Vote Recommendation | Economic Freedom | Property Rights | Personal Responsibility | Limited Government | Individual Liberty |
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Yes | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Positive | Neutral |
CSHB 1 is the General Appropriations Bill for the 2016-17 Biennium. Generally we offer bill analysis and vote recommendations on second reading. However, this bill represents the starting point in the general appropriations process and as such is not near enough its final form for us to take a position on. We will remain neutral on the substance of CSHB 1 as reported by the committee. We will however, offer recommendations on select pre-filed floor amendments based on whether or not those amendments in our view advance or detract from the general principles of limited government.
The Senate Finance Committee has offered a committee substitute to HB1 as it passed the House and arrived in the Senate. This Senate version has been placed on the Senate Intent calendar for April 13, 2015. As for the version that was voted on the House floor, the committee substitute offered by the Senate is not near enough its final form for us to take a position on.
05/28/15 update:
The conference committee for House Bill 1 offers a conservative budget for the state fiscal biennium of 2016-17 for the State of Texas.
Under this budget, state funds appropriations would grow 5.8%, and all funds appropriations would grow 3.6%. This not only means that the budget would grow appropriations below the estimated rate of growth of the Texas economy of 11.68% from the 2014-15 biennium to the 2016-17 biennium as reported by the Legislative Budget Board, and hence under the spending limit for non-constitutionally dedicated general revenue funds, appropriations would also grow under the 6.5% rate of population growth plus inflation for the last two fiscal years.
We congratulate members of the conference committee for presenting a conservative budget which shows that state government does not need to increase spending more than is really necessary.
We support the Conference Committee for House Bill 1.
First and second chambers recommendations below:
When this legislation was in the House we noted that the appropriations legislation is not near enough its final form to weigh in substantively on whether the bill should or should not pass. That continues to remain the case. We will likely withhold our vote recommendation until after the conference committee produces a final bill. For that reason, we remain neutral on this legislation.
Original First Chamber Analysis Below:
At this time the only amendments we are taking a position on are those below. We do not take a position on any of the pre-filed amendments not appearing below. The amendment numbers represent the packet page number where the amendment is found in the pre-filed amendment packet.
Amendments We Support:
Amendment # | Author | TPPA Position |
10 | Spitzer | Support |
37 | Spitzer | Support |
38 | Spitzer | Support |
40 | Rodriguez, Eddie | Support |
43 | Rinaldi | Support |
44 | Rinaldi | Support |
68 | Spitzer | Support |
116 | Schaefer | Support |
165 | Tinderholt | Support |
184 | Simpson | Support |
189 | Schofield | Support |
206 | Huberty | Support |
219 | Canales | Support |
236 | Canales | Support |
246 | Simpson | Support |
251 | Tinderholt | Support |
258 | Stickland | Support |
281 | Sanford | Support |
282 | Sanford | Support |
283 | Sanford | Support |
284 | Sanford | Support |
285 | Sanford | Support |
289 | Stickland | Support |
290 | Hughes | Support |
292 | Leach | Support |
293 | Hughes | Support |
296 | Leach | Support |
306 | Krause | Support |
314 | Stickland | Support |
315 | Stickland | Support |
316 | Burrows | Support |
325 | Schaefer | Support |
326 | Schaefer | Support |
339 | Frank | Support |
Amendments We Oppose:
Amendment # | Author | TPPA Position |
3 | Otto | Oppose |
11 | Farias | Oppose |
13 | Martinez Fischer | Oppose |
14 | Farias | Oppose |
19 | Martinez Fischer | Oppose |
25 | Gonzalez, Mary | Oppose |
30 | McClendon | Oppose |
31 | McClendon | Oppose |
32 | Rodriguez, Eddie | Oppose |
39 | Miles | Oppose |
82 | Howard | Oppose |
95 | Moody | Oppose |
105 | Coleman | Oppose |
111 | Coleman | Oppose |
118 | Miles | Oppose |
129 | Coleman | Oppose |
133 | Johnson | Oppose |
134 | Johnson | Oppose |
136 | Johnson | Oppose |
137 | Johnson | Oppose |
145 | Howard | Oppose |
146 | Howard | Oppose |
148 | Herrero | Oppose |
149 | Rodriguez, Eddie | Oppose |
150 | Martinez Fischer | Oppose |
154 | Walle | Oppose |
160 | Miles | Oppose |
163 | Miles | Oppose |
167 | Martinez Fischer | Oppose |
181 | Landgraf | Oppose |
221 | Miles | Oppose |
223 | Miles | Oppose |
228 | Miles | Oppose |
229 | Miles | Oppose |
235 | Davis, Yvonne | Oppose |
248 | Munoz, Jr. | Oppose |
249 | Munoz, Jr. | Oppose |
250 | Munoz, Jr. | Oppose |
256 | Cook | Oppose |
260 | Howard | Oppose |
266 | Miles | Oppose |
278 | Davis, Yvonne | Oppose |
286 | Guillen | Oppose |
299 | McClendon | Oppose |
302 | Alvarado | Oppose |
304 | Oliveria | Oppose |
305 | Martinez Fischer | Oppose |
309 | Martinez Fischer | Oppose |
310 | Martinez Fischer | Oppose |
311 | Martinez Fischer | Oppose |
312 | Martinez Fischer | Oppose |
328 | Farias | Oppose |
330 | Miles | Oppose |
335 | Herrero | Oppose |