The Texas House of Representatives has passed to engrossment the Anti-Bullying HB 1942 by Rep. Diane Patrick (R-Arlington) on a vote of 102 to 34. The bill is the top priority in Equality Texas' 2011 Legislative Agenda.
Equality Texas Bill Fact Sheet can be viewed at: http://www.equalitytexas.org/content.aspx?id=644 This page also includes links to the three amendments which were adopted on the floor.
The bill must still pass a Third Reading in the House before it can advance to the Senate. Third Reading could occur on Wednesday, May 4th.
The 102 votes in support of HB 1942 include: Aliseda(R); Allen(D); Alonzo(D); Alvarado(D); Anchia(D); Anderson, Charles(R); Aycock(R); Beck(R); Bohac(R); Branch(R); Brown, Fred(R); Burkett(R); Burnam(D); Button(R); Callegari(R); Carter(R); Castro(D); Coleman(D); Cook(R); Craddick(R); Darby(R); Davis, John(R); Davis, Sarah(R); Davis, Yvonne(D); Deshotel(D); Driver(R); Dukes(D); Dutton(D); Eiland(D); Eissler(R); Elkins(R); Farias(D); Farrar(D); Frullo(R); Gallego(D); Giddings(D); Gonzales, Veronica(D); Gonzalez, Naomi(D); Gooden(R); Gutierrez(D); Hamilton(R); Hardcastle(R); Harless(R); Hartnett(R); Hernandez Luna(D); Hilderbran(R); Hochberg(D); Howard, Donna(D); Huberty(R); Hunter(R); Isaac(R); Jackson, Jim(R); Johnson(D); Keffer(R); King, Susan(R); King, Tracy(D); Kleinschmidt(R); Kuempel(R); Landtroop(R); Larson(R); Lavender(R); Lozano(D); Lucio III(D); Madden(R); Mallory Caraway(D); Margo(R); Marquez(D); Martinez(D); Martinez Fischer(D); Miles(D); Munoz(D); Murphy(R); Naishtat(D); Nash(R); Oliveira(D); Orr(R); Otto(R); Parker(R); Patrick, Diane(R); Pena(R); Perry(R); Quintanilla(D); Raymond(D); Reynolds(D); Ritter(R); Scott(R); Sheets(R); Sheffield(R); Shelton(R); Simpson(R); Smith, Todd(R); Smithee(R); Strama(D); Torres(R); Turner, Sylvester(D); Veasey(D); Villarreal(D); Vo(D); Walle(D); Weber(R); Woolley(R); Zerwas(R).
The 34 votes against HB 1942 include: Berman(R); Cain(R); Chisum(R); Christian(R); Creighton(R); Crownover(R); Fletcher(R); Flynn(R); Garza(R); Geren(R); Hancock(R); Howard, Charlie(R); Hughes(R); King, Phil(R); Kolkhorst(R); Laubenberg(R); Legler(R); Lyne(R); Miller, Doug(R); Miller, Sid(R); Morrison(R); Paxton(R); Phillips(R); Price(R); Riddle(R); Schwertner(R); Smith, Wayne(R); Solomons(R); Taylor, Larry(R); Taylor, Van(R); Thompson(D); White(R); Workman(R); Zedler(R)
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