Texas Senate · District 17

Joan Huffman

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Votes with the Republican Caucus chair 95% On 1,633 contested votes where both voted · 97% on all votes Votes with own party 99% Partisan rank: 1 of 28 in the Senate (tied with 16 others) Didn't vote at roll call 0.1% 1 of 3,695 roll calls

Statewide bills passed 27 57 sponsored · 27 became law · Rank 7 of 30 in the Senate Local bills passed 0 1 sponsored · 0 became law

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Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Joan Huffman's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 2 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work

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More conservative than 66% of the Texas Senate.

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10th most conservative of 28

The scores

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Votes with the Republican Caucus chair

95%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Joan Huffman.

On 1,633 contested votes where both voted97% on all 3,693 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

99%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Joan Huffman.

On 1,005 party-line votesPartisan rank: 1 of 28 in the Senate (tied with 16 others)No one in the Senate votes with their party more often

Bills

The bills Joan Huffman sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills: Joan Huffman
	Statewide	Local
Sponsored	57	1
Passed both chambers	27	0
Became law	27	0
Vetoed by the Governor	0	0

Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 7 of 30 in the Senate · 6 of 18 Republicans

A bill's sponsor is its primary author, the first name on it; joint authors and coauthors aren't counted.

Bills that passed both chambers

Bills that passed both chambers: Joan Huffman
Bill	Type	Result	Final action
SB 5 (89(2)) Making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations	Statewide	Became law	Sept. 18, 2025
SB 22 Texas moving image industry incentive program and the establishment and funding of the Texas moving image industry incentive fund	Statewide	Became law	June 22, 2025
SB 1 General Appropriations Bill	Statewide	Became law	June 22, 2025
SB 663 Approval of a community supervision and corrections department's budget and strategic plan	Statewide	Became law	June 20, 2025
SB 535 Admissibility of evidence regarding a victim's past sexual behavior in prosecutions of certain trafficking, sexual, or assaultive offenses	Statewide	Became law	June 20, 2025
SB 3031 Punishment for the offense of aggravated assault	Statewide	Became law	June 20, 2025
SB 293 Discipline of judges by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, notice of certain reprimands, judicial compensation and related retirement benefits, and the…	Statewide	Became law	June 20, 2025
SB 260 School safety allotment under the Foundation School Program	Statewide	Became law	June 20, 2025
SB 1896 Provision of information regarding an arrested person and the victim of the offense to a magistrate for purposes of an order for emergency protection	Statewide	Became law	June 20, 2025
SB 1737 Service retirement benefits payable by the Employees Retirement System of Texas to certain law enforcement officers and custodial officers	Statewide	Became law	June 20, 2025
SB 1660 Retention and preservation of toxicological evidence of certain intoxication offenses	Statewide	Became law	June 20, 2025
SB 1621 Prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving depictions of children, computer-generated…	Statewide	Became law	June 20, 2025
SB 1021 Changing the eligibility for community supervision of a person convicted of stalking and to the offense of improper contact with the person's victim	Statewide	Became law	June 20, 2025
SB 1019 Admissibility of certain hearsay statements in the adjudication of certain sexual or assaultive offenses committed against a child or a person with a disability	Statewide	Became law	June 20, 2025
SB 9 Confinement or release of defendants before trial or sentencing, including regulating charitable bail organizations, and the conditions of and procedures for…	Statewide	Became law	June 16, 2025
SB 40 Use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds; authorizing injunctive relief	Statewide	Became law	June 16, 2025
SB 664 Qualifications, training, removal, and supervision of certain masters, magistrates, referees, associate judges, and hearing officers	Statewide	Became law	May 30, 2025
SB 1901 Administration of the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council and Texas Opioid Abatement Trust Fund	Statewide	Became law	May 30, 2025
SB 1620 Establishment of the Texas forensic analyst apprenticeship pilot program	Statewide	Became law	May 30, 2025
SB 1020 Personal bond offices, to the notification provided to a judge regarding tampering with an electronic monitoring device while released on bond or community…	Statewide	Became law	May 29, 2025
SB 1018 Distribution of state traffic fine revenue received by the comptroller	Statewide	Became law	May 29, 2025
SB 5 Creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas	Statewide	Became law	May 24, 2025
SB 1998 A preceptorship program in a pediatric subspecialty for medical students in this state	Statewide	Became law	May 21, 2025
SB 2066 Repeal of the Texas Research Incentive Program	Statewide	Became law	May 19, 2025
SB 2065 Texas Emergency Services Retirement System	Statewide	Became law	May 15, 2025
SB 1738 Judicial Retirement System Plan Two, including resuming service in the retirement system and contributions to the retirement system	Statewide	Became law	May 15, 2025
SB 1426 Operation and management of the first capitol state historic site and replica by the Texas Historical Commission	Statewide	Became law	May 15, 2025

