90 Statements of Vote (Change) 36 Change Statements 54 Away StatementsView Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 238 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB2: Relating to public education and public school finance. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 68 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB9: Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 418 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB11: Relating to occupational licensing reciprocity agreements. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 416 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." HB18: Relating to the establishment and administration of certain programs and services providing health care services to rural counties. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 417 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." HB18: Relating to the establishment and administration of certain programs and services providing health care services to rural counties. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 466 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." HB18: Relating to the establishment and administration of certain programs and services providing health care services to rural counties. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 421 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB27: Relating to courses in personal financial literacy and economics for high school students in public schools. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2993 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." HB29: Relating to water losses reported by certain municipally owned utilities to the Texas Water Development Board; authorizing administrative penalties. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 420 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB48: Relating to the creation of an organized oilfield theft prevention unit within the Department of Public Safety. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2819 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." HB75: Relating to the release of defendants on bail, the duties of a magistrate in certain criminal proceedings, and the regulation of charitable bail organizations. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 198 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." HB100: Relating to the purchase, adoption, and use of instructional materials by public schools. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Nay (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 218 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." HB100: Relating to the purchase, adoption, and use of instructional materials by public schools. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 305 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB213: Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 1796 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB541: Relating to the provision of direct patient care by physicians and health care practitioners. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2443 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB640: Relating to the office hours of an election authority during an election period. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 293 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB643: Relating to the requirement for payment bonds from certain public work contractors. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 523 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB745: Relating to an exemption from jury service for certain crime victims or close relatives of deceased crime victims. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2259 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." HB1403: Relating to the collection and confidentiality of information regarding weapons in agency foster homes; creating a civil penalty. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Nay (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2639 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." HB1422: Relating to the rights of victims of sexual assault and other sex offenses, the offense of continuous sexual abuse, and the prosecution and punishment of certain sex offenses; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal penalties. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2291 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." HB1523: Relating to a prohibition on the authorization by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of the use of a Class V injection well for certain aquifer storage and recovery projects. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2387 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB1586: Relating to an exemption from required immunizations for school enrollment. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Nay (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 435 was taken, I was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote yes." HB1690: Relating to an application for a permit for the transfer of groundwater out of a groundwater conservation district. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2840 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB1822: Relating to the jurisdiction of a juvenile court over certain persons and to the sealing and nondisclosure of certain juvenile records. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 1420 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." HB2017: Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for certain persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 1544 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." HB2149: Relating to nonconforming land uses after the adoption of or change to a zoning regulation or boundary. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 1311 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB2221: Relating to certain trade practices related to life insurance, annuity contracts, and accident and health coverage. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Nay (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 535 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." HB2249: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Teacher Recruitment Scholarship Program and the Texas Teacher Retention Incentive Program. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 704 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB2341: Relating to the award of diligent participation credit to defendants confined in a state jail felony facility. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 1306 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB2498: Relating to the consequences of a criminal conviction on a person's eligibility for an occupational license. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2438 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB2786: Relating to the frequency with which an appraisal district is required to reappraise property for ad valorem tax purposes. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2275 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB2974: Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for a hotel and convention center project and to receive certain tax revenue related to the project. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Nay (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2484 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." HB2993: Relating to the carrying of a handgun by a county commissioner in certain locations. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2614 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB3066: Relating to the entitlement of certain municipalities to certain tax revenue associated with hotel and convention center projects. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2437 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB3153: Relating to hiring and employment requirements for persons in direct contact with children at certain facilities. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2449 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." HB3284: Relating to the creation of the Texas Commission on Marriage and Family. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 1330 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB3349: Relating to the events trust fund and to abolishing the Pan American Games trust fund, Olympic Games trust fund, and motor sports racing trust fund. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2868 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." HB3441: Relating to the liability of vaccine manufacturers for advertising a harmful vaccine. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Nay (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 3960 was taken, I was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote yes." HB3464: Relating to the offense of providing a controlled substance to a person in the custody of a correctional facility; increasing a criminal penalty. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 1828 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB3487: Relating to a reduction in the amount of sales and use tax collections that the owners of restaurants that participate in an oyster shell recycling program are required to remit to the comptroller of public accounts. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2563 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB3575: Relating to the filing of a campaign treasurer appointment and an application for a place on the ballot by a candidate for the board of directors of an appraisal district. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2559 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB3629: Relating to prohibiting a person required to register as a sex offender from serving as a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2436 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB3637: Relating to the authority of a county commissioners court to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation by each taxing unit that taxes the property of the portion of the appraised value of a person's property that is attributable to the installation in or on the property of certain water conservation systems. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2686 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB3664: Relating to the training of prospective grand jurors and to grand jury proceedings. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2841 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB3679: Relating to the operation of certain vehicles preceding, during, and following disasters. