Resolution of Concurrence with the Censure of State Representative Jared Patterson

WHEREAS, Rule No. 44 of the Republican Party of Texas states that “a County or District Executive

Committee may, after no less than seven (7) days’ notice and invitation to the Officeholder to appear

and be provided time to speak before a County or District Executive Committee, by a two-thirds (2/3)

vote of those constituent Executive Committee Precinct Chairs present and voting, but in no case by

less than a majority of constituent Precinct Chairs of the County Executive Committee (CEC) in full,

adopt a resolution censuring a Republican public Officeholder representing all or a portion of that

County or District for three (3) or more actions taken during the Officeholder’s current term in

opposition to the core principles of the Republican Party of Texas defined in the Preamble of the Party

Platform as described in Rule No. 43A or to the Legislative Priorities adopted at the most recent State

Convention as described in Rule No. 34(c)”; and

WHEREAS, the constituent Precinct Chairs of House District 106 of the Denton County Republican

Party, at the meeting of the Denton County Republican Party Executive Committee meeting on

September 4, 2025, passed a “Resolution of Censure State Representative Jared Patterson (HD 106),”

which identified, among other grievances, the following nine actions taken during the Officeholder’s

current term (which began on January 14, 2025) in violation of the Principles or Legislative Priorities

of the Republican Party of Texas:

1. On January 14, 2025, Representative Jared Patterson did not vote for the Republican Caucus

nominee David Cook for Speaker of the House, but instead voted for Representative Dustin

Burrows, a willful disregard for RPT Principal 5 “Personal Accountability and Responsibility”

and a clear violation of the 2024 RPT Platform wherein Republican members were to vote as a

“unified body” for the Caucus selected Speaker (Record Votes 2 and 3); and

2. On January 23, 2025, Representative Jared Patterson voted to pass HR 4 without amendments

(Record Vote 10), which resulted in introducing Rule 16, Special Rule, Sec. 7 Rule 4, Sec. 8A,

on Page 262 of the House Rules, as well as Rule 16, Special Rule, Sec. 13 Rule 5, Sec. 19A, on

Page 266, which require face masks that comply with the recommendations of the Centers of

Disease Control for committee and subcommittee meetings, and for House or House Gallery

attendance, which are actions in opposition to Legislative Priority #8 “End Federal Overreach,”

which demands that Texans not be faced with any medical mandate; and

3. On January 23, 2025, Representative Jared Patterson moved the Previous Question on adoption

of HR 4 (Record Vote 9), introducing standing subcommittees that could be chaired and indeed

came to be chaired by the minority party, and thereby ending the debate at that time, a decision

14. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. that made impossible to amend HR 4 to remove the rule and making this vote an action in

opposition to Legislative Priority #4, “No Democrat Committee Chairs”; and

On April 30, 2025, Representative Jared Patterson voted in favor of HB 366 (Record Vote 982),

“relating to required disclosures on certain political advertising that contains altered media;

creating a criminal offense,” a vote in violation of RPT Principle 1, “…we support the strict

adherence to the original language and intent of the Declaration of Independence and

Constitutions of the United States and of Texas”; RPT Principle 3, “Preserving individual,

Texan and American Sovereignty and freedom”; and RPT Principle 4, “Limiting government

power to those items enumerated in the United States and Texas Constitutions” by chilling free

speech protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution; and

On May 5, 2025, Representative Jared Patterson voted in favor of HB 104 (Record Vote 1392),

relating to the creation of the Texas Future Fund and the Texas Future Fund Investment Review

Board and to the permissible uses of money in the Texas Future Fund. This creation would

significantly increase state spending and also grow government with another committee, an

action in opposition to RPT Principle 4, “Limiting government power to those items

enumerated in the United States and Texas Constitutions,” and RPT Principle 9, “A free

enterprise society unencumbered by government interference or subsidies”; and

On May 8, 2025, Representative Jared Patterson voted in favor of amendment #4 (Record Vote

1848) on SB 17, which weakened the bill by allowing Chinese nationals and other hostile

foreign actors to enter the United States on tourist visas and buy Texas land, rendering SB 17

ineffective and thereby making a vote for this amendment an action in opposition to Legislative

Priority #7,“Texas Is Not For Sale”, and to RPT Principle 3, “Preserving individual, Texan, and

American sovereignty and freedoms”; and

On May 26, 2025, Representative Jared Patterson voted in favor of SB 22, “relating to the

Texas moving image industry incentive program and the establishment and funding of the

Texas moving image industry incentive fund” (Record Vote 3545), RPT Platform Principle 5,

“Personal Accountability and Responsibility,” and RPT Platform Principle 9, “A free enterprise

society unencumbered by government interference or subsidies”; the vote is in conflict with the

