John Bucy III

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John Bucy III was born in Austin, Texas. He earned a B.A. in history at Austin College in 2006. His career experience includes working as a small business owner.[1][2]

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John Bucy III is a small business owner and former chair of the Williamson County Democratic Party, serving in his second term in the Texas Legislature. He and his wife, Molly, are the proud parents of two precious baby girls. John is Chair of the Young Texans Caucus and Vice Chair of the IT Caucus. He is a member of the Elections Committee, Transportation Committee, and the Select Committee on Constitutional Rights and Remedies. At the Capitol, John fought for public schools, healthcare, voting rights, good jobs and workers’ rights, the environment, criminal justice reform, and equality for all. He was chosen by his peers as House Democratic Caucus Freshman of the Year in 2019 and named Best Local Elected Official by the Hill Country News in 2019 and 2020. John is a firm believer in the power of the grassroots and that we succeed as progressives when we run towards our values and beliefs. He's committed to bringing people to the table to seek innovative solutions to the problems we face. John is running for re-election to continue to build our community up and make Texas as good as its promise.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Strong Public Schools - It's important that we continue to increase funding for our public schools. I believe every session should be a public education session -- that is, we need to assess the formulas every session to better meet the need. Similarly, we need to reduce inequality within our education system by implementing Pre-K For All, focusing on early childhood literacy, increasing resources for Special Education, improving mental health support, and breaking the school to prison pipeline.Access to Healthcare - Healthcare costs are increasingly the largest burden for our families. We must expand Medicaid to give 1.5 million Texans access to care, bring $110 billion of our tax dollars home to shore up our healthcare infrastructure, lower all of our insurance premiums, reduce uncompensated care costs, and save lives. Additionally, we must address disparities in access to mental health services, focus on harm reduction policies, and address addiction. Similarly, we must prioritize therapy for children who are neuro-atypical and increase the availability for home and community-based care for adults with disabilities. Last, I want to continue to work on cultural competency in healthcare and reduce maternal mortality.Voting Rights - The freedom to vote is the foundation of our democracy. We must pass online voter registration as we work towards automatic and same day registration. I support innovations like 24-hour voting and drive thru voting and believe we must work with local jurisdictions to expand access to the ballot box. Similarly, we must purchase more voting machines, expand the number of polling places, and raise poll worker pay to reduce wait times during in person voting. Additionally, we must implement universal vote by mail with a robust process to correct minor technical details so that ballots are not thrown out. Last, student IDs, government IDs, and tribal IDs should all be able to be used to vote.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Some specific legislative priorities include but are not limited to: increasing Texas’ share of public school funding to at least 50 percent, reforming the BIP process to ensure students are getting the SPED services they need, passing Medicaid expansion, improving funding and access to mental health services, an across the board pay raise for current state employees, passing a cost of living adjustment for retired state employees and retired teachers, online voter registration, legalizing cannabis, and eliminating the death penalty. In addition, I file bills every session that are brought to me by local community members, elected officials or political jurisdictions within my state house district. Examples of this include passing into law HOT revenue bills for the cities of Cedar Park and Leander, making the Gold Cup eligible for the Major Events Reimbursement Program, creating an MMD for Leander, helping correct the Surviving Spouse HEX, putting suicide crisis phone and text lines on student IDs starting in 6th grade, expanding the duration of emergency refills for insulin to 30 days, and making it easier for certain teens to obtain a driver license.

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