Lobbyist Insight

Texas · 2007 – 2025

Donna Howard

Identified in the Open States roster as Democratic, House, district 48 · roster lists service 2006 to present.

Named as receiving meals, gifts, travel or entertainment in 52 lobbying expenditure filings, from 30 different organisations or lobbyists.

$529 across the 6 items that carry an exact figure. The other 46 are filed as a bracket rather than an amount, so the real total is higher and cannot be calculated from what the state publishes.

What this is and is not. These are items that lobbyists and their employers reported spending, naming this person as a recipient. The filings themselves never say whether a named person is a legislator, a member of staff, a family member or a guest at the same event — Texas codes every one of them "INDIVIDUAL" — so any role shown above comes from matching the name against a published roster, and its absence means only that no match was found. Nothing here is a payment to them.

Who reported spending on them

Organisation or lobbyistItemsDisclosed
Volkening, Ronnie (Mr.)5—
Willmann, James H.4—
Cates, Andrew S. (Mr.)3—
Scheberle, Drew (Mr.)3—
Esparza, John (Mr.)3—
Joiner, Caroline M. (Ms.)3—
Edmonson, David (Mr.)3—
Alexander, Troy (Mr.)2—
Caballero, Darcy2—
Hanks, Beverly (Mrs.)2—
Boston, Jessica (Mrs.)2—
Cottingham, Jacob T. (Mr.)2—
Kelley, Russell T.1—
Lewis, Ron (Mr.)1$66
Sperry, Bryan (Mr.)1$37
Lain, Jacqueline (Ms.)1$385
Kolodzey, Patricia (Ms.)1—
Yanaway, Diane1—
Hill, Gerald (Mr.)1—
Busby, Heather1—
Rose, Vera Denise (Ms.)1—
Bristol, George (Mr.)1$9
Braun, David (Mr.)1$10
English Jr., C. M. (Mr.)1$22
Vane, Mark1—
Young, Michael (Mr.)1—
McEwan, Jennifer Reynolds (Mrs.)1—
Castro, Elizabeth (Ms.)1—
Kowalski, Thomas R. (Mr.)1—
Cook, Nathan L. (Mr.)1—

What it was for

CategoryItems
Food and beverage28
Gift18
Transportation and lodging5
Entertainment1