Criminal Jurisprudence
👤 Member House
📅 Not Scheduled
225 bills pending
David Cook — House District 96
🔴 Republican
👍 0 Partner Likes
📜 57 Primary Authored Bills
📈 9 policy measures passed
🗳 4272 Individual Votes Observed
🏛 3 Committee Assignments
Voting Similarity
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Compared only with current house members on explicit yes-or-no votes from non-unanimous roll calls. Texas's configured final-vote patterns retain substantive final action; procedural and unanimous votes are excluded. Each percentage measures agreement, and the shared-vote count shows how much common voting history supports it.
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Joanne Shofner
82.4%
agreement
1,196 shared votes
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R
Matt Morgan
82.0%
agreement
1,164 shared votes
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Shelby Slawson
81.8%
agreement
1,199 shared votes
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R
Daniel Alders
81.6%
agreement
1,200 shared votes
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R
Caroline Harris Davila
81.2%
agreement
1,217 shared votes
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Benjamin Bumgarner
80.7%
agreement
1,211 shared votes
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D
Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos
46.8%
agreement
1,214 shared votes
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Ron Reynolds
47.8%
agreement
1,063 shared votes
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D
Terry Meza
48.5%
agreement
1,055 shared votes
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Jessica González
48.8%
agreement
1,164 shared votes
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Christina Morales
49.3%
agreement
1,068 shared votes
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Gina Hinojosa
50.6%
agreement
1,023 shared votes
Organization Alignment
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Alignment compares this legislator's explicit yes-or-no votes with each public organization's current bill likes and dislikes. Only Texas's configured substantive final-vote patterns count; procedural votes are excluded. The shared-vote count is the number of graded bills on which both cast a position.
No public organization has comparable final-vote history for this legislator yet.
Committee Assignments
Delivery of Government Efficiency
👤 Member House
📅 Not Scheduled
93 bills pending
S/C on Juvenile Justice
🏛️ Chair House
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Primary Authored Bills
StateLens credits bill likes to the first-listed primary author. The activity pills below reconcile to this profile's partner-like totals.
HB5696
Relating to the creation of The Reserve Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
June 20, 2025Enrolled
HB4263
Relating to the procedures and practices of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department regarding grievances submitted by department employees and former department employees and to the eligibility of a person to be appointed to the department's release review panel and the authority of a panel member.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
HB2674
Relating to prohibiting the regulation of home school programs.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
HB2530
Relating to special appointments in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
HB2524
Relating to the recovery of fees, court costs, and expenses in family law proceedings.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
HB1973
Relating to proof of the identity of a child's parents in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
HB1916
Relating to the jurisdiction of a court in a suit to divide certain property not divided or awarded on the dissolution of a marriage.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
HB1902
Relating to creating the criminal offense of jugging.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
HB1893
Relating to the disclosure under the public information law of a motor vehicle license plate number captured in a video recording obtained or maintained by a law enforcement agency.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
HB4518
Relating to the formation of decentralized unincorporated nonprofit associations and the use of distributed ledger or blockchain technology for certain business purposes; authorizing fees.
May 23, 2025Pending: Senate Business & Commerce
HB2983
Relating to impoundment, storage, and notification fees for vehicles stored at vehicle storage facilities; authorizing fee increases and decreases; requiring the adjustment of authorized fees.
May 15, 2025Failed to Pass
HB115
Relating to postconviction applications for a writ of habeas corpus.
May 15, 2025Pending: Senate
HJR148
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to enact laws providing for a court to grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals serving a term of imprisonment.
May 14, 2025Introduced in House
HB3166
Relating to the authority of a court to grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals serving a term of imprisonment and to victims' rights regarding a motion to grant a commutation.
May 14, 2025Introduced in House
HB4336
Relating to the emergency possession of a newborn by employees of a hospital.
May 13, 2025Introduced in House
HB3675
Relating to consideration of criminal history of applicants for public employment.
May 13, 2025Pending: Senate Business & Commerce
HB3134
Relating to advanced air mobility.
May 13, 2025Pending: Senate Transportation
HB4802
Relating to certain benefits payable by the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One and the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two.
May 12, 2025Pending: Senate
HB4515
Relating to the eligibility of certain criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information.
May 12, 2025Introduced in House
HB1968
Relating to a duty to contract for election services furnished for an election held on the first Saturday in May in an even-numbered year.
May 12, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs
HB1936
Relating to the issuance of a citation for the offense of the unauthorized use of parking designated for persons with disabilities.
May 12, 2025Pending: Senate Transportation
HB3673
Relating to the revocation of an occupational license from certain license holders and the issuance of a provisional occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions.
May 7, 2025Introduced in House
HB3671
Relating to the dissolution of the Tarrant County Municipal Utility District No. 2.
May 7, 2025Introduced in House
HB1892
Relating to the Uniform Unregulated Child Custody Transfer Act; creating criminal offenses.
May 7, 2025Introduced in House
HB1914
Relating to the modification of a possession order and temporary possession of a child when a conservator of the child is incapacitated.