2024 RPT Platform opposing industry-specific subsidies and favoring free markets; corporate

welfare contradicts limited government; and

On April 10, 2025 (Record Vote 154), April 15, 2025 (Record Vote 174), and May 31, 2025

(Record Vote 4101), Representative Jared Patterson voted in favor of SB 1, the Texas State

Budget, which increased the budget by 43%, significantly increasing state spending and

expanding government operations, votes in opposition to RPT Principle 4, “Limiting

government power to those items enumerated in the United States and Texas Constitutions,”

and RPT Principle 9, “A free enterprise society unencumbered by government interference or

subsidies”; and

On May 28, 2025, Representative Jared Patterson voted in favor of amendment #1, (Record

Vote 3938) to delay election integrity on SB 2753, weakening the bill and moving

implementation to 2027 in opposition to Legislative Priority #2, “Secure Texas Elections”; and

2WHEREAS, the Denton County Republican Party provided notice to Representative Jared Patterson’s

office and an opportunity to speak prior to the vote taking place; and

WHEREAS, the constituent Precinct Chairs of House District 106 of the Denton County Republican

Party Executive Committee passed the resolution of censure of Representative Jared Patterson by both

a two-thirds (2/3) majority of those present and voting and a 50% majority of all constituent Precinct

Chairs, even those not in attendance; and

WHEREAS, the term of office for Representative Jared Patterson expires after the 2026 Primary and

General Elections, and he would be eligible to run for reelection to his House seat in the 2026 election

and also eligible to run for any other partisan office in the 2026 election; and

WHEREAS, in discussing resolutions of censure passed by a County Executive Committee, Rule No.

44 of the Republican Party of Texas states in part that “such a resolution may include a request to

impose the penalties below to the SREC. The SREC must confirm or deny penalties prior to early

voting of the Republican Primary Election in which the Officeholder is seeking election.

Penalties:

If such a request is included, after not less than fourteen (14) days’ notice and opportunity to

the Officeholder to appear and be provided time to speak before the SREC in response to the

request. The SREC, by a three-fifths (3/5) vote of the full membership, may vote to concur with

the resolution of censure and impose one or more of the following penalties:

Penalty 1: Declare that no Rule or Bylaw enacted by any division of the Party at any

level that demands the Party be neutral in intraparty contests shall be observed with

respect to the named Officeholder, and no financial or other support shall be provided

to the Officeholder’s campaign by the Party except that which is required by law. If the

Officeholder files an application to run for any public office in the Republican Party

Primary Election following the censure resolution’s passage, the SREC shall be

authorized to spend up to twelve percent (12%) of the Party’s general fund on voter

education in the Officeholder’s district, by republishing the original censure resolution

verbatim, using a media format determined by the SREC.

Penalty 2: Declare that the named Officeholder is discouraged from participating in the

Republican Party Primary Election following the censure passage.

Penalty 3: Authorize and direct the State Chairman or any County Chairman to refuse

to accept any application for a place on the ballot of a Republican Primary Election for

a period of twenty-four (24) months following adoption of the censure and imposition of

said remedy”; and

WHEREAS, in its resolution of censure, the Denton County Republican Party requested that the SREC

concur with the resolution of censure and that the SREC impose “all applicable penalties set forth in

Republican Party of Texas Rule No. 44, including but not limited to Penalty 3, refusal to accept any

application for a place on the ballot of a Republican Primary Election for a period of twenty-four (24)

months following adoption of the censure”; now

3THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the State Republican Executive Committee concurs with the

violations of Republican Party of Texas Principles and Legislative Priorities stated in the resolution of

censure passed by the constituent Precinct Chairs of Texas House District 106 of the Denton County

Republican Party and identified in this resolution; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Republican Party of Texas imposes Penalty 1 and Penalty 2

identified in Rule No. 44 on Representative Jared Patterson as follows:

Penalty 1: Declare that no Rule or Bylaw enacted by any division of the Party at any level that

demands the Party be neutral in intraparty contests shall be observed with respect to the named

Officeholder, and no financial or other support shall be provided to the Officeholder’s

campaign by the Party except that which is required by law. If the Officeholder files an

application to run for any public office in the Republican Party Primary Election following the

censure resolution’s passage, the SREC shall be authorized to spend up to twelve percent (12%)

of the Party’s general fund on voter education in the Officeholder’s district, by republishing the

original censure resolution verbatim, using a media format determined by the SREC.

Penalty 2: Declare that the named Officeholder is discouraged from participating in the

Republican Party Primary Election following the censure passage; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that nothing in this Resolution shall be construed to prohibit the use of

Party resources to encourage voting for Republican Party nominees or officeholders collectively, so

long as Representative Jared Patterson is not identified by name.

Passed by the State Republican Executive Committee, October 11, 2025