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Robert Nichols
Republican · Senator

Robert Nichols

Represents District 3 in the State Senate.

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Votes with Republicans
89%
on 968 party-line votes · Senate Republicans median 99%
Cast a vote
99%
Yea or Nay on 2,173 of 2,175 roll calls · Senate median 100%
Their bills that became law
89 of 117
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 102
Roll calls on record
2,175
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 Robert Nichols 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 Robert Nichols sits in the Senate

Each dot is one member of the Senate, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Robert Nichols is circled.

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

102 of 968 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.

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.
Nay
Read 3rd time · 2025-05-28 · Passed 19–12 · most Republicans 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.
Nay
Rules suspended-Regular order of business · 2025-05-28 · Passed 20–11 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB3441 · Relating to the liability of vaccine manufacturers that advertise a harmful vaccine.
Nay
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading · 2025-05-27 · Passed 19–12 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB5138 · Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.
Nay
Record vote · 2025-05-27 · Passed 19–12 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB5138 · Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.
Nay
Rules suspended-Regular order of business · 2025-05-27 · Passed 19–12 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB3441 · Relating to the liability of vaccine manufacturers that advertise a harmful vaccine.
Nay
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading · 2025-05-27 · Passed 19–12 · most Republicans 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.
Nay
Placed on intent calendar · 2025-05-27 · Passed 18–12 · most Republicans 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.
Nay
Rules suspended-Regular order of business · 2025-05-27 · Passed 19–12 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB521 · Relating to accommodating voters with a disability; creating a criminal offense.
Nay
FA1 Paxton · 2025-05-27 · Passed 19–12 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB5138 · Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.
Nay
Record vote · 2025-05-27 · Passed 19–12 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast

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

HB2467 · Relating to the compensation and benefits for certain peace officers commissioned by the state fire marshal.
Nay
Three day rule suspended · 2025-05-22 · Failed 0–1
HB2018 · Relating to the Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program.
Nay
Three day rule suspended · 2025-05-09 · Failed 0–1
HB2415 · Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 969 in Travis County as the Senior Police Officer Lewis "Andy" Traylor Memorial Highway.
Nay
Read 3rd time · 2025-05-09 · Failed 0–1
SB19 · Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities.
Yea
FA5 Nichols · 2025-03-19 · Passed 15–13
SB715 · Relating to reliability requirements for certain electric generation facilities.
Yea
Vote recorded in Journal · 2025-05-08 · Passed 17–14
Democrats 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.

Chuy HinojosaDemocrat · District 20 · 1,635 shared contested votes
75%
César BlancoDemocrat · District 29 · 1,613 shared contested votes
64%
Royce WestDemocrat · District 23 · 1,629 shared contested votes
54%
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 (2 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.

2025-02: 35 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-03: 229 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-04: 764 roll calls, 2 without a Yea or Nay2025-05: 1128 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or Nay2025-06: 19 roll calls, 0 without a Yea or NayFeb 2025Jun 2025
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Their bills, from filing to law

Bills Robert Nichols 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.

Introduced117
Out of committee103
Passed one chamber100
Passed both chambers89
Became law89
Never left committee14

For comparison, the median Republican member of the Senate has 102 bills that became law this session.