Budget projects

Texas's budget doesn't say which legislator asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for Texas legislators.

Contested votes where they split

82 against the Republican Caucus chair; 55 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Joan Huffman
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Republican Caucus Chair	Most of their party
June 1, 2025	SB 268: Procedure for certain complaints against health care practitioners Conference Committee Report	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 26, 2025	HB 4751: Establishment and administration of the Texas Quantum Initiative Passage / Third Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 26, 2025	HB 4751: Establishment and administration of the Texas Quantum Initiative Motion to Suspend the Three-Day Rule	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 26, 2025	HB 4751: Establishment and administration of the Texas Quantum Initiative Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 26, 2025	HB 4751: Establishment and administration of the Texas Quantum Initiative Motion to Suspend the Regular Order	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 25, 2025	HB 4230: Establishment of a hike and bike trail to be known as the Bicentennial Trail Passage / Third Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 25, 2025	HB 4230: Establishment of a hike and bike trail to be known as the Bicentennial Trail Motion to Suspend the Three-Day Rule	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 25, 2025	HB 4230: Establishment of a hike and bike trail to be known as the Bicentennial Trail Second Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 25, 2025	HB 4230: Establishment of a hike and bike trail to be known as the Bicentennial Trail Motion to Suspend the Regular Order	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 25, 2025	HB 2974: Municipal and county hotel occupancy taxes and the authority of certain municipalities to receive certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention… Passage / Third Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 25, 2025	HB 2974: Municipal and county hotel occupancy taxes and the authority of certain municipalities to receive certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention… Motion to Suspend the Three-Day Rule	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 25, 2025	HB 2974: Municipal and county hotel occupancy taxes and the authority of certain municipalities to receive certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention… Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 25, 2025	HB 2974: Municipal and county hotel occupancy taxes and the authority of certain municipalities to receive certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention… Motion to Suspend the Regular Order	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 23, 2025	HB 2712: Test years used for ratemaking purposes by certain water and sewer utilities Passage / Third Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 23, 2025	HB 2712: Test years used for ratemaking purposes by certain water and sewer utilities Motion to Suspend the Three-Day Rule	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 23, 2025	HB 2712: Test years used for ratemaking purposes by certain water and sewer utilities Second Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 23, 2025	HB 2712: Test years used for ratemaking purposes by certain water and sewer utilities Motion to Suspend the Regular Order	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 22, 2025	HB 2765: Rural Economic Development and Investment Program and the Texas economic development fund Passage / Third Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 22, 2025	HB 2765: Rural Economic Development and Investment Program and the Texas economic development fund Motion to Suspend the Three-Day Rule	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 22, 2025	HB 2765: Rural Economic Development and Investment Program and the Texas economic development fund Second Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 22, 2025	HB 2765: Rural Economic Development and Investment Program and the Texas economic development fund Motion to Suspend the Regular Order	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 21, 2025	SB 719: Collection of information on available beds at inpatient mental health facilities providing acute psychiatric treatment Passage / Third Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 21, 2025	SB 719: Collection of information on available beds at inpatient mental health facilities providing acute psychiatric treatment Motion to Suspend the Three-Day Rule	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 21, 2025	SB 719: Collection of information on available beds at inpatient mental health facilities providing acute psychiatric treatment Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 21, 2025	SB 719: Collection of information on available beds at inpatient mental health facilities providing acute psychiatric treatment Motion to Suspend the Regular Order	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 21, 2025	HB 1275: Issuance of permits for bovine producer dairy farms in certain areas of this state Passage / Third Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 21, 2025	HB 1275: Issuance of permits for bovine producer dairy farms in certain areas of this state Motion to Suspend the Three-Day Rule	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 14, 2025	SB 2122: Imposition of application fees for certain permits and permit amendments for the disposal of oil and gas waste Concur	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 12, 2025	SB 1143: Certain planning, notification, and evaluation requirements with respect to certain workforce development programs in this state Concur	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 12, 2025	SB 2137: Allocation of low income housing tax credits Passage / Third Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 12, 2025	SB 2137: Allocation of low income housing tax credits Motion