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2575 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB3812: Relating to health benefit plan preauthorization requirements for certain health care services and the direction of utilization review by physicians. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2613 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB3824: Relating to fire safety standards and emergency operations plans for the operation of battery energy storage. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2182 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." HB3892: Relating to county regulation of subdivision setbacks. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 1310 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB3923: Relating to state employment opportunities for individuals who do not hold a bachelor's degree. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 1309 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB3960: Relating to the effect of certain misrepresentations on certain insurance policies. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2573 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB4035: Relating to requirements for certain orders and judgments rendered in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 1322 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB4264: Relating to creation of a grant program for certain peace officers who hold a master proficiency certificate. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2434 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB4310: Relating to a special right of access under the public information law for a member of a governing board. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 1331 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB4406: Relating to the reporting of direct campaign expenditures by certain persons and political committees. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2530 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB4518: Relating to the formation of decentralized unincorporated nonprofit associations and the use of distributed ledger or blockchain technology for certain business purposes; authorizing fees. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2643 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB4518: Relating to the formation of decentralized unincorporated nonprofit associations and the use of distributed ledger or blockchain technology for certain business purposes; authorizing fees. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2488 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB4535: Relating to COVID-19 vaccine administration requirements. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2435 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB4611: Relating to mutual consent voluntary adoption registries. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2487 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB4623: Relating to liability of public schools and professional school employees for certain injuries to students. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2334 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB4926: Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the use of revenue from that tax. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2558 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." HB5686: Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Management District No. 3; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2998 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." HJR1: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the market value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Nay (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2179 was taken, I was temporarily out of the house chamber. I would have voted yes." HJR138: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of a carbon tax. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 140 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." SB1: General Appropriations Bill. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 3192 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." SB3: Relating to the regulation of consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring a registration; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; providing an administrative penalty. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 3643 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." SB6: Relating to electricity planning and infrastructure costs for large loads. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 3525 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." SB25: Relating to health and nutrition standards to promote healthy living. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 3584 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." SB30: Relating to recovery of damages in civil actions. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 3463 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." SB36: Relating to homeland security activities of certain entities, including the establishment and operations of the Homeland Security Division in the Department of Public Safety. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2343 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." SB617: Relating to hearing and public notice requirements regarding the conversion by a municipality of certain properties to house homeless individuals. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2422 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." SB617: Relating to hearing and public notice requirements regarding the conversion by a municipality of certain properties to house homeless individuals. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Nay (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 3201 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." SB650: Relating to requiring the use of electronically readable information to verify a purchaser's age in the retail sale of alcoholic beverages. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 3808 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." SB826: Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in a school crossing zone while intoxicated; increasing a criminal penalty. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 3127 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." SB840: Relating to certain municipal and county regulation of certain multifamily and mixed-use residential development projects and conversion of certain commercial buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 673 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." SB1038: Relating to administrative remedies for certain fraud and abuse violations under Medicaid; providing administrative penalties. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 1480 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." SB1057: Relating to shareholder proposals submitted to certain domestic corporations. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Nay (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 3836 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." SB1191: Relating to the development of a standard method of computing a student's high school grade point average. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2795 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." SB1241: Relating to college entrance examinations considered for admission to certain public institutions of higher education. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 3791 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." SB1300: Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the criminal offense of organized retail theft; increasing criminal penalties. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 3709 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." SB1335: Relating to decedents' estates. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 3300 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." SB1372: Relating to access to the crime laboratory portal. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 3453 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." SB1453: Relating to the current debt rate and tax rate of a taxing unit for ad valorem tax purposes. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Nay (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 3260 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." SB1498: Relating to civil asset forfeiture of digital currency or other similar property. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 4160 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." SB1660: Relating to the retention and preservation of toxicological evidence of certain intoxication offenses. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Away (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2163 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." SB1841: Relating to the confidentiality of certain information collected by certain local governments and airport governing boards. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Nay (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2593 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." SB1844: Relating to disannexation of certain areas of a municipality for failure to provide services. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 3252 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." SB2268: Relating to disbursement of initial funds under the Texas Energy Fund. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 2496 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." SB2284: Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to regulate certain matters related to firearms, air guns, archery equipment, and other weapons and related supplies. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Nay (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 3866 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." SB2337: Relating to the provision of proxy advisory services in connection with certain entities domiciled in this state. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Yea (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 3876 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." SB2615: Relating to restricting remote work by employees of public institutions of higher education. View Bill at Source Josey Garcia: Nay (View Vote Breakdown) Explanation from Josey Garcia: "When Record No. 3905 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." SB2781: Relating to the imposition of civil penalties for certain violations with respect to political contributions and expenditures made by certain persons who engage in lobbying activities. |