What their bills are about
Resolutions 52Resolutions–Congratulatory & Honorary 24Resolutions–Official Designations 17Education 14Property Interests 12Taxation 12
Designating Bridge City as the official Corn Dog Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.
Became lawSigned by the Governor · 2025-06-20
Relating to the election of the commissioners of the Jefferson County Drainage District No. 7.
Became lawEffective on 9/1/25 · 2025-06-20
Relating to the creation of the Bayou Belle Municipal Management District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Became lawSee remarks for effective date · 2025-06-20
Relating to required lease terms for public property leased to a nongovernmental entity.
Became lawEffective on 9/1/25 · 2025-06-20
Relating to exclusive contracts for municipal solid waste management services.
Became lawEffective immediately · 2025-06-20
Relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the commissioning of peace officers by the Texas Education Agency, the composition of the board of directors of the Texas School Safety Center, and public school safety and security requirements and resources.
Became lawEffective on 9/1/25 · 2025-06-20
Relating to the oversight and financing of certain water infrastructure matters under the jurisdiction of the Texas Water Development Board.
Became lawSee remarks for effective date · 2025-06-20
Relating to a study by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas on the feasibility of offering alternative service retirement benefits to certain members of the retirement system engaged in wildland firefighting or employed in positions related to wildland firefighting.
Became lawEffective immediately · 2025-06-20
Relating to requirements for certain funding of aviation facilities and projects.
Became lawEffective on 9/1/25 · 2025-06-20
Relating to providing notice of a vehicle towed to a vehicle storage facility by publication on a third-party Internet website.
Became lawEffective on 9/1/25 · 2025-06-20
Relating to the transfer of certain real property from the Texas Department of Transportation to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Became lawEffective on 9/1/25 · 2025-06-20
Relating to the administration of the dealer-issued license plates database and to the removal and transfer of license plates.
Became lawEffective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 1, 2025 · 2025-06-20
Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee.
Became lawEffective on 9/1/25 · 2025-06-20
Relating to late applications for the appraisal of land for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified timber land following the death of the owner of the land.
Became lawEffective on 1/1/26 · 2025-06-20
Designating Pineland as the official Sawmill Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.
Became lawSigned by the Governor · 2025-06-20

