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Sheets sponsored but did not vote on final passage on the bill to prohibit the state government from engaging in the enforcement of federal regulations of firearms. He co-sponsored the measure to allow concealed handgun licensees to carry weapons on public college campuses. He voted to reduce the time required to obtain a concealed-carry permit.<ref name=votingrecords/>
Sheets sponsored but did not vote on final passage on the bill to prohibit the state government from engaging in the enforcement of federal regulations of firearms. He co-sponsored the measure to allow concealed handgun licensees to carry weapons on public college campuses. He voted to reduce the time required to obtain a concealed-carry permit.<ref name=votingrecords/>
==Interest group ratings==
===Interest group ratings===
Though he was considered a [[conservative]] representative, Sheets' [[interest group]] ratings were somewhat inconsistent. [[Phyllis Schlafly]]'s [[Eagle Forum]], formerly managed in Texas by [[Cathie Adams]], a former interim state chairman of the Texas Republican Party, rated Sheets 87 percent favorable in 2013 but only 36 percent in his first year in office in 2011. The Young Conservatives of Texas gave him a cumulative score in 2013 of 70 percent. The Texas League of Conservation Voters rated him 79 percent in 2013; the [[Sierra Club]], 57 percent in 2011.<ref name=ratings/> The [[interest group]], Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, founded by Michael Quinn Sullivan, rated Sheets 68 percent in 2013 but 100 percent in 2011, when it named him an Empower Texans "Taxpayer Champion."<ref name=votesmart/>
Though he was considered a [[conservative]] representative, Sheets' [[interest group]] ratings were somewhat inconsistent. [[Phyllis Schlafly]]'s [[Eagle Forum]], formerly managed in Texas by [[Cathie Adams]], a former interim state chairman of the Texas Republican Party, rated Sheets 87 percent favorable in 2013 but only 36 percent in his first year in office in 2011. The Young Conservatives of Texas gave him a cumulative score in 2013 of 70 percent. The Texas League of Conservation Voters rated him 79 percent in 2013; the [[Sierra Club]], 57 percent in 2011.<ref name=ratings/> The [[interest group]], Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, founded by Michael Quinn Sullivan, rated Sheets 68 percent in 2013 but 100 percent in 2011, when it named him an Empower Texans "Taxpayer Champion."<ref name=votesmart/>