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Josey Garcia
Democratic · Representative

Josey Garcia

Represents District 124 in the House of Representatives.

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Votes with Democrats
90%
on 833 party-line votes · House Democrats median 93%
Cast a vote
91%
Yea or Nay on 3,875 of 4,272 roll calls · House median 95%
Their bills that became law
11 of 73
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 12, 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 Josey Garcia 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 Josey Garcia 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. Josey Garcia is circled.

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

87 of 833 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.

SB1660 · Relating to the retention and preservation of toxicological evidence of certain intoxication offenses.
Yea
House adopts conference committee report RV#4160 · 2025-06-01 · Passed 109–25 · most Democrats voted the other way
SB2972 · Relating to expressive activities at public institutions of higher education.
Yea
House adopts conference committee report RV#4159 · 2025-06-01 · Passed 97–39 · most Democrats voted the other way
SB2753 · 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.
Yea
House adopts conference committee report RV#4157 · 2025-06-01 · Passed 84–45 · most Democrats voted the other way
SB2018 · Relating to the strong families credit against certain taxes for entities that contribute to certain organizations.
Yea
House adopts conference committee report RV#4116 · 2025-05-31 · Passed 97–27 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB1234 · Relating to certain procedures required for the denial of certain applications for a license to carry a handgun.
Yea
House concurs in Senate amendment(s) RV#4033 · 2025-05-29 · Passed 104–28 · 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
HB3711 · Relating to assistance in the investigation of certain open meetings offenses by the open records division of the attorney general's office.
Yea
House concurs in Senate amendment(s) RV#4009 · 2025-05-28 · Passed 82–40 · most Democrats voted the other way
SB30 · Relating to recovery of health care-related damages in certain civil actions.
Yea
Laid out as postponed business RV#3928 · 2025-05-28 · Passed 87–51 · 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
SB1957 · Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on a civilian oversight board.
Yea
Read 3rd time RV#3842 · 2025-05-28 · Passed 100–38 · 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.

Ryan GuillenRepublican · District 31 · 1,814 shared contested votes
77%
Ken KingRepublican · District 88 · 1,544 shared contested votes
77%
Charlie GerenRepublican · District 99 · 1,645 shared contested votes
76%
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 (397 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.

2025-01: 5 roll calls, 1 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, 349 without a Yea or Nay2025-06: 46 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or NayJan 2025Jun 2025
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Their bills, from filing to law

Bills Josey Garcia 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.

Introduced73
Out of committee31
Passed one chamber29
Passed both chambers11
Became law11
Never left committee42

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

What their bills are about
Military & Veterans 18Education 14Family 12Education–Primary & Secondary 10VETERANS COMMISSION, TEXAS 10Interim Studies 8
Relating to certain authorities of the adjutant general for procurement and construction.
Became lawEffective on 9/1/25 · 2025-06-20
Relating to proof of identity of a person making an acknowledgment of a written instrument.
Became lawEffective immediately · 2025-06-20
Relating to county jailer training on interacting with veterans in the criminal justice system.
Became lawEffective on 9/1/25 · 2025-06-20
Relating to confirming the provision of certain notices before the full adversary hearing in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Became lawEffective on 9/1/25 · 2025-06-20
Relating to a study by the Texas Veterans Commission regarding the provision of veterans benefits in this state.
Became lawEffective immediately · 2025-06-20
Relating to a study on mental health services provided to veterans through the Texas Veterans Commission.
Became lawEffective immediately · 2025-06-20
Relating to a study by the General Land Office regarding veterans cemeteries in this state.
Became lawEffective on 9/1/25 · 2025-06-20
Relating to the insurable interest of certain persons providing care to individuals with disabilities in the life of those individuals.
Became lawEffective immediately · 2025-05-29
Relating to the use of geothermal energy as a dispatchable generation resource.
Passed one chamberLeft pending in committee · 2025-05-23
Relating to identifying an individual with veteran's status and providing notice to the Texas Veterans Commission.
Passed one chamberLeft pending in committee · 2025-05-23
Relating to the establishment, administration, and use of the Texas land, water, and wildlife conservation account.
Passed one chamberReferred to Natural Resources · 2025-05-22
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of exploitation of a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual.
Passed one chamberReferred to Criminal Justice · 2025-05-21
Relating to searches of the state registry of paternity.
Passed one chamberReferred to Health & Human Services · 2025-05-20
Relating to a veteran housing program established by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Passed one chamberReferred to Vet Affairs · 2025-05-19
Relating to certain mental health policies and services for peace officers, fire fighters, and telecommunicators.
Passed one chamberReferred to Local Government · 2025-05-19

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
Nay
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
Nay
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
Yea
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
Yea
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
Yea
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
Yea
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
Yea
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
Yea
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
Nay
HR1499 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 650. (Adopted RV#4148)
Passed · 86-48
Yea
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
Yea
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
Yea
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
Yea
HR1514 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 40. (Adopted RV#4155)
Passed · 108-24
Yea
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
Yea
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
Yea
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
Yea
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
Yea
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
Yea
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
Yea
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
Nay
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
Nay
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
Yea
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
Yea
HB40 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the business court. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4156)
Passed · 95-39
Nay
HB705 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the Cosmetology Licensure Compact; authorizing fees. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4153)
Passed · 127-10
Yea
HR1523 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 46. (Adopted RV#4162)
Passed · 128-12
Yea
SB2972 · 2025-06-01
Relating to expressive activities at public institutions of higher education. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4159)
Passed · 97-39
Yea
HB493 · 2025-06-01
Relating to ineligibility to serve as a poll watcher. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4145)
Passed · 90-44
Nay
HR1501 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 568. (Adopted RV#4138)
Passed · 123-11
Yea
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
Yea
SB2217 · 2025-06-01
Relating to certain election practices and procedures. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4146)
Passed · 130-7
Yea
HR1519 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 705. (Adopted RV#4152)
Passed · 96-36
Yea
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
Yea
HR1515 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 2972. (Adopted RV#4158)
Passed · 109-27
Nay
HR1496 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 3642. (Adopted RV#4141)
Passed · 133-0
Yea
HR1495 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 2308. (Adopted RV#4132)
Passed · 121-15
Yea
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
Yea
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
Yea
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
Yea
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
Yea
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
Nay
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
Yea
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
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📍9258 Culebra Road Suite 121, San Antonio, TX 78251
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