Giovanni Capriglione, Texas House District 98
Giovanni Capriglione represents Texas House District 98 and is a Republican. This page is the record: of the 67 votes this site publishes, Giovanni Capriglione cast 58, and on the 46 of those where the two parties took opposite sides, they voted against their own party 9 times.
Where they broke with their own party
- HB 5616 — Creates a state program and fund to promote the presidential libraries in Texas as historical and tourist attractions. history
- HB 2284 — Requires music therapists to hold a state licence before they can practise, and allows the state to charge fees for it. history
- HB 3883 — Makes an FIA World Endurance Championship car race eligible for state event-reimbursement money. history
- HB 2341 — Makes time credit automatic, rather than up to the judge, for state jail inmates who take part in an education, treatment or work programme. history
- SB 1498 — Lets the state seize cryptocurrency through civil forfeiture, by adding digital currency to the property that can be taken as suspected proceeds of a crime. history
- HB 2442 — Makes one mail-in ballot application cover both the election and any runoff, unless the voter asks not to be sent the runoff ballot. history
- HB 5111 — Sets who may serve as a campaign treasurer: at least 18, a Texas resident, not already treasurer for someone else, and not convicted of certain election offences. history
- HB 1203 — Creates an office inside the Department of Agriculture responsible for keeping the state's food supply secure and free of disruption. history
- HB 2298 — Creates a state grant programme to help Texas hospitals and clinics use artificial intelligence to scan medical images for cancer. history
How they voted on the bills people have heard of
These seven drew the most attention of the 67 this site publishes. Every member has a position on record for each one, whichever way they went.
- SB 2 Education savings accounts Voted for
Creates state-funded accounts that families can spend on private school tuition and other approved school costs. The money comes from the state budget. history - SB 8 Immigration enforcement Voted for
Requires the sheriff of every county that runs a jail, or contracts one out, to request an agreement letting their deputies enforce federal immigration law, and to ask again each year if no agreement is reached. Creates state grants, sized by the county’s population, to pay for it. history - SB 10 Ten Commandments in classrooms Voted for
Requires every public school classroom in Texas to display a copy of the Ten Commandments. history - SB 3 THC ban Voted for
Bans hemp products containing THC — the ones sold in smoke shops and convenience stores — and adds licences, fees and criminal penalties for selling them. history - SB 14 Regulatory review Voted for
Creates a state office that reviews agency rules and recommends repealing ones it finds unnecessary. It also tells judges to decide for themselves what a law means, rather than accepting the agency’s reading. history - SB 6 Electric grid and large power users Voted for
Sets terms for power users above 75 megawatts at one site, such as data centres. They must help pay to connect, and can be ordered to cut usage during an energy emergency alert. history - SB 5 Dementia research institute Voted for
Creates a state institute that awards grants for dementia, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s research and prevention. It takes effect only if voters approve a constitutional amendment setting up the institute and its fund. history
ZIP codes in District 98
76051 · 76248 · 76092 · 76039 · 76034 · 76262 · 75022 · 76244 · 75028 · 76021 · 75261 · 76054
Most people first. Nearly half of Texas ZIP codes sit in more than one House district, so a ZIP on this list may also be in another one, and your street decides which.
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Who made this. Marco Arras, a Texas resident. I donate to the Democratic Party, and I say so before anything else rather than in a footnote. The rule that picks which votes appear is published and runs identically on both caucuses, and every vote and count is in a file you can download and check.
Sources. Roll calls from the Texas House Journal and LegiScan. Districts and ZIP codes derived from 2020 Census blocks; the method and its known error are documented in ZIP_TO_DISTRICT.md.