly Woolley (R-Houston)
John Zerwas (R-Richmond)

 
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