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Ashby serves on the House committees of (1) Appropriations Subcommittee on Article III - Chair  (2) Natural Resources - Vice Chair  (3) Appropriations and  (4) House Administration.<ref name=votesmart/>​

Ashby serves on the House committees of (1) Appropriations Subcommittee on Article III - Chair  (2) Natural Resources - Vice Chair  (3) Appropriations and  (4) House Administration.<ref name=votesmart/>​

 

===Legislative positions===​

==Legislative positions===

A [[pro-life]] legislator, Ashby supported in 2013 the ban on [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of [[gestation]]; the measure passed the House, 96-49. He also co-sponsored companion legislation to increase medical and licensing requirements of abortion providers.<ref name=votingrecords/> These issues brought forth an unsuccessful [[filibuster]] in the state Senate led by Wendy Russell Davis of [[Fort Worth]], who in 2014 as the Democratic nominee lost the governor's race to the Republican [[Greg Abbott]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Filibuster in Texas Senate Tries to Halt Abortion Bill|author=Manny Fernandez|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/politics/senate-democrats-in-texas-try-blocking-abortion-bill-with-filibuster.html|newspaper=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=June 25, 2013|accessdate=March 9, 2014}}</ref> The Texas [[Right to Life]] Committee rated Ashby 73 percent favorable.<ref name=ratings/>​

A [[pro-life]] legislator, Ashby supported in 2013 the ban on [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of [[gestation]]; the measure passed the House, 96-49. He also co-sponsored companion legislation to increase medical and licensing requirements of abortion providers.<ref name=votingrecords/> These issues brought forth an unsuccessful [[filibuster]] in the state Senate led by Wendy Russell Davis of [[Fort Worth]], who in 2014 as the Democratic nominee lost the governor's race to the Republican [[Greg Abbott]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Filibuster in Texas Senate Tries to Halt Abortion Bill|author=Manny Fernandez|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/politics/senate-democrats-in-texas-try-blocking-abortion-bill-with-filibuster.html|newspaper=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=June 25, 2013|accessdate=March 9, 2014}}</ref> The Texas [[Right to Life]] Committee rated Ashby 73 percent favorable.<ref name=ratings/>​

 

Ashby voted for legislation to establish a taxpayer-funded breakfast program for [[State school|public schools]]; the measure passed the House, 73-58. He supported legislation to provide marshals for school security as a separate law-enforcement entity. He voted to extend the [[franchise tax]] exemption to certain businesses. He voted for the adoption of the biennial state budget. Ashby voted to prohibit [[texting]] while driving, which nevertheless passed the House, 97-45. He voted to require testing for [[narcotics]] of those individuals receiving [[unemployment compensation]]. He voted against the "equal pay for women" measure, which nevertheless passed the House, 78-61, but was [[veto]]ed by then [[Governor]] [[Rick Perry]].<ref name=votingrecords/>

Ashby voted for legislation to establish a taxpayer-funded breakfast program for [[State school|public schools]]; the measure passed the House, 73-58. He supported legislation to provide marshals for school security as a separate law-enforcement entity. He voted to extend the [[franchise tax]] exemption to certain businesses. He voted for the adoption of the biennial state budget. Ashby voted to prohibit [[texting]] while driving, which nevertheless passed the House, 97-45. He voted to require testing for [[narcotics]] of those individuals receiving [[unemployment compensation]]. He voted against the "equal pay for women" measure, which nevertheless passed the House, 78-61, but was [[veto]]ed by then [[Governor]] [[Rick Perry]].<ref name=votingrecords/>