RE
Rodney Ellis
Commissioner, Precinct 12017-2028
About
Rodney Ellis's reported actions and platform focus on public safety accountability, specifically advocating for local oversight and funding for investigations into fatal incidents involving law enforcement agencies like ICE.
Campaign promises (1)
- public-safetyRodney Ellis advocated that Harris County earmark funding for a local investigation into a fatal ICE shooting.Related votes
Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 8
- Total speaking time
- 1:37:39
- Avg per meeting
- 12:12
- Segments
- 1575
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Top issues during term (1)(Education)
Decisions during term (10)
Recorded while Ellis was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
approved4-0Sep 22, 2026
Request for approval of the reappointment of Marcia Johnson, a nominee from the Commissioner of Precinct 1, to the Board of Directors of the Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, for a term ending September 22,…
approved4-0Sep 22, 2026
Request for approval of a Choice Partners, a division of Harris County Department of Education Cooperative Program award on the basis of low quote to CFI Mechanical, Inc. in the amount of $243,955 for replacement of two (2) Carrier Air…
approved4-0Sep 22, 2026
Request for approval of the usage of Precinct 4 charter buses for the purpose of transporting early childhood educators to the Houston Arboretum to participate in the Outdoor Learning Environment Early Childhood Education (ECE) Network…
approved4-0Aug 25, 2026
Request by Juvenile Probation for approval to accept from the U.S. Department of Education/Texas Education Agency combined grant funds in the amount of $1,060,819, with no required match, for the FY27 Title I-Part A, Title I-Part D, Title…
approved4-0Aug 25, 2026
Request by Juvenile Probation for approval to accept from the Texas Education Agency additional appropriations in the amount of $11,900, with no required match, for the FY 26-27 Biennium Instructional Materials Allotment for the Excel…
approved4-0Apr 16, 2026
Early Childhood Education Initiatives
approved5-0Apr 9, 2026
Request for approval of an agreement with the University of Houston to provide educational programming related to Alzheimer’s Disease at Precinct One community centers.
approved5-0Apr 9, 2026
Request by the Commissioner of Precinct 4 for approval of a resolution honoring the Texas State Chapter of the Philanthropic Educational Organization for its work to uplift women in Harris County and throughout Texas.
approved3-0Mar 31, 2026
Request for approval to use Precinct One charter buses for the purpose of providing transportation for participants of the Harris County Department of Education’s April Field Trip on April 16, 2026.
approved5-0Jan 22, 2026
Request by Bracewell for approval of a Certificate and Notice of Intent for the issuance of Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2026, to refinance the costs of certain facilities for Houston…
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