Monitoring the Session

HR 258

Congratulating Dick Lavine on his retirement as a senior fiscal analyst at Every Texan.

Adopted

Verdict: not graded

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Rep. Lulu FloresDHouse 51
Caption

Congratulating Dick Lavine on his retirement as a senior fiscal analyst at Every Texan.

Caption from the bill history · Introduced.

Summary

Not graded. The reader grades bills, not resolutions.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HR258 · 2025-02-13

SOLD BY

+ 2 more authors, 3 coauthors

ITEM

Congratulating Dick Lavine on his retirement as a senior fiscal analyst at Every Texan.

WHAT IT DOES

Not graded. The reader grades bills, not resolutions.

CHARGES

Not graded

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Referred to Local & Consent Calendars
  3. Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
  4. Placed on Congrat. & Memorial Res. Calendar
  5. Laid before the House
  6. Adopted
  7. Record vote RV#297
  8. Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
  9. Reported enrolled
FILED UNDER

Not graded

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 109 yea · 32 nay

Sources

House: Adoption · Apr 17, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

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THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Assocation PAC$23KMichael Brickman$15,000Johann Moonesinghe$10,000

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Aug 5, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texas Trial Lawyers Assocation PAC$22,500.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Assocation PAC

$22,500.00

Cash
$22,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$22,500.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 20, 2024 to Jun 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 20, 2024 to Jun 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100985004, 101007867, 101059825.

Michael Brickman$15,000.00
Johann Moonesinghe$10,000.00
Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

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Texas Trial Lawyers Assocation PAC

$22,500.00

Cash
$22,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$22,500.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 20, 2024 to Jun 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 20, 2024 to Jun 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100985004, 101007867, 101059825.

Votes1

House Apr 17, 2025

Adoption

Yea
109
Nay
32
Present, not voting
1
Absent
5
Excused
2
Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Published totals and the named lists differ. Both are preserved.

The shared roll contains conflicting member evidence. Those positions remain conflicting.

Oliverson is listed as absent in the shared roll and nay in this bill's list. That position remains conflicting.

Sources

Record 297

HR 258 (by Flores, Cole, Howard, Goodwin, et al.), Congratulating Dick Lavine on his retirement as a senior fiscal analyst at Every Texan. (Bonnen, Cain, Capriglione, Cunningham, DeAyala, Fairly, Gates, Harris, Hayes, Hull, Isaac, Leach, Leo Wilson, Louderback, Lozano, McQueeney, Metcalf, Morgan, Oliverson, Patterson, Paul, Slawson, Swanson, Tepper, Tinderholt, Toth, Virdell, and Wilson recorded voting no.) (Pierson requested to be recorded voting no after the deadline established by Rule 5, Section 52, of the House Rules.) (109 - 32 - 1)

Shared roll motion

The following congratulatory resolutions were laid before the house and were adopted by the following record vote (members registering votes and the results of the vote are shown following the resolution caption). (Record 297): 133 Yeas, 7 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: 109 (published)
  • Nay: 32 (published)
  • Present, not voting: 1 (published)
  • Absent: 5 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 2 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Feb 13, 2025

04/21/2025 H Reported enrolled: Apr 21 2025 3:29PM

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · Enrolled

Data snapshot Oct 19, 2026 at 5:19 PM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Coauthors

House committee · Local & Consent Calendars · Out of committee

Subjects

Resolutions--Congratulatory & Honorary

LAVINE, DICK (N478E)