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Yvonne Davis
Democratic · Representative

Yvonne Davis

Represents District 111 in the House of Representatives.

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Votes with Democrats
96%
on 777 party-line votes · House Democrats median 93%
Cast a vote
87%
Yea or Nay on 3,700 of 4,272 roll calls · House median 95%
Their bills that became law
25 of 48
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 22.5
Roll calls on record
4,272
89th Legislature Regular Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 6, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 89th Legislature Regular Session.

How Yvonne Davis votes

A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.

Where Yvonne Davis sits in the House

Each dot is one member of the House, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Yvonne Davis is circled.

Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party

30 of 777 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.

SB509 · Relating to requiring notice to the attorney general in an action under the Election Code seeking a temporary restraining order.
Yea
House adopts conference committee report RV#4092 · 2025-05-30 · Passed 97–37 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB2243 · Relating to the creation of the Texas Commission on Teacher Job Satisfaction and Retention.
Yea
House concurs in Senate amendment(s) RV#4036 · 2025-05-29 · Passed 99–36 · most Democrats voted the other way
SB2615 · Relating to restricting telework for employees of public institutions of higher education.
Yea
Read 3rd time RV#3876 · 2025-05-28 · Passed 90–51 · most Democrats voted the other way
SB1300 · Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the criminal offense of organized retail theft; increasing criminal penalties.
Yea
Amended RV#3894 · 2025-05-28 · Passed 110–31 · most Democrats voted the other way
SB510 · Relating to the failure of a voter registrar to comply with voter registration laws.
Yea
Read 3rd time RV#3885 · 2025-05-28 · Passed 109–33 · most Democrats voted the other way
SB1558 · Relating to the liability of nonprofit entities contracted with the Department of Family and Protective Services or with a single source continuum contractor to provide community-based care or child welfare services.
Yea
Record vote RV#3779 · 2025-05-27 · Passed 95–49 · most Democrats voted the other way
SB2018 · Relating to the strong families credit against certain taxes for entities that contribute to certain organizations.
Yea
RV#3602 · 2025-05-26 · Passed 107–33 · most Democrats voted the other way
SB1451 · Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of stealing or receiving a stolen check or similar sight order.
Yea
Read 3rd time RV#3336 · 2025-05-23 · Passed 96–39 · most Democrats voted the other way
SB2078 · Relating to the regulation of composting in certain counties; authorizing a civil penalty.
Yea
Read 3rd time RV#3345 · 2025-05-23 · Passed 102–32 · most Democrats voted the other way
SB1188 · Relating to electronic health record requirements; authorizing a civil penalty.
Yea
Read 3rd time RV#3317 · 2025-05-23 · Passed 86–49 · most Democrats voted the other way
Closest votes they cast

Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.

SB1 · General Appropriations Bill.
Yea
Amendment as amended fails of adoption RV#143 · 2025-04-11 · Failed 72–72
HB2060 · Relating to a study on the coverage of certain infants under Medicaid.
Yea
Read 3rd time RV#2872 · 2025-05-16 · Failed 59–58
HB871 · Relating to the residential and commercial building codes of municipalities.
Yea
Amended RV#2718 · 2025-05-15 · Failed 64–63
HB3045 · Relating to a franchise tax exemption for corporations operating a spaceport for certain national defense purposes.
Nay
Read 3rd time RV#1802 · 2025-05-08 · Failed 70–69
HB3556 · Relating to the construction of structures exceeding a certain height in certain counties containing national wildlife refuges and in adjacent counties.
Yea
1-Villalobos RV#1525 · 2025-05-06 · Failed 72–71
Republicans they vote with most

Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.

Ken KingRepublican · District 88 · 1,473 shared contested votes
74%
Ryan GuillenRepublican · District 31 · 1,724 shared contested votes
73%
Charlie GerenRepublican · District 99 · 1,581 shared contested votes
72%
Their session, month by month

Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (572 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.

