Venton Jones

State Representative, District 100

TX House · Democrat

Venton C. Jones Jr. is an American politician and non-profit CEO serving as the representative for the Texas State House's 100th district since 2023. Known for his advocacy for black gay men and those with HIV, he was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 2022 to represent the central Dallas County district. A member of the Democratic Party, Jones is the first HIV-positive member of the Texas Legislature.

From the English Wikipedia article “Venton Jones”, available under CC BY-SA.

Voting Summary

Votes recorded: 182
Ballots cast: 152
Participation: 83.5%
Yea / Nay: 112 / 40

Yea112

Nay40

Absent30

Abstain0

182 total ballots recorded.

Participation counts yea and nay ballots votes where a position was taken as a share of all roll calls on file.

Voting Record

112 votes recorded as “Yea”

Bill	Chamber	Roll call	Vote
Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.	senate	—	Yea
Relating to the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority and certain programs administered by the authority.	house	4708	Yea
Relating to a peer support network for first responders.	house	4655	Yea
Relating to the establishment and administration of certain programs and services providing health care services to rural counties.	house	4480	Yea
Relating to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools.	house	4433	Yea

Bill title and chamber are the only bill details held locally for these votes. Bill number, status, summary and sponsor are not part of this dataset see Bills for the fuller bill record. “Roll call” is the upstream roll-call identifier, not a date; no vote date is recorded in this dataset.