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2007 Texas Senate
Votes on Choice Bills and Amendments 2

Vote Key:
+ Pro-Choice Bill Authors
- Anti-Choice Bill Authors
P= Pro-Choice
M= Mixed-Choice
A= Anti-Choice
U= Undecided
NV= Absent, not voting
P-NV= Present, not voting
PP= Pro-Prevention. Authored, Co-sponsored, or voted for Prevention First legislation; or signed
a Pledge that given the opportunity the member would have voted favorably for the legislation.

Senator Dist. Party P/M/A/U 2a 2b 2c Votes % P
Kip Averitt 22 R A A A A 1/6 14%
Kenneth "Kim" Brimer - 10 R A A A A 0/6 0% -
John Carona 16 R M A A A 0/6 0%
Bob Deuell - 2 R A A A A 0/7 0% -
Robert Duncan 28 R A A A A 0/6 0%
Rodney Ellis + 13 D P, PP P P P 6/6 100% +
Kevin Eltife - 1 R A A A A 0/6 0% -
Craig Estes - 30 R A A A A 0/6 0% -
Troy Fraser 24 R A A A A 0/6 0%
Mario Gallegos 6 D P, PP - - P 1/1 100%
Chris Harris - 9 R A A A A 0/6 0% -
Glen Hegar - 18 R A A A A 0/6 0% -
Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa 20 D P P P P 6/6 100% +
Mike Jackson 11 R A A A A 0/6 0%
Kyle Janek 17 R A A A A 0/7 0%
Eddie Lucio 27 D M A A A 1/6 14%
Jane Nelson 12 R A A A A 0/7 0%
Robert Nichols 3 R A A A A 0/7 0%
Steve Ogden 5 R A A A A 0/6 0%
Dan Patrick - 7 R A A A A 0/7 0% -
Kel Seliger 31 R A A A A 1/4 25%
Florence Shapiro - 8 R A A A A 0/6 0% -
Eliot Shapleigh + 29 D P, PP P P P 7/7 100% +
Carlos Uresti 19 D M, PP - - P 2/5 40%
Leticia Van De Putte + 26 D P, PP P P P 6/6 100% +
Kirk Watson + 14 D P, PP P P P 6/6 100% +
Jeff Wentworth + 25 R P, PP P P P 6/6 100% +
Royce West 23 D P P P - 5/6 86%
John Whitmire 15 D P, PP P P P 6/6 100%
Tommy Williams - 4 R A A A A 0/6 0% -
Judith Zaffirini 21 D M P P P 4/7 57%


Description of Votes on Choice Bills and Amendments

2. SB 785 (Sen. Shapiro): Medical Records Privacy Invasion Act:
This bill would have required doctors and judges to report a myriad of personal information of women seeking abortions to the State under threat of criminal penalties.

  1. The first scored vote was taken to pass the bill out of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on 4/02/2007. A pro-choice vote was a "nay" vote against the bill.
  2. A second scored vote was taken to consider the bill on the Senate floor on 4/25/2007. A pro-choice vote was a "nay" vote for the bill.
  3. A third scored vote was taken on the Senate floor to pass the bill to the House on 4/26/2007. A pro-choice vote was a "nay" vote against the bill.

This bill "died" awaiting consideration on the House floor on 5/22/2007.

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