2025-01: 5 roll calls, 2 without a Yea or Nay2025-02: 5 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-03: 1 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-04: 1129 roll calls, 47 without a Yea or Nay2025-05: 3086 roll calls, 482 without a Yea or Nay2025-06: 46 roll calls, 41 without a Yea or NayJan 2025Jun 2025
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Their bills, from filing to law

Bills Yvonne Davis was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.

Introduced48
Out of committee36
Passed one chamber28
Passed both chambers25
Became law25
Never left committee12

For comparison, the median Democratic member of the House has 22.5 bills that became law this session.

What their bills are about
Resolutions 23Resolutions–Congratulatory & Honorary 17Retirement Systems 5Resolutions–Memorial 4Education 4Retirement Systems–Police & Firefighters 4
Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 67 in Dallas and Ellis Counties as the Eddie Bernice Johnson Memorial Highway.
Became lawEffective on 9/1/25 · 2025-06-20
Relating to restitution and compensation paid to victims of certain offenses for tattoo removal related to the offense.
Became lawEffective on 9/1/25 · 2025-06-20
Congratulating Curtis King of Dallas on his receipt of a 2025 Honorable Mention from the Tony Awards Excellence in Theatre Education program.
Became lawReported enrolled · 2025-05-24
Relating to the confidentiality of certain information collected by certain local governments and airport governing boards.
Became lawEffective on 9/1/25 · 2025-05-24
Commending Benjamin Keith Abell for his service as a senior legislative aide in the office of State Representative Yvonne Davis.
Became lawReported enrolled · 2025-05-23
Congratulating Berna Dean Steptoe on her retirement from WFAA.
Became lawReported enrolled · 2025-05-23
Commending Lucious Williams of DeSoto for his service in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
Became lawReported enrolled · 2025-05-21
Commending Joy Chanslor for her service as a legislative intern in the office of State Representative Yvonne Davis.
Became lawReported enrolled · 2025-05-21
Commending Illya Hicks II for his service as a legislative aide in the office of State Representative Yvonne Davis.
Became lawReported enrolled · 2025-05-21
Honoring Alfrelynn J. Roberts on her election as president of the National Association of Negro Musicians.
Became lawReported enrolled · 2025-05-21
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the use of money from the Texas energy fund for energy efficiency projects conducted to benefit retail electric customers.
Out of committeePostponed 6/3/25 10:00 AM · 2025-05-16
Relating to the provision of grants from the Texas energy fund for certain energy efficiency projects.
Out of committeePostponed 6/3/25 10:00 AM · 2025-05-16
Relating to restrictions on the use of state funds to benefit private entities that outsource jobs to foreign countries.
Out of committeeReturned to committee · 2025-05-16
Relating to the delivery of unclaimed property to certain urban scholarship funds; authorizing administrative penalties.
Passed one chamberReceived from the House · 2025-05-14
Relating to the oversight of rehabilitation hospitals by the office of the state long-term care ombudsman.
Out of committeePlaced on General State Calendar · 2025-05-13

Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.

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SCR55 · 2025-06-02
Instructing the enrolling clerk of the senate to make corrections in S.B. No. 1964. (Adopted RV#4168)
Passed · 126-12
Yea
HCR172 · 2025-06-02
Instructing the enrolling clerk of the senate to make corrections in S.B. No. 441. (Adopted RV#4169)
Passed · 132-0
Yea
HCR171 · 2025-06-02
Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 46. (Adopted RV#4167)
Passed · 138-0
Yea
SB293 · 2025-06-02
Relating to the discipline of judges by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, notice of certain reprimands, judicial compensation and related retirement benefits, and the reporting of certain judicial transparency information; authorizing an administrative penalty. (Rules suspended RV#4170)
Passed · 127-15
Yea
SB293 · 2025-06-02
Relating to the discipline of judges by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, notice of certain reprimands, judicial compensation and related retirement benefits, and the reporting of certain judicial transparency information; authorizing an administrative penalty. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4171)
Passed · 114-26
Yea
HB2017 · 2025-06-01
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for certain persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4128)
Passed · 96-38
Absent
SB8 · 2025-06-01
Relating to agreements between certain sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration law and a grant program to cover the costs of implementing those agreements. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4130)
Passed · 89-52
Absent
SB2900 · 2025-06-01
Relating to certain advisory entities and work groups under the jurisdiction of the comptroller of public accounts or on which the comptroller's office is represented and to the repeal or redesignation of certain of those entities. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4140)
Passed · 107-28
Absent
HB2885 · 2025-06-01
Relating to allowing the governing bodies of certain political subdivisions to call for a local option election relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4127)
Passed · 101-27
Absent
SB650 · 2025-06-01
Relating to requiring the use of electronically readable information to verify a purchaser's age in the retail sale of alcoholic beverages. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4149)
Passed · 82-57
Absent
HB3642 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the designation of portions of the state highway system as memorial highways, to certain memorial markers on certain highways, and to the installation of highway signs for certain cultural attractions. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4142)
Passed · 135-0
Absent
SB3059 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the preservation, maintenance, restoration, and protection of the Alamo complex and surrounding area by the Alamo Commission. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4136)
Passed · 104-31
Absent
HB1545 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the sunset review process and certain governmental entities subject to that process. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4161)
Passed · 122-13
Absent
HB5246 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the administration, powers, and duties of the Texas Space Commission and Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium, to other governmental entities regarding aerospace, aviation, and space exploration initiatives and activities, and to the abolishment of the spaceport trust fund. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4129)
Passed · 83-52
Absent
HR1499 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 650. (Adopted RV#4148)
Passed · 86-48
Absent
SB568 · 2025-06-01
Relating to special education in public schools, including funding for special education under the Foundation School Program. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4139)
Passed · 126-6
Absent
HB2516 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals younger than 65 years of age to purchase Medicare supplement benefit plans. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4147)
Passed · 132-5
Absent
HB2963 · 2025-06-01
Relating to diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of certain digital electronic equipment. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4150)
Passed · 132-6
Absent
HR1514 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 40. (Adopted RV#4155)
Passed · 108-24
Absent
SB2024 · 2025-06-01
Relating to a prohibition on marketing, advertising, offering for sale, or selling certain e-cigarette products; increasing a criminal penalty; creating a criminal offense. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4165)
Passed · 96-35
Absent
SB1405 · 2025-06-01
Relating to increasing access to and reducing taxation of Internet services. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4134)
Passed · 102-36
Absent
SB2878 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including court security, court documents and arrest warrants, document delivery, juvenile boards, constitutional amendment election challenges, mandatory expunction for certain persons, record retention, and youth diversion; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4131)
Passed · 136-2
Absent
SCR54 · 2025-06-01
Instructing the enrolling clerk of the senate to make a correction in S.B. No. 2268. (Adopted RV#4126)
Passed · 127-5
Absent
SB15 · 2025-06-01
Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4137)
Passed · 78-57
Absent
SB2753 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the integration of early voting by personal appearance and election day voting, including the manner in which election returns are processed and other related changes. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4157)
Passed · 84-45
Absent
HB119 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the registration as a lobbyist of persons who engage in certain lobbying activities on behalf of a foreign adversary and to prohibitions on the receipt of compensation related to those lobbying activities; providing a civil penalty. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4135)
Passed · 101-36
Absent
SB268 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the procedure for certain complaints against health care practitioners. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4144)
Passed · 79-46
Absent
HB46 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis under and the administration of the Texas Compassionate-Use Program; requiring registration. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4162)
Passed · 128-12
Absent
SB1610 · 2025-06-01
