# Bob Hall

Bob Hall is a Republican member of the Texas Senate for district 2.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Texas Senate, district 2
- Serving since: 2015-01-13
- Current term: TX 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/013d69b7-a958-490c-a4a2-7224a30efa08

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/013d69b7-a958-490c-a4a2-7224a30efa08 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Hall sits at +0.89 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 97% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.89 (standard error 0.02), from 921 donors and 841 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 97% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (TX 2025–26 session)

1,300 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Texas Senate 97.9%). Party unity 97.8% (89%). 149 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2025-09-04 · voted yea · final passage · HB 18 Relating to a restriction on the acceptance of political contributions and the making of certain political expenditures by a member of the legislature… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB18/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · passage · HB 18 Relating to a restriction on the acceptance of political contributions and the making of certain political expenditures by a member of the legislature… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB18/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · final passage · HB 7 Relating to prohibitions on the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, including the jurisdiction of and effect of certain judgments by… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB7/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · concur in the House amendment to SB 8. · 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. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB8/
- 2025-09-02 · voted yea · passage · HB 7 Relating to prohibitions on the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, including the jurisdiction of and effect of certain judgments by… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB7/
- 2025-09-02 · voted nay · adoption of amendment · HB 27 Relating to a groundwater study of certain aquifers underlying the territory of the Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District by the… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB27/
- 2025-09-02 · voted yea · 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 Betty King Committee Room, 2E.20, and consider HB 18. · HB 18 Relating to a restriction on the acceptance of political contributions and the making of certain political expenditures by a member of the legislature… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB18/
- 2025-08-27 · voted yea · passage · HB 8 Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB8/
- 2025-08-27 · voted yea · passage · HB 192 Relating to the funding of law enforcement agencies in certain counties. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB192/
- 2025-08-27 · voted yea · 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 final passage. · HB 25 Relating to a pharmacist's authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB25/

## Legislation (TX 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 201 bills: 189 reached committee, 101 passed one chamber, 41 passed both, 37 became law. Cosponsored 84. 50.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas Senate 65.2%; rank 24 of 28).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 56: Relating to autologous and direct blood donations. (introduced, 2025-08-28) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB56/
- SB 27: Relating to the exercise of the power of eminent domain by a political subdivision to take private property outside the political subdivision's boundaries. (introduced, 2025-08-18) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB27/
- SB 39: Relating to the administration of immunizations to children, including required written informed consent to those immunizations and civil liability for… (introduced, 2025-08-18) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB39/
- HB 25: Relating to a pharmacist's authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription. (became law, 2025-09-17) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB25/
- SB 9: Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption… (in committee, 2025-08-15) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB9/
- SB 3: Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flash flood-prone areas. (became law, 2025-09-05) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB3/
- 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. (became law, 2025-09-22) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB8/
- SB 10: Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units. (passed both chambers, 2025-09-02) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB10/
- SB 5: Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those… (became law, 2025-09-18) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB5/
- SB 12: Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state. (became law, 2025-09-19) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB12/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $458.2K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://senate.texas.gov/member.php?d=2
- Campaign site: https://senatorbobhall.com
- X: https://x.com/senbobhall
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorBobHall/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpzhq7hLPf3Vn9tNqRZ0_wQ
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-hall-415049a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/013d69b7-a958-490c-a4a2-7224a30efa08