to Suspend the Three-Day Rule	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 12, 2025	SB 2137: Allocation of low income housing tax credits Second Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 12, 2025	SB 2137: Allocation of low income housing tax credits Motion to Suspend the Regular Order	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 8, 2025	SB 715: Reliability requirements for certain electric generation facilities Motion to Suspend the Regular Order	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 7, 2025	SB 986: Procedures under the public information law, including expedited responses and charges for bad faith requests Passage / Third Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 7, 2025	SB 986: Procedures under the public information law, including expedited responses and charges for bad faith requests Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 6, 2025	SB 2035: Prohibiting contributions, expenditures, and related activities involving political committees that support or oppose a ballot measure; creating a criminal… Passage / Third Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 6, 2025	SB 2035: Prohibiting contributions, expenditures, and related activities involving political committees that support or oppose a ballot measure; creating a criminal… Motion to Suspend the Three-Day Rule	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 6, 2025	SB 2035: Prohibiting contributions, expenditures, and related activities involving political committees that support or oppose a ballot measure; creating a criminal… Second Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 6, 2025	SB 2035: Prohibiting contributions, expenditures, and related activities involving political committees that support or oppose a ballot measure; creating a criminal… Motion to Suspend the Regular Order	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 6, 2025	SB 2605: Formation of a municipal housing authority asset commission by certain municipal housing authorities Passage / Third Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 6, 2025	SB 2605: Formation of a municipal housing authority asset commission by certain municipal housing authorities Motion to Suspend the Three-Day Rule	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 6, 2025	SB 2605: Formation of a municipal housing authority asset commission by certain municipal housing authorities Second Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 6, 2025	SB 2605: Formation of a municipal housing authority asset commission by certain municipal housing authorities Motion to Suspend the Regular Order	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 30, 2025	SB 646: Repayment of certain mental health professional education loans Passage / Third Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 30, 2025	SB 646: Repayment of certain mental health professional education loans Motion to Suspend the Regular Order	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 30, 2025	SB 2366: A grant program to fund certain short line railroad projects Passage / Third Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 30, 2025	SB 2366: A grant program to fund certain short line railroad projects Motion to Suspend the Three-Day Rule	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 30, 2025	SB 2366: A grant program to fund certain short line railroad projects Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 30, 2025	SB 2366: A grant program to fund certain short line railroad projects Motion to Suspend the Regular Order	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 30, 2025	SB 2308: Establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration's drug development trials with ibogaine for the purpose of securing… Passage / Third Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 30, 2025	SB 2308: Establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration's drug development trials with ibogaine for the purpose of securing… Motion to Suspend the Three-Day Rule	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 30, 2025	SB 2308: Establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration's drug development trials with ibogaine for the purpose of securing… Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 30, 2025	SB 2308: Establishment of a grant program to fund the United States Food and Drug Administration's drug development trials with ibogaine for the purpose of securing… Motion to Suspend the Regular Order	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 29, 2025	SB 646: Repayment of certain mental health professional education loans Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 29, 2025	SB 646: Repayment of certain mental health professional education loans Motion to Suspend the Regular Order	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 29, 2025	SB 1169: Provision of water or sewer service by public entities operating jointly or concurrently Passage / Third Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 29, 2025	SB 1169: Provision of water or sewer service by public entities operating jointly or concurrently Motion to Suspend the Three-Day Rule	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 29, 2025	SB 1169: Provision of water or sewer service by public entities operating jointly or concurrently Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 29, 2025	SB 1169: Provision of water or sewer service by public entities operating jointly or concurrently Motion to Suspend the Regular Order	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 16, 2025	SB 2023: Establishment of a grant program to support the disposition of deceased paupers' bodies Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 16, 2025	SB 2023: Establishment of a grant program to support the disposition of deceased paupers' bodies Motion to Suspend the Regular Order	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 16, 2025	SB 2122: Imposition of application fees for certain permits and permit amendments for the disposal of oil and gas waste Passage / Third Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 