Relating to sexually violent predators, to the Texas Civil Commitment Office, and to the prosecution of the offense of harassment by sexually violent predators and other persons confined in certain facilities; amending certain sex offender registration requirements; increasing criminal penalties. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4151)
Passed · 121-16
Absent
HB40 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the business court. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4156)
Passed · 95-39
Absent
HB705 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the Cosmetology Licensure Compact; authorizing fees. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4153)
Passed · 127-10
Absent
HR1523 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 46. (Adopted RV#4162)
Passed · 128-12
Absent
SB2972 · 2025-06-01
Relating to expressive activities at public institutions of higher education. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4159)
Passed · 97-39
Absent
HB493 · 2025-06-01
Relating to ineligibility to serve as a poll watcher. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4145)
Passed · 90-44
Absent
HR1501 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 568. (Adopted RV#4138)
Passed · 123-11
Absent
SB1660 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the retention and preservation of toxicological evidence of certain intoxication offenses. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4160)
Passed · 109-25
Absent
SB2217 · 2025-06-01
Relating to certain election practices and procedures. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4146)
Passed · 130-7
Absent
HR1519 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 705. (Adopted RV#4152)
Passed · 96-36
Absent
SB1540 · 2025-06-01
Relating to maintaining the confidentiality of the personal information of election officials and their employees. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4154)
Passed · 128-9
Absent
HR1515 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 2972. (Adopted RV#4158)
Passed · 109-27
Absent
HR1496 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 3642. (Adopted RV#4141)
Passed · 133-0
Absent
HR1495 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 2308. (Adopted RV#4132)
Passed · 121-15
Absent
HB46 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis under and the administration of the Texas Compassionate-Use Program; requiring registration. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4163)
Passed · 138-1
Absent
HB3909 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling place. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4143)
Passed · 127-9
Absent
SCR56 · 2025-06-01
Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house of representatives to make corrections in H.B. No. 46. (Adopted RV#4164)
Passed · 137-0
Absent
SB2308 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the establishment of a consortium to conduct United States Food and Drug Administration's drug development clinical trials with ibogaine to secure the administration's approval of the medication's use for treatment of opioid use disorder, co-occurring substance use disorder, and any other neurological or mental health conditions for which ibogaine demonstrates efficacy and to the administration of that treatment. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4133)
Passed · 134-4
Absent
SB37 · 2025-05-31
Relating to the governance of public institutions of higher education, including review of curriculum and certain degree and certificate programs, a faculty council or senate, training for members of the governing board, and the establishment, powers, and duties of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Office of the Ombudsman. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4104)
Passed · 83-47
Absent
SB447 · 2025-05-31
Relating to authorizing certain municipalities to change the date on which their general election for officers is held. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4113)
Passed · 129-1
Yea
SB1566 · 2025-05-31
Relating to connection of utilities by certain entities in certain subdivisions formerly located in a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4112)
Passed · 132-0
Yea
SB1506 · 2025-05-31
Relating to the frequency with which the Board of Pardons and Paroles reconsiders inmates for release on parole. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4111)
Passed · 121-9
Yea
HB3372 · 2025-05-31
Relating to prohibiting certain personal services performed by school district administrators; providing a civil penalty. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4108)
Passed · 121-6
Yea
HB3595 · 2025-05-31
Relating to an emergency preparedness and contingency operations plan, including temperature regulation, for assisted living facility residents during an emergency; providing penalties. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4106)
Passed · 110-23
Yea
HB300 · 2025-05-31
Relating to the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4099)
Passed · 121-8
Absent
SB441 · 2025-05-31
Relating to criminal and civil liability related to sexually explicit media and artificial intimate visual material; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4122)
Passed · 90-33
Absent
HB2067 · 2025-05-31
Relating to declination, cancellation, or nonrenewal of insurance policies. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4110)
Passed · 128-0
Yea
SB457 · 2025-05-31
Relating to the regulation of certain nursing facilities, including licensing requirements and Medicaid participation and reimbursement requirements. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4109)
Passed · 111-19
Yea
SB2018 · 2025-05-31
Relating to the strong families credit against certain taxes for entities that contribute to certain organizations. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4116)
Passed · 97-27
Absent
SB2337 · 2025-05-31
Relating to the regulation of the provision of proxy advisory services. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4121)
Passed · 82-41
Absent
SB763 · 2025-05-31
Relating to standard permits for certain concrete plants. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4114)
Passed · 104-29
Yea
HB145 · 2025-05-31
Relating to risk mitigation planning and associated liability for providers of electric service; providing an administrative penalty. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4120)
Passed · 103-21
Absent
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 4272 total roll-call votes this session).
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District Office
📍5787 S. Hampton Road Suite 447, Dallas, TX 75232
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