Resolution of Concurrence with the Censure of State Representative Stan Lambert

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 71 of the Taylor County Republican

Party at the meeting of the Taylor County Republican Party Executive Committee meeting August 28,

2025, passed a “Resolution to Censure Representative Stan Lambert,” which identified, among other

grievances, the following eight 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. At the May 2024 Republican Party of Texas State Convention, delegates approved Plank

213(a), which calls “for Republican members to vote as a unified body for their selected

Speaker…”; on December 6, 2024, the RPT passed the “Texas House GOP Caucus Resolution”

stating in part that “efforts to elect a Speaker with Democrat votes will be considered…

violations of the Platform and of the Legislative Priorities”; on December 7, 2024, the House

Republican Caucus selected David Cook as its nominee for Speaker of the Texas House; on

January 14, 2025, despite the Party’s plank, the RPT’s resolution, and the Caucus’ vote,

Representative Lambert split from fifty-two Republicans and joined forty-nine Democrats to

elect Dustin Burrows as House Speaker; Burrows gained the position with more Democrat

votes than Republican votes; furthermore, the RPT’s Principle 5 is “Personal accountability and

responsibility”; Representative Lambert is accountable to the voters of HD 71, voters who

helped give Republicans a twenty-six seat majority in the Texas House; uniting with the

minority party to elect the Speaker undermines the mandate given to the Republican majority,

especially following the resounding 2024 victory of President Donald J. Trump (Record Votes 2

and 3); and

2. On May 12, 2025, Representative Lambert voted in favor of HB 2858, a bill establishing a

temporary guest worker program in Texas; even though the legislation failed passage to

13. 4. 5. engrossment, Representative Lambert’s support of the bill is in opposition to Principle 9, “A

free enterprise society unencumbered by government interference and subsidies”; bringing in

guest workers is government interference in the Texas job market, and American workers

should always be the priority; furthermore, voting in favor of HB 2858 is inappropriate during a

legislative session when the Legislative Priority that received the highest number of weighted

votes at the 2024 Republican Party of Texas State Convention was “Border Enforcement”

(Record Vote 2198); and

RPT Legislative Priority #4 states that “the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature shall end

the practice of awarding committee chairmanships to Democrats and require all committees to

be majority Republican”; on January 23, 2025, the House considered HR 4, the House Rules,

which included a provision designating all committee vice chairs to be solely from the minority

party as well as creating minority party subcommittee chairs with sweeping new powers; before

any amendments could be proposed, Representative Jared Patterson moved the Previous

Question on adoption of HR 4, which ended all debate; forty-six Republicans, including

Representative Lambert, seconded the motion, and the motion prevailed; in response to this

vote, RPT issued a resolution stating, “the Republican Party of Texas considers a vote in favor

of Previous Question on HR 4 to be a violation of the Legislative Priority to Ban Democrat

Chairs for the purposes of censure under Republican Party of Texas Rule No. 44,” as it

circumvented the true intent of the priority because a vice chair is still a chair; not only did

Representative Lambert’s action violate Legislative Priority #4, but voting in favor of the

Previous Question also cut off any opportunity for amendments or debate on the new House

Rules; this is a 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” (“All political power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are

founded on their authority,” Texas Constitution Article 1, Section 2); this action deprived the

people of proper representation by denying their Representatives the opportunity to debate the

384 pages of new House Rules, which were released just hours before the vote (Record

Vote 9); and

On April 22 and April 23, 2025, Representative Lambert voted in favor of Democrat authored

HB 805; this legislation would direct the Public Utility Commission (PUC) to study the impacts

of existing interconnections of electric transmission service facilities in the state to such

facilities in Mexico and the potential impacts of establishing new such interconnections; the

study would have to include the impacts and potential impacts on transmission and distribution

networks and retail customers in the state and Mexico; though the Senate never took up the

bill, voting in favor of HB 805 is a violation of Legislative Priority #6, “Secure the Electric

Grid”; instead of providing a basis for Texas not to connect to Mexico’s grid, the study

proposed by this bill could be used as a basis by future legislatures to encourage even more

connection to Mexico’s grid as demand for power increases; for the security of Texas, RPT

supports an independent power grid (Record Votes 343 and 392); and

On April 30 and May 1, 2025, Representative Lambert voted in favor of HB 1359, creating a

state program to assist low-income individuals in paying for rising home energy costs; though

well intentioned, subsidies can disincentivize energy conservation and even lead to increased

energy consumption, placing further strain on the Texas Power grid; support for HB 1359

opposes Legislative Priority #6, “Secure the Electric Grid”; Plank 47 of the 2024 RPT Platform

26. 7. 8. supports a solution to rising energy costs and scarcity of power, namely, greater energy

production through the free market (Record Votes 1079 and 1149); and

On May 8, 2025, the House debated Representative Shaheen’s Amendment #4 to SB 17,

relating to foreign entities purchasing real estate in Texas; the amendment added the wording

“and is not lawfully present and residing in the United States at the time the individual

purchases, acquires, or holds the interest”; several representatives pointed out that this

amendment actually made possible the sale of real property to an individual in the United

States legally under a visa, when, in fact, the individual is actually domiciled in a designated

country that poses a risk to Texas and the United States; and despite their warnings,

Representative Lambert voted to adopt Amendment #4, which stripped SB 17 of the true intent

of Legislative Priority #7, “Texas is Not for Sale” (Record Vote 1848); and

During the House sessions on April 29 and April 30, 2025, Representative Lambert voted in

favor of HB 366, which criminalizes political advertising about “an officeholder, candidate, or

political committee,” that contains altered media without a disclosure by anyone who spends

$100 or more in a reporting period; support for this legislation violates 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,” both of which declare no

law will be enacted restricting the freedom of speech; and HB 366 represents further

encroachment upon the free speech rights of Texas voters (Record Votes 834 and 981); and

Representative Lambert’s vote to pass HR 4 without amendments resulted in Rule 4, Sec. 8A

(Pg. 262) as well as Rule 5, Sec. 19A (Pg. 266), requiring face masks that comply with the

recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control for committee and subcommittee meetings

and House or House Gallery attendance; these rules oppose the Republican Party of Texas’

2024 Platform Preamble declaration: “We strive to preserve the freedom given to us by God”

and Principle 8, “Preserving individual, Texan, and American sovereignty and freedom”;

furthermore, mask mandates not only infringe on personal freedom when implemented for

public health or safety reasons but also create an environment where individuals can utilize

masks for personal concealment with a greater degree of social acceptance; concealment of

one’s identity is not compatible with being in an important public space like the Texas Capitol

(Record Vote 10); and

WHEREAS, the Taylor County Republican Party provided notice to Representative Stan Lambert’s

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

WHEREAS, the constituent Precinct Chairs of House District 71 of the Taylor County Republican

Party Executive Committee passed the resolution of censure of Representative Stan Lambert 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 Stan Lambert 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

3WHEREAS, 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 Taylor County Republican Party requested that the SREC

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

Rule No. 44 of the Republican Party of Texas, including but not limited to, refusing to accept any

application from him for a place on the ballot of the Republican Primary Election for the period of

twenty-four (24) months following adoption of the censure”; now

THEREFORE, 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 71 of the Taylor 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 Stan Lambert 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

4application 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 Stan Lambert is not identified by name.

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