FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY INDEX

The Fiscal Responsibility Index is a measurement of how lawmakers perform on size and role of government issues. The Index uses exemplar votes on core budget and free enterprise issues that demonstrate legislators’ governing philosophy.

The public — including lawmakers — are notified in advance of TFR’s position on the issues to be rated, and prior to votes taken on the floor.

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2025 Fiscal Index Metrics

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Legislator Scores
Votes Considered

Bill	Org's Position
Speaker of the House House Record Vote: 3 Read Full Detail	Check
HR 4 – House Rules Resolution House Record Vote: 10 Read Full Detail	X
HJR 4 – Ban on financial transaction taxes House Record Vote: 51 Read Full Detail	Check
HJR 1 - Amendment 1 (Motion to table) House Record Vote: 65 Read Full Detail	X
HJR 1 - Tax cut for small businesses House Record Vote: 67 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 9 – Tax cut for small businesses House Record Vote: 72 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 22 – Ends intangible property taxation House Record Vote: 73 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1392 – Property tax payment delays House Record Vote: 75 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 10 (SB14) – Regulatory Reform and Efficiency House Record Vote: 91 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 12 – Sunset review transparency and reform House Record Vote: 92 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1522 – Public meeting transparency House Record Vote: 93 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1 - Motion in Writing House Record Vote: 111 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1 - Amendment 1 by Gonzalez House Record Vote: 113 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1 - Amendment 17 House Record Vote: 126 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1 – General Appropriations Act House Record Vote: 154 Read Full Detail	X
HB 500 – Supplemental Appropriations House Record Vote: 156 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1 - Motion to Instruct by Rep. Olcott House Record Vote: 171 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1 - Motion to Instruct by Rep. Hopper House Record Vote: 172 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1 - Motion to Instruct by Rep. Money House Record Vote: 173 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1268 - Amendment 1 House Record Vote: 205 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1268 - Amendment 2 House Record Vote: 206 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 20 – Skilled trades high school certification House Record Vote: 214 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 100 – Bans use of rejected education materials House Record Vote: 218 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1268 – New Corporate Welfare House Record Vote: 223 Read Full Detail	X
SB 2 – Education Savings Accounts House Record Vote: 300 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2 – Massive New Funding for Public Schools House Record Vote: 303 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3700 – DOGE the TWC House Record Vote: 384 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1442 – Government meeting transparency House Record Vote: 388 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 5 – Creating Dementia Research Institute House Record Vote: 462 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1716 – Expands Medicaid mental health coverage House Record Vote: 486 Read Full Detail	X
HB 972 – Tax Exemption for IDD Housing House Record Vote: 497 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2249 – Costly new teacher scholarship program House Record Vote: 579 Read Full Detail	X
HB 107 – Sickle cell disease registry House Record Vote: 589 Read Full Detail	X
HJR 99 – Animal feed tax exemption House Record Vote: 593 Read Full Detail	Check
SJR 3 – Constitutional Amendment for the Dementia Institute House Record Vote: 598 Read Full Detail	X
HJR 72 – Tax Exemption for IDD Housing House Record Vote: 599 Read Full Detail	Check
HJR 6 (SJR 18) - No Capital Gains Tax House Record Vote: 628 Read Full Detail	Check
HJR 5 – Permanent fund for technical college House Record Vote: 713 Read Full Detail	X
HJR 2 – Ban on Death Taxes House Record Vote: 714 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1399 – Animal feed tax exemption House Record Vote: 715 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1276 –New plant disease study House Record Vote: 738 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2742 – Fairer tax bill payment deadlines House Record Vote: 744 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 103 – Taxpayer transparency for local debt House Record Vote: 749 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 148 – Erodes local voter sovereignty House Record Vote: 750 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3260 – Expanded apprenticeship subsidies House Record Vote: 764 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3770 – Mandatory state agency efficiency audits House Record Vote: 767 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 322 – Expands JET grants House Record Vote: 771 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1203 – Creates new government food office House Record Vote: 774 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1244 – Protects landowners from tax penalties House Record Vote: 775 Read Full Detail	Check
HJR 7 – Billions in new constitutional spending House Record Vote: 815 Read Full Detail	X
HB 34 - Bans investment in hostile nations House Record Vote: 963 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 366 – Criminalizes political memes House Record Vote: 982 Read Full Detail	X
HB 5616 – Taxpayer fund for presidential libraries House Record Vote: 1067 Read Full Detail	X
HB 762 - Caps taxpayer-funded severance payouts House Record Vote: 1131 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1359 - Electric Bill Welfare House Record Vote: 1149 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1545 – Improves sunset review process House Record Vote: 1267 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 3326 - Expands PSLF support House Record Vote: 1276 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1056 - Gold-backed currency House Record Vote: 1278 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1353 – Expands agency bonding authority House Record Vote: 1308 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1201 – Medicaid expansion House Record Vote: 1337 Read Full Detail	X
HJR 34 – Border security and property taxes House Record Vote: 1380 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 104 – Raids rainy day funds House Record Vote: 1392 Read Full Detail	X
HB 42 – Higher ed spending increase. House Record Vote: 1399 Read Full Detail	X
HB 129 – Ban contracts with foreign adversaries House Record Vote: 1400 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 3883 – Corporate Welfare for Entertainment House Record Vote: 1409 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3490 – Weakens government meeting transparency House Record Vote: 1415 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1295 – Health literacy planning mandate House Record Vote: 1417 Read Full Detail	X
HB 4214 – Centralized public information request directory House Record Vote: 1427 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 247 – Border security and property taxes House Record Vote: 1443 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 514 – Government health recruitment campaign House Record Vote: 1447 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2715 – Local official removal process reform House Record Vote: 1451 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1699 (SB 922) – Limits electronic patient information access House Record Vote: 1482 Read Full Detail	X
HB 24 - Modernizes zoning protest procedures House Record Vote: 1504 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3556 - Amendment 2 House Record Vote: 1525 Read Full Detail	X
HB 426 – Medicaid Expansion House Record Vote: 1584 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1499 – New Grant Program House Record Vote: 1593 Read Full Detail	X
HB 796 – State nullification of Federal Acts House Record Vote: 1599 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 111 – Expands transparency House Record Vote: 1603 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 610 – Superintendent severance payouts House Record Vote: 1608 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 4751 – Corporate Welfare Expansion House Record Vote: 1614 Read Full Detail	X
HB 4488 – Budget gimmick/loophole extension House Record Vote: 1616 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3743 – Limits agency bloat House Record Vote: 1629 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2967 – New school health care subsidy House Record Vote: 1639 Read Full Detail	X
HB 5446 (SB 1025) – Transparency on ballot propositions House Record Vote: 1751 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 3627 – SBOE operational independence House Record Vote: 1776 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 510 – Free birth certificates at taxpayer expense House Record Vote: 1779 Read Full Detail	X
HB 5111 – Political Engagement regulations House Record Vote: 1783 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1661 – Election integrity House Record Vote: 1786 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 3045 – Corporate Welfare House Record Vote: 1802 Read Full Detail	X
HB 4735 – Corporate tax credits House Record Vote: 1809 Read Full Detail	X
HB 4396 – Corporate Welfare House Record Vote: 1826 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3370 – Inheritance tax protection House Record Vote: 1837 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 5138 – Election Enforcement by AG House Record Vote: 1877 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 17 - Amendment 2 on 3rd Reading House Record Vote: 1879 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 17 – Hostile Foreign Property Ownership House Record Vote: 1881 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2284 – Music Therapy Occupational License House Record Vote: 1892 Read Full Detail	X
HJR 175 – Money Freedom House Record Vote: 1898 Read Full Detail	Check
HJR 88 – Niche Property tax exemption House Record Vote: 1899 Read Full Detail	X
HB 464 – New State grant program House Record Vote: 1989 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3225 – Ban explicit material in Libraries House Record Vote: 1993 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 21 – HFC Reform House Record Vote: 2047 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 346 – Eliminates startup business fees House Record Vote: 2051 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 565 – Constitutional Amendments Cost Estimate House Record Vote: 2053 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1937 (SB 266) – Streamlines audit dispute process House Record Vote: 2062 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 5447 (SB 1023) – Local tax rate transparency House Record Vote: 2065 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1290 (SB 314) – Banning toxic additives in school meals House Record Vote: 2068 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 4097 (SB 1851) – Audit accountability House Record Vote: 2070 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 778 (SB 1257) – Reverse Gender Transition Coverage House Record Vote: 2153 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 4838 – Language access assessments House Record Vote: 2160 Read Full Detail	X
HJR 138 – Ban on Carbon Tax House Record Vote: 2179 Read Full Detail	Check
HJR 35 – Grant Program from ESF House Record Vote: 2185 Read Full Detail	X
HJR 47 – New Grant Program House Record Vote: 2186 Read Full Detail	X
HJR 161 (SJR 37) – Citizenship requirement for voting House Record Vote: 2196 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2858 – Foreign worker program House Record Vote: 2198 Read Full Detail	X
Motion to Adjourn - May 12th House Record Vote: 2252 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2974 – HOT Tax Subsidy House Record Vote: 2275 Read Full Detail	X
HB 112 – New taxpayer-backed economic development zones House Record Vote: 2287 Read Full Detail	X
HB 842 – Study at taxpayer expense House Record Vote: 2300 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3174 – Needle Exchange program House Record Vote: 2301 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2674 – Homeschool Freedom House Record Vote: 2314 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 3962 (SB 2004) – Taxpayer subsidies for car races House Record Vote: 2318 Read Full Detail	X
HJR 218 – Energy Fund Expansion House Record Vote: 2328 Read Full Detail	X
HB 5623 – Energy Fund Expansion House Record Vote: 2360 Read Full Detail	X
HB 4811 – Special subsidy for SXSW House Record Vote: 2431 Read Full Detail	X
HB 4310 – Enhances government transparency House Record Vote: 2434 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 3637 – Niche Property tax exemption House Record Vote: 2436 Read Full Detail	X
HB 4098 – HOT Tax Subsidy House Record Vote: 2452 Read Full Detail	X
HB 1586 – Simplifies vaccine exemption process House Record Vote: 2465 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 1533 – Property tax appraisal reforms House Record Vote: 2472 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2313 – HOT Tax and PFZ House Record Vote: 2479 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2011 – Protects property owners House Record Vote: 2482 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 4076 – Healthcare Freedom House Record Vote: 2486 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 4623 – School Accountability for Child Abuse House Record Vote: 2487 Read Full Detail	Check
HJR 112 (SJR 34) – Protects parental rights in Constitution House Record Vote: 2494 Read Full Detail	Check
HJR 73 – Expanded tax relief for elderly or disabled House Record Vote: 2499 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 3066 – HOT Tax Extension House Record Vote: 2614 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3720 – Local Bridge projects House Record Vote: 2628 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3954 – HOT tax subsidy House Record Vote: 2636 Read Full Detail	X
HB 4742 – Enables Higher Property taxes House Record Vote: 2642 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3976 – Taxpayer-funded professional license waivers House Record Vote: 2647 Read Full Detail	X
HB 4359 – Audit School District Spending House Record Vote: 2659 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 3567 – HOT tax expansion House Record Vote: 2668 Read Full Detail	X
HB 4398 – Fast-track Low income housing House Record Vote: 2672 Read Full Detail	X
HB 3715 – HOT tax subsidy House Record Vote: 2683 Read Full Detail	X
HB 113 – Strict interpretation of laws House Record Vote: 2694 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 4683 – HOT tax subsidy House Record Vote: 2821 Read Full Detail	X
HB 265 – Grant Program from ESF House Record Vote: 2825 Read Full Detail	X
HB 2581 – Improves oversight of taxpayer dollars House Record Vote: 2831 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 3441 – Liability for harmful vaccine ads House Record Vote: 2868 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 5596 – Prevents HOT tax abuse House Record Vote: 2875 Read Full Detail	Check
HB 2225 (SB 1883) – Limits local impact fee hikes House Record Vote: 2920 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 40 – No taxpayer money for bail. House Record Vote: 3002 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 2448 – New rural workforce grant program House Record Vote: 3013 Read Full Detail	X
SB 843 – Database for School bonds House Record Vote: 3015 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 402 – Streamlining Property Tax Refunds House Record Vote: 3016 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1951 – Stops hidden tax penalties House Record Vote: 3040 Read Full Detail	Check
SJR 2 – Property Tax Relief, Raising the Homestead Exemption House Record Vote: 3092 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 4 – Property Tax Relief, Raising the Homestead Exemption House Record Vote: 3116 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 706 – Universal recognition of handgun licenses House Record Vote: 3121 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 75 – Electric grid resilience House Record Vote: 3137 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 21 – State Bitcoin Reserve House Record Vote: 3153 Read Full Detail	X
SB 33 – Ban on Government Support for Abortion House Record Vote: 3195 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1405 – Broadband subsidies expansion House Record Vote: 3196 Read Full Detail	X
SB 269 – Vaccine and drug harms House Record Vote: 3200 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 379 – Limits SNAP on Junk Food House Record Vote: 3308 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1188 – Secures medical records, boosts parental rights House Record Vote: 3317 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 2237 – Limits severance for government employees House Record Vote: 3330 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1470 – Voter rolls clean-up House Record Vote: 3337 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1498 – Expands Civil Asset Forfeiture House Record Vote: 3338 Read Full Detail	X
SB 965 – Religious Freedom in Schools House Record Vote: 3339 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 2064 – Ends inheritance car tax House Record Vote: 3370 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1453 – Prevents unnecessary debt taxation House Record Vote: 3453 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 2137 – Weakens housing credit oversight House Record Vote: 3456 Read Full Detail	X
SB 1677 – Study on Diabetes Amputation House Record Vote: 3460 Read Full Detail	X
SB 36 – DPS Homeland Security Division House Record Vote: 3463 Read Full Detail	Check
SJR 84 – Temporary property tax fire exemption House Record Vote: 3471 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 8 – Federal-local border enforcement House Record Vote: 3502 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 12 – Parental Rights and DEI Ban House Record Vote: 3506 Read Full Detail	Check
SJR 59 – Dedicated fund for Texas State Technical College House Record Vote: 3511 Read Full Detail	X
SB 25 - Amendment 17 (Motion to Table) House Record Vote: 3530 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 3070 - Amendment 4 House Record Vote: 3537 Read Full Detail	X
SB 3070 - Amendment 1 House Record Vote: 3538 Read Full Detail	X
SB 22 – Corporate welfare for Hollywood House Record Vote: 3545 Read Full Detail	X
SB 25 – Addressing Chronic Health Crisis House Record Vote: 3546 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 6 – Government overreach in Energy House Record Vote: 3643 Read Full Detail	X
SB 467 – Temporary exemption for fire loss House Record Vote: 3658 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1346 – Limits mass ticket lottery purchases House Record Vote: 3679 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 2368 – Hostile nation grid access House Record Vote: 3847 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 850 – Automatic property tax refunds House Record Vote: 3861 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1362 – Red-flag laws House Record Vote: 3869 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 506 – Protects voter-driven proposition integrity House Record Vote: 3882 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 667 – Protects pensions from foreign control House Record Vote: 3886 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 2073 – Enables appraisal district debt House Record Vote: 3888 Read Full Detail	X
SB 13 – Prohibit Inappropriate Materials in Libraries House Record Vote: 3921 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 2018 – Family-focused tax credits House Record Vote: 3931 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 1596 – Repeal Ban on Short-barrel firearms House Record Vote: 3937 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 2753 – Streamlines voting procedures statewide House Record Vote: 3938 Read Full Detail	Check
SB 646 – Expands mental health loan subsidies House Record Vote: 3941 Read Full Detail	X
SJR 1 – No bail for illegal aliens charged with felonies. House Record Vote: 3944 Read Full Detail	Check
CCR SB 1 – General Appropriations Act House Record Vote: 4101 Read Full Detail	X
SB 293 - Conference Committee Report House Record Vote: 4171 Read Full Detail	X