May 5, 2025Pending: Senate Jurisprudence
HB3565
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of interference with public duties.
May 1, 2025Pending: House Criminal Jurisprudence
HB3167
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the criminal offense of organized retail theft; increasing criminal penalties.
April 24, 2025Pending: House Criminal Jurisprudence
HB4342
Relating to the admissibility of certain hearsay statements in the prosecution of certain sexual or assaultive offenses committed against a child or person with a disability.
April 22, 2025Pending: House Criminal Jurisprudence
HB3330
Relating to discovery in a criminal case.
April 22, 2025Pending: House Criminal Jurisprudence
HB2675
Relating to housing finance corporations.
April 15, 2025Pending: House Intergovernmental Affairs
HR668
Recognizing April 16, 2025, as Texas Juvenile Justice Professional Day at the State Capitol.
April 9, 2025Enrolled
HB4822
Relating to a comprehensive review of the centralized accounting and payroll system by the Department of Information Resources.
April 9, 2025Pending: House Delivery of Government Efficiency
HB5595
Relating to the determination of the best interest of the child and possession of or access to a child by a nonparent in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Family & Fiduciary Relationships Subcommittee
HB5409
Relating to the role of advocacy and support groups in the juvenile justice system.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Juvenile Justice Subcommittee
HB3360
Relating to the protection and detention of a juvenile who engages in delinquent conduct or commits a felony offense while committed to the custody of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; changing the eligibility for community supervision; redefining habitual felony conduct.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Juvenile Justice Subcommittee
HB4779
Relating to the determination of the value not in dispute of property that is the subject of an ad valorem tax protest or appeal.
April 3, 2025Pending: House Property Tax Appraisals Subcommittee
HJR187
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a percentage of the assessed value of property owned by certain disabled veterans.
April 2, 2025Pending: House Ways & Means
HB4335
Relating to the renewal of a license to practice pharmacy.
April 1, 2025Pending: House Public Health
HB4324
Relating to certain studies and reviews of appraisal districts conducted by the comptroller of public accounts.
April 1, 2025Pending: House Ways & Means
HB4323
Relating to the definition of "eligible school district" for purposes of the study of school district property values conducted by the comptroller of public accounts.
April 1, 2025Pending: House Ways & Means
HB4321
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of a percentage of the assessed value of a property owned by certain disabled veterans and the amount of the exemption for the surviving spouses and children of certain disabled veterans.
April 1, 2025Pending: House Ways & Means
HB4301
Relating to the financial crimes intelligence center, including the establishment of an advisory committee and grants supporting the investigation and prosecution of certain offenses.
April 1, 2025Pending: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
HB3498
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for assault of a retail establishment employee.
April 1, 2025Pending: House Criminal Jurisprudence
HB3999
Relating to the transfer and statutory novation of insurance policies from a transferring insurer to an assuming insurer through an insurance business transfer plan; authorizing fees.
March 27, 2025Pending: House Insurance
HB1977
Relating to the admissibility of evidence of certain extraneous offenses or acts in the prosecution of sexual assault or aggravated sexual assault or an attempt or conspiracy to commit sexual assault or aggravated sexual assault.
March 25, 2025Pending: House Criminal Jurisprudence
HB1891
Relating to the offense of invasive visual recording of a minor, including the statute of limitations for that offense and the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to that offense; harmonizing other statute of limitations provisions; increasing criminal penalties for certain sexual offenses.
March 25, 2025Pending: House Criminal Jurisprudence
HB3168
Relating to the creation of the offense of fraudulent use or possession of a gift card or gift card redemption information.
March 20, 2025Pending: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
HB2550
Relating to the training of certain members of the board of directors of an appraisal district.
March 17, 2025Pending: House Property Tax Appraisals Subcommittee
HB2521
Relating to the regulation of vertiports.
March 17, 2025Pending: House Transportation
HJR115
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail under some circumstances to a person accused of a violent or sexual offense or of continuous trafficking of persons and requiring a judge or magistrate to impose the least restrictive conditions of bail that may be necessary to ensure the person's appearance in court as required and the safety of the community, law enforcement, and the victim of the alleged offense.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Criminal Jurisprudence
HJR114
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Property Tax Appraisals Subcommittee
HB1975
Relating to victims of sex offenses, sex-based human trafficking offenses, or acts of a sexual nature and to the confidentiality of or restrictions on the availability of certain property, material, or information regarding those victims, offenses, or acts.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Criminal Jurisprudence
HB1974
Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse committed against a child.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB1915
Relating to orders for possession of and access to a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Family & Fiduciary Relationships Subcommittee
HB1901
Relating to the release of certain areas from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction by petition or election.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Land & Resource Management
HB1898
Relating to a limitation on increases in the appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes.
March 14, 2025Pending: House Property Tax Appraisals Subcommittee
HCR47
Designating the fourth Thursday of March as Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day for a 10-year period ending in 2035.
March 5, 2025Pending: House Defense & Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee