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Mando Martinez
Democratic · Representative

Mando Martinez

Represents District 39 in the House of Representatives.

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Votes with Democrats
77%
on 870 party-line votes · House Democrats median 93%
Cast a vote
97%
Yea or Nay on 4,124 of 4,272 roll calls · House median 95%
Their bills that became law
24 of 71
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 Mando Martinez 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 Mando Martinez 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. Mando Martinez is circled.

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

197 of 870 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
HB40 · Relating to the business court.
Yea
House adopts conference committee report RV#4156 · 2025-06-01 · Passed 95–39 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB119 · 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.
Yea
House adopts conference committee report RV#4135 · 2025-06-01 · Passed 101–36 · 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
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
HB1056 · Relating to the recognition of gold and silver specie as legal tender and the establishment of a transactional currency based on gold and silver; authorizing a fee.
Yea
House concurs in Senate amendment(s) RV#4060 · 2025-05-30 · Passed 101–32 · 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
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
SJR1 · Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances for illegal aliens charged with certain offenses punishable as a felony.
Yea
RV#3943 · 2025-05-28 · Passed 93–30 · 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.
Yea
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.
Nay
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 · 1,649 shared contested votes
83%
Charlie GerenRepublican · District 99 · 1,740 shared contested votes
83%
Ryan GuillenRepublican · District 31 · 1,920 shared contested votes
83%
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 (148 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.

2025-01: 5 roll calls, 0 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, 15 without a Yea or Nay2025-05: 3086 roll calls, 124 without a Yea or Nay2025-06: 46 roll calls, 9 without a Yea or NayJan 2025Jun 2025
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Their bills, from filing to law

Bills Mando Martinez 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.

Introduced71
Out of committee43
Passed one chamber32
Passed both chambers24
Became law24
Never left committee28

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

What their bills are about
WATER 16Resolutions 14Water–Development 13Water–General 11State Finances 11State Finances–Management & Control 11
Relating to requirements for certain funding of aviation facilities and projects.
Became lawEffective on 9/1/25 · 2025-06-20
Relating to compliance by a fire department with certain minimum standards adopted by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection.
Became lawEffective immediately · 2025-06-20
Relating to the authority of an independent school district to change the date of the general election for officers.
Became lawEffective immediately · 2025-06-20
Relating to the management and operation of the Gulf Coast Protection District.
Became lawEffective immediately · 2025-06-20
Relating to the authority of certain conservation and reclamation districts to impose fees for the construction of certain pipelines and associated infrastructure.
Became lawEffective immediately · 2025-06-20
Proposing a constitutional amendment to dedicate a portion of the revenue derived from state sales and use taxes to the Texas water fund and to provide for the allocation and use of that revenue.
Became lawFiled with the Secretary of State · 2025-06-02
Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 281 in Hidalgo County as the U.S. Border Patrol Agent Jose Rodriguez-Lua Memorial Highway.
Became lawEffective on 9/1/25 · 2025-05-29
Relating to periodic health screenings for firefighters.
Became lawEffective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 1, 2026 · 2025-05-29
Relating to an advisory committee to study suicide prevention and peer support programs in fire departments in this state.
Became lawEffective on 9/1/25 · 2025-05-28
Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Wes-Mer Drive-In Theatre in Mercedes.
Became lawReported enrolled · 2025-05-25
Honoring the participants in the 2025 Sam Houston State University Austin Internship Program.
Became lawReported enrolled · 2025-05-24
Honoring Mario and Jemimah Trevino on the occasion of their birthday celebration.
Became lawReported enrolled · 2025-05-24
Commending the participants in the Rio Grande Valley Legislative Internship Program and the Texas Legislative Fellowship Program for their contributions to the Texas Legislature during the 89th Session.
Became lawReported enrolled · 2025-05-23
In memory of Amado Robledo of McAllen.
Became lawReported enrolled · 2025-05-23
Recognizing April 10, 2025, as Donna Day at the State Capitol.
Became lawReported enrolled · 2025-05-23

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
Absent
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Nay
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
Yea
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
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#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
Yea
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
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
Yea
SB2217 · 2025-06-01
Relating to certain election practices and procedures. (House adopts conference committee report RV#4146)
Passed · 130-7
Nay
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
Absent
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
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
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
Yea
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
Yea
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
Nay
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
Yea
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 4272 total roll-call votes this session).
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District Office
📍914 W. Pike Blvd., Weslaco, TX 78596
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