Texas Senate · District 7
Paul Bettencourt
Republican
Votes with the Republican Caucus chair
96%
On 1,628 contested votes where both voted · 98% 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%
0 of 3,695 roll calls
Statewide bills passed
32
136 sponsored · 32 became law · Rank 4 of 30 in the Senate
Local bills passed
0
0 sponsored · 0 became law
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
← Most liberalThe aisleMost conservative →
Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans
Paul Bettencourt'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
Texas Senate59thpercentile
More conservative than 59% of the Texas Senate.
Most liberalMost conservative
12th most conservative of 28
The scores
How these numbers work →Votes with the Republican Caucus chair
96%
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Paul Bettencourt.
On 1,628 contested votes where both voted98% on all 3,689 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
99%
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Paul Bettencourt.
On 1,004 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 Paul Bettencourt sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 136 | 0 |
| Passed both chambers | 32 | 0 |
| Became law | 32 | 0 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 | 0 |
Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 4 of 30 in the Senate · 3 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
| Bill | Type | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 3 (89(2)) Outdoor warning sirens in flash flood-prone areas |
Statewide | Became law | Sept. 5, 2025 |
| SB 2206 A franchise tax credit for, and the application of sales and use taxes to, certain research and development expenses |
Statewide | Became law | June 22, 2025 |
| SB 991 Inclusion of chronically absent and truant students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those… |
Statewide | Became law | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 571 Reporting and investigation of certain misconduct and child abuse and neglect; creating a criminal offense |
Statewide | Became law | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 568 Special education in public schools, including funding for special education under the Foundation School Program |
Statewide | Became law | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 510 Failure of a voter registrar to comply with voter registration laws |
Statewide | Became law | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 509 Requiring notice to the attorney general in an action under the Election Code seeking a temporary restraining order |
Statewide | Became law | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 506 Requirements for certain ballot propositions and to related procedures and provisions |
Statewide | Became law | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 38 Eviction from real property of certain persons not entitled to enter, occupy, or remain in possession of the premises |
Statewide | Became law | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 3034 Designation of a portion of State Highway 249 in Grimes and Montgomery Counties as the Doug Pitcock Aggie Expressway |
Statewide | Became law | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 2520 Calculation of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes imposed by a school district on the residence homestead of an individual who is elderly… |
Statewide | Became law | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 2477 Certain municipal regulation of conversion of certain office buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy |
Statewide | Became law | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 2383 Employment of certain peace officers of the Department of Public Safety |
Statewide | Became law | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 2237 Severance pay for certain political subdivision employees |
Statewide | Became law | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 2068 Duty of an appraisal district to keep confidential certain identifying information provided by a property owner |
Statewide | Became law | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 1883 Approval of land use assumptions, capital improvement plans, and impact fees |
Statewide | Became law | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 1567 Authority of home-rule municipalities to regulate the occupancy of dwelling units |
Statewide | Became law | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 1566 Connection of utilities by certain entities in certain subdivisions formerly located in a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction |
Statewide | Became law | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 1540 Maintaining the confidentiality of the personal information of election officials and their employees |
Statewide | Became law | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 15 Size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee |
Statewide | Became law | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 1453 Current debt rate and tax rate of a taxing unit for ad valorem tax purposes |
Statewide | Became law | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 1433 Assertion of legislative privilege by the attorney general in certain legal challenges to the constitutionality of state statutes |
Statewide | Became law | June 20, 2025 |
| SB 4 An increase in the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district and the protection of school districts… |
Statewide | Became law | June 16, 2025 |
| SB 23 An increase in the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a person who is… |
Statewide | Became law | June 16, 2025 |
| SB 984 Access to individualized investigational treatments for patients with life-threatening or severely debilitating illnesses |
Statewide | Became law | May 29, 2025 |
| SB 1023 Calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates |
Statewide | Became law | May 27, 2025 |
| SB 985 Combination of certain election precincts |
Statewide | Became law | May 24, 2025 |
| SB 1502 Authority of the governing body of a school district to adopt an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the district's voter-approval tax rate |
Statewide | Became law | May 24, 2025 |
| SB 1490 Adult high school charter program funding |
Statewide | Became law | May 24, 2025 |
| SB 1025 Text of ballot propositions that increase taxes |
Statewide | Became law | May 24, 2025 |
| SB 1437 Eligibility of certain individuals for certification as certain juvenile officers or employees of a juvenile facility |
Statewide | Became law | May 19, 2025 |
| SB 569 Provision of virtual education in public schools and to certain waivers and modifications by the commissioner of education to the method of calculating… |
Statewide | Became law | May 6, 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
61 against the Republican Caucus chair; 24 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Paul Bettencourt voted on each of the 3,695 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| 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
- paul.bettencourt@senate.texas.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 3E.16, P.O. Box 12068 Capitol Station, Austin, TX 78711
512-463-0107 - District office
- 11451 Katy Freeway Suite 209, Houston, TX 77079
713-464-0282
Committees
- Civil Discourse and Freedom of Speech in Higher Education Select Chair
- Higher Education Chair
- Local Government Chair
- Education Vice chair
- Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Select
- Finance
- State Affairs
- Transportation
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