Sen. Royce West
Democratic Texas Senate · District 23 · Texas
-0.610Left–right score (within Senate)−1 = most liberal, +1 = most conservative in this chamber. Only compare with others in the same chamber.
#9 of 27Chamber rank, liberal→conservative#1 is the most liberal ranked member of this chamber.
85.7%Party unityHow often they vote the same way as most of their own party.
1307Roll calls (51 missed/absent)Recorded votes we have for this session; “missed” means they didn’t vote.
In office since 1993-01-12 · royce.west@senate.texas.gov · senate.texas.gov/…/member.php?d=23 · Open States ID d6f40682-7b90-4735-980c-7c95ef402a78
Capitol: Room 1E.5, P.O. Box 12068 Capitol Station, Austin, TX 78711 512-463-0123 · District: 5787 S. Hampton Road Suite 385, Dallas, TX 75232 214-467-0123
Where they sit in the Texas Senate
Each gray bar counts how many ranked members of the Texas Senate have a score in that range, from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). The colored line is Royce West. Scores are relative to this chamber only.
Chamber, by party
Each tick is one ranked member, placed by their score (blue D, red R, purple I/other). The tall tick is Royce West.
Committees
- Economic Development
- Education
- Finance
- Higher Education
- Local Government
- Transportation (vice chair)
Recent votes (latest 60 of 1307 in the current session data)
| Date | Bill / motion | Vote | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-04 | HB 18 final passage Relating to a restriction on the acceptance of political contributions and the making of certain political expenditures by a member of the legislature and certain political committees during certain periods in which a me | Absent | Pass 18–8 |
| 2025-09-04 | SR 5 passage Amending the Permanent Rules of the Senate, 89th Legislature. | Absent | Pass 26–0 |
| 2025-09-04 | SR 2 passage Creating the General Investigating Committee on the July 2025 Flooding Events. | Absent | Pass 26–0 |
| 2025-09-03 | SB 5 passage Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations. | Absent | Pass 26–0 |
| 2025-09-03 | HB 18 passage Relating to a restriction on the acceptance of political contributions and the making of certain political expenditures by a member of the legislature and certain political committees during certain periods in which a me | Absent | Pass 18–8 |
| 2025-09-03 | HB 7 final passage Relating to prohibitions on the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, including the jurisdiction of and effect of certain judgments by courts within and outside this state with respect to the manufacture | Absent | Pass 17–8 |
| 2025-09-03 | HB 1 Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 1 be placed on its third reading and fi Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. | Absent | Pass 26–0 |
| 2025-09-03 | SR 85 passage Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 5. | Absent | Pass 26–0 |
| 2025-09-03 | SB 1 concur in the House amendment to SB 1. Relating to campground and youth camp safety. | Absent | Pass 26–0 |
| 2025-09-03 | HB 20 Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 20 be placed on its third reading and f Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation program for disaster relief nonprofit organizations and financial i | Absent | Pass 26–0 |
| 2025-09-03 | SB 8 concur in the House amendment to SB 8. Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action. | Absent | Pass 18–8 |
| 2025-09-02 | HB 27 passage Relating to a groundwater study of certain aquifers underlying the territory of the Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District by the Texas Water Development Board before the issuance of permits or perm | Absent | Pass 26–1 |
| 2025-09-02 | HB 7 passage Relating to prohibitions on the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, including the jurisdiction of and effect of certain judgments by courts within and outside this state with respect to the manufacture | Absent | Pass 17–9 |
| 2025-09-02 | HB 15 passage Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency. | Absent | Pass 22–5 |
| 2025-09-02 | HB 27 adoption of amendment Relating to a groundwater study of certain aquifers underlying the territory of the Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District by the Texas Water Development Board before the issuance of permits or perm | Absent | Pass 20–7 |
| 2025-09-02 | HB 15 final passage Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency. | Absent | Pass 18–9 |
| 2025-09-02 | HB 27 passage Relating to a groundwater study of certain aquifers underlying the territory of the Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District by the Texas Water Development Board before the issuance of permits or perm | Absent | Pass 18–9 |
| 2025-09-02 | HB 15 passage Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency. | Absent | Pass 18–9 |
| 2025-09-02 | HB 27 final passage Relating to a groundwater study of certain aquifers underlying the territory of the Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District by the Texas Water Development Board before the issuance of permits or perm | Absent | Pass 26–1 |
| 2025-09-02 | HCR 13 passage Urging the federal government to take immediate action to curb the spread of the New World screwworm in Texas. | Absent | Pass 27–0 |
| 2025-09-02 | HB 18 suspend Senate Rule 11.10(a), Senate Rule 11.18(a), and Senate Rule 11.19 in order that the Committee on State Affairs might meet at 5:00 p.m. tomorrow in the B Relating to a restriction on the acceptance of political contributions and the making of certain political expenditures by a member of the legislature and certain political committees during certain periods in which a me | Absent | Pass 18–9 |
| 2025-09-02 | HB 15 passage Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency. | Absent | Pass 19–8 |