16, 2025	SB 2122: Imposition of application fees for certain permits and permit amendments for the disposal of oil and gas waste Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 16, 2025	SB 2122: Imposition of application fees for certain permits and permit amendments for the disposal of oil and gas waste Motion to Suspend the Regular Order	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 10, 2025	SB 1210: Jurisdiction of the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals Passage / Third Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 10, 2025	SB 1210: Jurisdiction of the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals Motion to Suspend the Regular Order	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 10, 2025	SB 1210: Jurisdiction of the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 10, 2025	SB 1210: Jurisdiction of the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals Motion to Suspend the Regular Order	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 10, 2025	SB 1592: Collection of state and local hotel occupancy taxes and assessments related to hotels by an accommodations intermediary Passage / Third Reading	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 10, 2025	SB 1592: Collection of state and local hotel occupancy taxes and assessments related to hotels by an accommodations intermediary Second Reading	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 10, 2025	SB 1592: Collection of state and local hotel occupancy taxes and assessments related to hotels by an accommodations intermediary Motion to Suspend the Regular Order	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 9, 2025	SB 660: Installation of bollards or another safety barrier adjacent to certain hospital emergency rooms Passage / Third Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 9, 2025	SB 660: Installation of bollards or another safety barrier adjacent to certain hospital emergency rooms Motion to Suspend the Regular Order	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 8, 2025	SB 660: Installation of bollards or another safety barrier adjacent to certain hospital emergency rooms Second Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 8, 2025	SB 660: Installation of bollards or another safety barrier adjacent to certain hospital emergency rooms Motion to Suspend the Regular Order	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 7, 2025	SB 1036: Regulation of residential solar retail transactions; requiring an occupational registration; authorizing fees; providing civil and administrative penalties Passage / Third Reading	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
April 7, 2025	SB 1036: Regulation of residential solar retail transactions; requiring an occupational registration; authorizing fees; providing civil and administrative penalties Second Reading	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
April 3, 2025	SB 922: Disclosure of certain medical information by electronic means Passage / Third Reading	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
April 3, 2025	SB 922: Disclosure of certain medical information by electronic means Motion to Suspend the Three-Day Rule	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
April 3, 2025	SB 922: Disclosure of certain medical information by electronic means Second Reading	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
April 3, 2025	SB 922: Disclosure of certain medical information by electronic means Motion to Suspend the Regular Order	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
April 2, 2025	SB 578: Surveillance cameras for certain housing developments that receive an allocation of low income housing tax credits Passage / Third Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 2, 2025	SB 578: Surveillance cameras for certain housing developments that receive an allocation of low income housing tax credits Motion to Suspend the Three-Day Rule	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 2, 2025	SB 578: Surveillance cameras for certain housing developments that receive an allocation of low income housing tax credits Second Reading	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 2, 2025	SB 578: Surveillance cameras for certain housing developments that receive an allocation of low income housing tax credits Motion to Suspend the Regular Order	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
March 19, 2025	SB 19: Use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 19, 2025	SB 290: Notice to property owners regarding certain stationary LP-gas installations Passage / Third Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 19, 2025	SB 290: Notice to property owners regarding certain stationary LP-gas installations Motion to Suspend the Three-Day Rule	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 19, 2025	SB 290: Notice to property owners regarding certain stationary LP-gas installations Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 19, 2025	SB 290: Notice to property owners regarding certain stationary LP-gas installations Motion to Suspend the Regular Order	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

How Joan Huffman voted on each of the 3,695 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Joan Huffman
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Republican Caucus Chair	Yeas–nays
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.

Contact, committees and caucuses

Contact

Official page: senate.texas.gov
Email: joan.huffman@senate.texas.gov
Capitol office: Room 1E.14, P.O. Box 12068 Capitol Station, Austin, TX 78711
512-463-0117
District office: 129 Circle Way Suite 101, Lake Jackson, TX 77566
979-480-0994
District office: 16010 Barkers Point Lane Suite 265, Houston, TX 77079
281-497-2450

Committees

Finance Chair
Criminal Justice
Legislative Budget Board

Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Texas Legislature, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.

Source: the Texas House and Senate Journals, Jan. 14, 2025 to Sept. 4, 2025. How these numbers work · Corrections