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HB2615 - Relating to the operation by a school district of a foundation and trade diploma program to provide eligible high school students with educational training under a plan for the issuance of a high school diploma and the application of certain student-based allotments under the public school finance system.
Gary W. Gates, Cody Joe Harris, Dustin Burrows
Last updated over 1 year ago
80 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
HB2771 - Relating to disbursements from the universal service fund for certain small and rural companies.
John Smithee, Tracy O. King, Trent Ashby
Last updated over 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
HB19 - Relating to the creation of a specialty trial court to hear certain cases; authorizing fees.
Andrew S. Murr, Jeff Leach, Brooks Landgraf
Last updated over 1 year ago
80 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
HB2662 - Relating to broadband development.
Trent Ashby, Charles Anderson, Toni Rose
Last updated over 1 year ago
70 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
HB8 - Relating to public higher education, including the public junior college state finance program.
Gary Vandeaver, John Kuempel, Bradley Buckley
Last updated over 1 year ago
116 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
HB3064 - Relating to the right of property owners' association members to speak at an association or board meeting.
Ernest Bailes
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Introduced
HB2794 - Relating to the appointment of a guardian ad litem in certain suits filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
John Lujan, Terri Leo-Wilson, Victoria Neave Criado
Last updated over 1 year ago
20 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Engrossed
HB5 - Relating to agreements authorizing a limitation on taxable value of certain property to provide for the creation of jobs and the generation of state and local tax revenue; authorizing fees; authorizing penalties.
Todd Hunter, Morgan Meyer, Dustin Burrows
Last updated over 1 year ago
86 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Enrolled
SJR3 - Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes, to increase the amount of an exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads, to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in certain exemption amounts, and to except certain appropriations to pay for ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations.
Paul D. Bettencourt, Carol Alvarado, Brian Birdwell
Last updated over 1 year ago
115 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Engrossed
HB9 - Relating to the development and funding of broadband and telecommunications services.
Trent Ashby, Todd Hunter, Ana Hernandez
Last updated over 1 year ago
125 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Texas district HD-018
COMMITTEES
Texas House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Ernest Bailes is from Shepherd, Texas. He earned his BBA from Stephen F. Austin State University in 2005. Bailes has worked as a consultant in the agriculture and oil and gas industries. In 2016, Bailes was elected to the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 18. While in office, he has served on various committees including Agriculture & Livestock, Natural Resources, and Public Education. Bailes has supported legislation related to education funding, balancing the state budget, and providing tax relief for Texans.read less
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