| 2025-09-02 | HB 27 Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 27 be placed on its third reading and fin Relating to a groundwater study of certain aquifers underlying the territory of the Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District by the Texas Water Development Board before the issuance of permits or perm | Absent | Pass 27–0 |
| 2025-08-27 | HB 8 passage Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, | Absent | Pass 21–5 |
| 2025-08-27 | HB 192 passage Relating to the funding of law enforcement agencies in certain counties. | Absent | Pass 21–5 |
| 2025-08-27 | HB 25 Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 25 be placed on its third reading and fin Relating to a pharmacist's authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription. | Absent | Pass 21–5 |
| 2025-08-27 | HB 192 Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 192 be placed on its third reading and fi Relating to the funding of law enforcement agencies in certain counties. | Absent | Pass 21–5 |
| 2025-08-27 | SB 3 concur in the House amendment to SB 3. Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flash flood-prone areas. | Absent | Pass 27–0 |
| 2025-08-27 | HB 25 final passage Relating to a pharmacist's authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription. | Absent | Pass 20–6 |
| 2025-08-27 | HB 25 passage Relating to a pharmacist's authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription. | Absent | Pass 20–6 |
| 2025-08-27 | HB 26 adoption of amendment Relating to contracting with law enforcement agencies in certain counties. | Absent | Fail 7–19 |
| 2025-08-27 | SB 16 concur in the House amendment to SB 16. Relating to real property theft and real property fraud; establishing recording requirements for certain documents concerning real property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud a | Absent | Pass 27–0 |
| 2025-08-27 | HB 8 adoption of amendment Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, | Absent | Pass 21–5 |
| 2025-08-27 | HB 26 passage Relating to contracting with law enforcement agencies in certain counties. | Absent | Pass 21–5 |
| 2025-08-27 | HB 8 Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 8 be placed on its third reading and fina Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, | Absent | Pass 21–5 |
| 2025-08-27 | HB 26 Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 26 be placed on its third reading and fin Relating to contracting with law enforcement agencies in certain counties. | Absent | Pass 21–5 |
| 2025-08-27 | SB 54 passage Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's registration after the registrar's receipt of certain change of address notic | Absent | Pass 19–7 |
| 2025-08-26 | SB 19 final passage Relating to a prohibition on the making and acceptance of political contributions during a special legislative session. | Absent | Pass 21–6 |
| 2025-08-26 | SB 19 Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 19 be placed on its third reading and fin Relating to a prohibition on the making and acceptance of political contributions during a special legislative session. | Absent | Pass 22–5 |
| 2025-08-26 | SB 54 passage Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's registration after the registrar's receipt of certain change of address notic | Absent | Pass 19–8 |
| 2025-08-26 | HB 23 Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 23 be placed on its third reading and fin Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain nonprofit corporations, located in a populous county, and used to promote agriculture, support youth, and provide educational support in the | Absent | Pass 26–1 |
| 2025-08-26 | SB 19 adoption of amendment Relating to a prohibition on the making and acceptance of political contributions during a special legislative session. | Absent | Fail 7–20 |
| 2025-08-26 | HB 16 Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 16 be placed on its third reading and fin 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 deli | Absent | Pass 27–0 |
| 2025-08-26 | SB 19 passage Relating to a prohibition on the making and acceptance of political contributions during a special legislative session. | Absent | Pass 21–6 |
| 2025-08-22 | HB 4 passage Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas. | Nay | Pass 18–11 |
| 2025-08-22 | HB 4 passage Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas. | Nay | Pass 17–10 |
| 2025-08-22 | HB 4 recess until 11:30 p.m. today. Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas. | Nay | Pass 18–11 |
| 2025-08-22 | HB 4 passage Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas. | Absent | Pass 18–8 |
| 2025-08-22 | HB 4 adoption of amendment Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas. | Yea | Fail 11–18 |
| 2025-08-22 | HB 4 HB 4 be placed on final passage. Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas. | Nay | Pass 18–11 |
| 2025-08-19 | SB 6 final passage Relating to the regulation of certain products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and registrations; impos | Yea | Pass 22–8 |
| 2025-08-19 | SB 12 final passage Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state. | Nay | Pass 18–12 |
| 2025-08-19 | SB 13 final passage Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities. | Nay | Pass 18–11 |
| 2025-08-19 | SB 10 final passage Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units. | Nay | Pass 18–12 |
| 2025-08-19 | SB 8 final passage Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action. | Nay | Pass 19–11 |
| 2025-08-19 | SB 15 final passage Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency. | Nay | Pass 18–12 |
| 2025-08-18 | SB 15 adoption of amendment Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency. | Yea | Fail 11–19 |
| 2025-08-18 | SB 13 passage Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities. | Nay | Pass 18–11 |
| 2025-08-18 | SB 10 passage Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units. | Nay | Pass 18–12 |
| 2025-08-18 | SB 15 passage Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency. | Nay | Pass 18–12 |