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

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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. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 20-11
Yea
HB40 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the business court. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 24-7
Yea
SB268 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the procedure for certain complaints against health care practitioners. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 19-12
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. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 28-3
Yea
HB493 · 2025-06-01
Relating to ineligibility to serve as a poll watcher. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 23-8
Yea
SB1637 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of deadly conduct. (Senate concurs in House amendment(s))
Passed · 28-3
Yea
SB2972 · 2025-06-01
Relating to expressive activities at public institutions of higher education. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 22-9
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. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 28-3
Yea
SR708 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on S.B. No. 2972. (Read & adopted)
Passed · 22-9
Yea
SR713 · 2025-06-01
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 40. (Read & adopted)
Passed · 24-7
Yea
SB2972 · 2025-06-01
Relating to expressive activities at public institutions of higher education. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 22-9
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. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 20-11
Yea
HB40 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the business court. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 24-7
Yea
SB268 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the procedure for certain complaints against health care practitioners. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 19-12
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. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 28-3
Yea
HB493 · 2025-06-01
Relating to ineligibility to serve as a poll watcher. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 23-8
Yea
SB2972 · 2025-06-01
Relating to expressive activities at public institutions of higher education. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 22-9 · 2 roll calls that day, voted the same way on each
Yea
HB40 · 2025-06-01
Relating to the business court. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 24-7
Yea
SB3059 · 2025-05-31
Relating to the preservation, maintenance, restoration, and protection of the Alamo complex and surrounding area by the Alamo Commission. (Rules suspended)
Passed · 29-2
Yea
SB2337 · 2025-05-31
Relating to the regulation of the provision of proxy advisory services. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 21-10
Yea
HB3556 · 2025-05-31
Relating to the construction of structures exceeding a certain height in certain counties containing national wildlife refuges and in adjacent counties. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 22-9
Yea
HB5246 · 2025-05-31
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. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 21-10
Yea
SB1405 · 2025-05-31
Relating to increasing access to and reducing taxation of Internet services. (Rules suspended)
Passed · 27-4
Yea
HB3909 · 2025-05-31
Relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling place. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 27-4
Yea
HB2017 · 2025-05-31
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for certain persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter. (Rules suspended)
Passed · 26-5
Yea
SB13 · 2025-05-31
Relating to a school district's library materials and catalog, the establishment of local school library advisory councils, and parental rights regarding public school library catalogs and access by the parent's child to library materials. (Rules suspended)
Passed · 23-8 · 2 roll calls that day, voted the same way on each
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. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 20-11
Yea
SB8 · 2025-05-31
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. (Rules suspended)
Passed · 20-11
Yea
SB8 · 2025-05-31
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. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 20-11
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. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 21-10
Yea
SB12 · 2025-05-31
Relating to parental rights in public education, to certain public school requirements and prohibitions regarding instruction, diversity, equity, and inclusion duties, and social transitioning, and to student clubs at public schools. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 20-11
Yea
SB2373 · 2025-05-31
Relating to financial exploitation or financial abuse using artificially generated media or phishing communications; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. (Senate concurs in House amendment(s))
Passed · 29-2
Yea
SR715 · 2025-05-31
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 5246. (Read & adopted)
Passed · 20-11
Yea
SR703 · 2025-05-31
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 2308. (Read & adopted)
Passed · 27-4
Nay
SR687 · 2025-05-31
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 3556. (Read & adopted)
Passed · 23-8
Yea
HB3556 · 2025-05-31
Relating to the construction of structures exceeding a certain height in certain counties containing national wildlife refuges and in adjacent counties. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 22-9
Yea
HB5246 · 2025-05-31
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. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 21-10
Yea
HB3909 · 2025-05-31
Relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling place. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 27-4
Yea
SB12 · 2025-05-31
Relating to parental rights in public education, to certain public school requirements and prohibitions regarding instruction, diversity, equity, and inclusion duties, and social transitioning, and to student clubs at public schools. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 20-11
Yea
SB2337 · 2025-05-31
Relating to the regulation of the provision of proxy advisory services. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 21-10
Yea
SB2373 · 2025-05-31
Relating to financial exploitation or financial abuse using artificially generated media or phishing communications; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. (Senate concurs in House amendment(s))
Passed · 29-2
Yea
SB13 · 2025-05-31
Relating to a school district's library materials and catalog, the establishment of local school library advisory councils, and parental rights regarding public school library catalogs and access by the parent's child to library materials. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 23-8
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. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 20-11
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. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 21-10
Yea
SB2308 · 2025-05-31
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. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 27-4
Nay
SB2337 · 2025-05-31
Relating to the regulation of the provision of proxy advisory services. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 21-10
Yea
HB2017 · 2025-05-31
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for certain persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 26-5
Yea
SB3059 · 2025-05-31
Relating to the preservation, maintenance, restoration, and protection of the Alamo complex and surrounding area by the Alamo Commission. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 29-2
Yea
SB1506 · 2025-05-30
Relating to the frequency with which the Board of Pardons and Paroles reconsiders inmates for release on parole. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 27-4
Yea
SB17 · 2025-05-30
Relating to the purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 23-8
Yea
SJR27 · 2025-05-30
Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the membership of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, the membership of the tribunal to review the commission's recommendations, and the authority of the commission, the tribunal, and the Texas Supreme Court to more effectively sanction judges and justices for judicial misconduct. (Senate concurs in House amendment(s))
Passed · 27-4
Yea
SB21 · 2025-05-30
Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve for the purpose of investing in cryptocurrency and the investment authority of the comptroller of public accounts over the reserve and certain other state funds. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 23-8
Nay
SB1362 · 2025-05-30
Relating to prohibiting the recognition, service, and enforcement of extreme risk protective orders; creating a criminal offense. (Senate concurs in House amendment(s))
Passed · 20-11
Yea
SB905 · 2025-05-30
Relating to the licensing and regulation of speech-language pathologists and audiologists. (Senate concurs in House amendment(s))
Passed · 29-2
Yea
SB710 · 2025-05-30
Relating to the establishment and use of a written electronic communications system accessible to the public by certain municipal entities. (Senate concurs in House amendment(s))
Passed · 29-2
Yea
SB509 · 2025-05-30
Relating to requiring notice to the attorney general in an action under the Election Code seeking a temporary restraining order. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 25-6
Yea
SB510 · 2025-05-30
Relating to the failure of a voter registrar to comply with voter registration laws. (Senate concurs in House amendment(s))
Passed · 20-11
Yea
SB2155 · 2025-05-30
Relating to the regulation of veterinary professionals and facilities by the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners and the temporary administration of the board by the Department of Licensing and Regulation. (Senate adopts conference committee report)
Passed · 29-2
Yea
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 2175 total roll-call votes this session).
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📍Room E1.704, P.O. Box 12068 Capitol Station, Austin, TX 78711
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📍202 E. Pilar St. Suite 309, Nacogdoches, TX 75961
District Office
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