How State Senators Voted
Senators who supported TLR’s positions on all lawsuit reform issues:
Robert Deuell (R-Greenville)
Craig Estes (R-Wichita Falls)
Troy Fraser (R-Horseshoe Bay)
Glenn Hegar (R-Katy)
Joan Huffman (R-Houston)
Mike Jackson (R-La Porte)
Jane Nelson (R-Lewisville)
Robert Nichols (R-Jacksonville)
Dan Patrick (R-Houston
Florence Shapiro (R-Plano)
Tommy Williams (R-The Woodlands).
Senator Kel Seliger (R-Amarillo) joined those Senators in helping keep two of the three major trial-lawyer bills from reaching the floor of the Senate.
Senators who supported the Trial Lawyer agenda:
Robert Duncan (R-Lubbock)
Kip Averitt (R-Waco)
Chris Harris (R-Arlington)
Wendy Davis (D-Fort Worth)
Rodney Ellis (D-Houston)
Mario Gallegos, Jr. (D-Houston)
Juan Hinojosa (D-McAllen)
Eliot Shapleigh (D-El Paso)
Carlos Uresti (D-San Antonio)
Leticia Van De Putte (D-San Antonio)
Kirk Watson (D-Austin)
Royce West (D-Dallas)
John Whitmie (D-Houston)
Judith Zaffarini (D-Laredo)
Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. (D-Brownsville) has a long tradition of supporting lawsuit reform and was the sole Democratic Senator to stand up to trial lawyers by helping to keep the Entergy Bill from reaching the floor of the Senate.
Senator Duncan (R-Lubbock) and Senator Wentworth (R-San Antonio) made constructive proposals concerning judicial selection, the organization of courts and improvements in the jury system.
State Senators who voted with lawsuit reform advocates and against the Asbestos/Mesothelioma Causation Bill -- the only bad trial lawyer bill to make it to the Senate Floor:
Robert Deuell (R-Greenville)
Craig Estes (R-Wichita Falls)
Troy Fraser (R-Horseshoe Bay)
Joan Huffman (R-Houston)
Mike Jackson (R-La Porte)
Jane Nelson (R-Lewisville)
Robert Nichols (R-Jacksonville)
Dan Patrick (R-Houston)
Florence Shapiro (R-Plano)
Tommy Williams (R-The Woodlands)
Glenn Hegar, Jr. (R-Katy)
