Bipartisan passage of BIG bill #SB1616 to make substantial changes to remove criminal penalties for violations of local pandemic orders. Texans should never be faced w/ criminal penalties for 'MASK' Violations.. EVER. SB1616 provides protections that matter to ALL Texans! #txlege https://t.co/9XW1dKNof4
Paul Bettencourt
@TeamBettencourt · TX · S
Posts971
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Voting-record position0.040
CoverageJan 9, 2020 to Aug 14, 2025
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Most distinctive Law and Crime 12.2 pp above the party median
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| Law and Crime | 16.2% | 4.0% | +12.2 pp | Over-indexed | 971 |
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I joined on Sen. @Mayes_middleton for a public information request sent to Harris County Judge @LinaHidalgoTX and to determine why Harris County officials hired outside counsel apparently to provide research to be used as Points of Order in the House to kill good government<U+2026> https://t.co/QPpBxfTt1z https://t.co/UnFY1A7Zib
@SheriffEd_HCSO Yes @SheriffEd_HCSO, you shouldn't have listened to "Judge" Hidalgo because she doesn't wear "black robes" nor is she a state district or felony court judge. @LinaHidalgoTX & you should be ashamed or yourselves for bypassing the law and releasing a "crime bomb" onto the streets. https://t.co/iyvFq9Sq6H
Great first day in Senate State Affairs! We voted out two great bills. First was SB 2, which I co-authored with @SenBryanHughes and restores the penalties for voter fraud back to a felony. The second was SB 559, per @TXCatholic testimony, <U+201C>We support this bill to protect the<U+2026> https://t.co/qNfPYJBoCn
6 Indictments by Harris Co Grand Jury are a BIG step by DA @kimoggforda in restoring public integrity by cleaning up corrupt contract! The indictments of 3 employees of @LinaHidalgoTX proves @RJackCagle Q/A righteous opposing it w/ myself & county observers questioning it in 2021 https://t.co/WNg5RNtmwc
I support @GovAbbott's EO to keep those accused or convicted of a violent crime in jail. There are almost no misdemeanor cases left in HC jails. Thanks to @KenPaxtonTX's opin to stop 4k felons from being released too. HC folks safer with this. #txlege @GabMoBanks @BillBishopKHOU https://t.co/eCPXqbfszE
Americans are told absolutely no mail fraud exists! Really? @Pct4Constable Herman shows otherwise! Are mail-in ballots always safe? Of course not! @AGWilliamBarr1 just said on @CNN that Justice Dept indicted a Texan w/ 1700 ballots... maybe a vote harvester? @TPPF @TrueTheVote https://t.co/uXYpdCp98G
.@KenPaxtonTX is right, and I have been saying it for weeks that overreaching orders from @LinaHidalgoTX or other Judges were wrong! If he had not waded in against Harris County Judges more than once, 4,000 inmates with serious criminal charges would be on the streets... #txlege https://t.co/G539s1aGh7
#SB6 author @joanhuffman is angry & has right to be. House Dems aren't here to vote. As co author, this is about life or death. Judges must stop giving out PR/low $ bonds like "popcorn" to violent offenders! Every day we don't pass #SB6 puts innocent Texans lives at risk #txlege
I signed the #TexasBacksTheBlue (promoted by @GovAbbott, @DanPatrick, @RepDennisBonnen, @KenPaxtonTX) pledge today against defunding police departments. (Watch my video: https://t.co/i8wCivGtH7) See this battle started with Austin on defunding police in #SB2 back in 2019. #txlege https://t.co/NxX4FP3emy