Key Votes
CSSB 378 - Deadly Force in Self-Defense - Key Vote
Texas Key Votes
Eddie Rodríguez Did Not Vote on this legislation.
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Stages
- March 27, 2007 Executive Signed
- March 20, 2007 House Bill Passed
- March 13, 2007 Senate Bill Passed
- Jan. 31, 2007 Introduced
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Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - March 27, 2007
Title: Deadly Force in Self-Defense
Signed by Governor Rick Perry
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (133-13) - March 20, 2007 (Key vote)
Title: Deadly Force in Self-Defense
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill allowing the use of deadly force in self-defense against an intruder.
Highlights:
-Does not require a person defending him or herself to retreat before fighting back [sec. 2 (e)].
-Provides civil immunity for justified self-defense (sec. 4).
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (30-0) - March 13, 2007
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Jan. 31, 2007
Title: Deadly Force in Self-Defense
Sponsors
- Kip Averitt (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kenneth 'Kim' Brimer (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- John J. Carona (TX - R)
- Robert F. 'Bob' Deuell (TX - R)
- Joe L. Driver (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert L. Duncan (TX - R)
- Kevin P. Eltife (TX - R)
- Craig Estes (TX - R)
- Troy L. Fraser (TX - R)
- Mario V. Gallegos Jr. (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Chris Harris (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Glenn Hegar Jr. (TX - R)
- Juan 'Chuy' Hinojosa (TX - D)
- Mike Jackson (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kyle Janek (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Phil S. King (TX - R)
- Eddie Lucio Jr. (TX - D)
- Jane Gray Nelson (TX - R)
- Robert Nichols (TX - R)
- Steve Ogden (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Dan Patrick (TX - R)
- Debbie Riddle (TX - R)
- Patrick M. Rose (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Kel Seliger (TX - R)
- Florence D. Shapiro (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Eliot Shapleigh (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert E. Talton (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Carlos I. 'Charlie' Uresti (TX - D)
- Leticia Van de Putte (TX - D)
- Kirk Watson (TX - D)
- Earl Jeffrey 'Jeff' Wentworth (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Whitmire (TX - D)
- Tommy Williams (TX - R)
Co-sponsors
- Rafael Anchía (TX - D)
- Charles 'Doc' Anderson (TX - R)
- Jimmie Don 'JD' Aycock (TX - R)
- Kevin Bailey (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Leo Berman (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Dwayne A. Bohac (TX - R)
- Dennis H. Bonnen (TX - R)
- Daniel H. 'Dan' Branch (TX - R)
- Fred H. Brown (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Betty Brown (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- William A. 'Bill' Callegari (TX - R)
- Norma Chávez (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Warren D. Chisum (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Wayne Christian (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert L. 'Robby' Cook III (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Byron Cook (TX - R)
- Frank J. Corte Jr. (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Joe Crabb (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Brandon Creighton (TX - R)
- Myra Crownover (TX - R)
- Drew Darby (TX - R)
- John E. Davis (TX - R)
- Dianne White Delisi (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Joe D. Deshotel (TX - D)
- Harold V. Dutton Jr. (TX - D)
- Rob Eissler (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Gary Elkins (TX - R)
- Kirk England (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Juan Manuel Escobar (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- David Farabee (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dan Flynn (TX - R)
- Stephen J. Frost (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Pete P. Gallego (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Juan M. Garcia III (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dan Gattis (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charlie L. Geren (TX - R)
- Tony Goolsby (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ryan Guillén (TX - D)
- Pat Haggerty (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Mike 'Tuffy' Hamilton (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kelly Hancock (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Rick L. Hardcastle (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Patricia Fincher Harless (TX - R)
- Linda Harper-Brown (TX - R)
- Joe Heflin (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Abel Herrero (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Harvey Hilderbran (TX - R)
- Fred Hill (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Mark Homer (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Chuck L. Hopson (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charlie Franklin Howard (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Bryan Hughes (TX - R)
- Carl H. Isett (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jim L. Jackson (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Delwin L. Jones (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- James Lloyd 'Jim' Keffer (TX - R)
- Susan Lewis King (TX - R)
- Lois W. Kolkhorst (TX - R)
- Mike Krusee (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Edmund Kuempel (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas Latham (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jodie Anne Laubenberg (TX - R)
- David McQuade Leibowitz (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Eddie Lucio III (TX - D)
- Nathan Macias (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jerry A. Madden (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Armando 'Mando' Martinez (TX - D)
- Jim McReynolds (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- José Menéndez (TX - D)
- Thomas C. 'Tommy' Merritt (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Sid Miller (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Geanie W. Morrison (TX - R)
- Anna Mowery (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jim Murphy (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Mike O'Day (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Rob Orr (TX - R)
- Solomon P. Ortiz Jr. (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- John C. Otto (TX - R)
- Tan Parker (TX - R)
- Diane Patrick (TX - R)
- Ken Paxton Jr. (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Aaron Pena Jr. (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Larry Phillips (TX - R)
- Jim Pitts (TX - R)
- Chente Quintanilla (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Richard Pena Raymond (TX - D)
- Allan B. Ritter (TX - R)
- Todd Smith (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Wayne Smith (TX - R)
- John T. Smithee (TX - R)
- Burt R. Solomons (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Joe Straus (TX - R)
- David A. Swinford (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Larry Taylor (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Vicki Truitt (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Corbin Van Arsdale (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Allen Vaught (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Hubert Vo (TX - D)
- George E. 'Buddy' West (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Beverly Woolley (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- William 'Bill' Zedler (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Zerwas (TX - R)
