Borris Miles
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Occupation: Insurance and Real Estate Developer Education: BS, Sam Houston State University Legislative Experience: House Member, 2007 - 2017; Senate Member: 2017 - present Hometown: Houston Party: Democrat A lifelong resident of Houston, Senator Borris L. Miles is a successful businessman and developer, owning one of the largest insurance agencies in Texas. After serving four terms in the Texas House of Representatives, he was elected to the Texas Senate in 2016, where he represents District 13. In the Senate, Miles serves on several committees, including Health and Human Services, Criminal Justice, Nominations, Transportation, and Congressional Redistricting. A fighter for the people, Senator Miles’ legislative milestones include securing over $10 billion in federal funding to provide primary healthcare services to low-income Texans, passing legislation to give second chances to individuals by making it easier to seal their juvenile records, securing $44 million to create the Miles Ahead Scholars program to help underserved minority male youth the opportunity to go to college, creating economic development opportunity districts and strengthening the laws on group homes,…
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- VerifiedVoted no on SB 8: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.
- VerifiedVoted absent on SB 16: Relating to real property theft and real property fraud; establishing recording requirements for certain documents concerning real property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations, restitution, and certain procedures with respect to those offenses.
- VerifiedVoted no on SB 10: Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units.
- VerifiedVoted no on SB 8: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.
- VerifiedVoted no on SB 10: Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units.
- VerifiedVoted no on SB 8: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.
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SB 8: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.
SB 16: Relating to real property theft and real property fraud; establishing recording requirements for certain documents concerning real property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations, restitution, and certain procedures with respect to those offenses.
SB 10: Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units.
SB 8: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.
SB 10: Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units.
SB 8: Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.
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