NARAL Pro-Choice Texas : In Our State

2009 Texas Senate
81st Legislative Session Vote Scorecard
Votes on Choice Bills and Amendments 3-4

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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
MP= Mixed-Prevention
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

Votes

% P

Averitt, Kip	22	R	A	*	*	NV	A	0/6	0%
Carona, John -	16	R	A	A	*	A	A	0/8	0% -
Davis, Wendy +	10	D	P, PP	*	*	P	P	6/6	100% +
Deuell, Bob -	2	R	A, MP	A	P	P	A	2/9	22% -
Duncan, Robert	28	R	A	A	*	A	A	1/8	13%
Ellis, Rodney +	13	D	P, PP	P	*	P	P	8/8	100% +
Eltife, Kevin	1	R	A, MP	*	*	P	A	1/6	17%
Estes, Craig	30	R	A	*	*	A	A	0/6	0%
Fraser, Troy	24	R	A	A	*	A	A	0/8	0%
Gallegos, Mario +	6	D	P, PP	*	*	P	P	6/6	100% +
Harris, Chris	9	R	A	A	*	A	A	0/7	0%
Hegar, Glenn -	18	R	A	*	*	A	A	0/6	0% -
Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"	20	D	P, PP	*	*	P	P	6/6	100%
Huffman, Joan -	17	R	A, MP	*	*	P	A	1/6	17% -
Jackson, Mike	11	R	A, MP	A	P	NV	NV	1/6	17%
Lucio, Eddie -	27	D	A	A	*	NV	NV	0/6	0% -
Nelson, Jane -	12	R	A, MP	*	P	P	A	2/7	29% -
Nichols, Robert -	3	R	A	*	NV	A	A	0/6	0% -
Ogden, Steve	5	R	A	*	*	A	A	0/6	0%
Patrick, Dan -	7	R	A	*	NV	A	A	0/6	0% -
Seliger, Kel	31	R	A, PP	*	*	P	P	2/6	33%
Shapiro, Florence -	8	R	A, MP	*	*	P	A	1/6	17% -
Shapleigh, Eliot +	29	D	P, PP	*	P	P	P	7/7	100% +
Uresti, Carlos	19	D	M, PP	*	P	P	P	4/7	57%
Van de Putte, Leticia +	26	D	M, PP	P	*	P	P	7/8	88% +
Watson, Kirk +	14	D	P, PP	*	*	P	P	6/6	100% +
Wentworth, Jeff +	25	R	P, PP	*	*	P	P	6/6	100% +
West, Royce	23	D	M, PP	*	P	P	P	4/6	67%
Whitmire, John	15	D	P, PP	*	*	P	P	6/6	100%
Williams, Tommy	4	R	A, PP	*	*	P	P	2/6	33%
Zaffirini, Judith	21	D	A, PP	*	P	P	P	3/6	50%

Description of Votes on Choice Bills and Amendments

3. SB 2571 (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.

The first scored vote was taken to pass the bill out of the Senate State Affairs Committee on 5/11/2009. A pro-choice vote was a "nay" vote against the bill.

4. SB 592 (Sen. Van de Putte) Contraception access for teen mothers:
This Bill would allow 16 and 17 year old teen mothers to consent for their own contraception.

The 1st scored vote was taken on the bill in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on 4/7/2009. A Pro-Prevention vote was a yea vote for the bill.
A 2nd scored vote to consider the bill on the Senate floor was taken on 5/1/2009. A Pro-Prevention vote was a 'yea' vote for suspending the rules to consider the bill
A 3rd scored vote was taken on the bill on the Senate floor on 5/1/2009. Sen. Patrick offered an amendment that would have gutted the bill requiring parental notification of teen mothers seeking contraception. A Pro-Prevention vote was a 'nay' vote against the adoption of the amendment.

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