# Sam Harless

Sam Harless is a Republican member of the Texas House for district 126.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Texas House, district 126
- Serving since: 2019-01-08
- Current term: TX 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2db06a9d-ae17-4881-98b4-5172fdfca19f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2db06a9d-ae17-4881-98b4-5172fdfca19f (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

Harless voted against the majority of Texas House Republicans 287 times; party unity 68%, in the bottom quarter of the Texas House (average 85%).

## What Harless says (TX 2025–26 session)

28 classified statements: 28 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Harless | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 735 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 14.3% | 31.9% | 648 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.6% | 1.8% | 133 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 3.6% | 12.7% | 604 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 100% (State House Republicans 11%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Commerce 0% (State House Republicans 3.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.32 (standard error 0.01), from 414 donors and 859 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 44% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (TX 2025–26 session)

3,713 roll calls. Attendance 96.7% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 68% (85%). 287 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · passage · HB 1 Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB1/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · passage · SB 1 Relating to campground and youth camp safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB1/
- 2025-09-03 · 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/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · adopt the conference committee report on SB 5. · SB 5 Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB5/
- 2025-09-03 · 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/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · concur in the senate amendments to HB 20. · HB 20 Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB20/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · passage · SB 1 Relating to campground and youth camp safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB1/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · concur in the senate amendments to HB 1. · HB 1 Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB1/
- 2025-09-02 · voted yea · passage · SB 54 Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB54/
- 2025-09-02 · 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/

## Legislation (TX 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 65 bills: 63 reached committee, 43 passed one chamber, 22 passed both, 22 became law. Cosponsored 85. 66.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 22 of 145).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 154: In memory of Nelda Sue Hardie Napp of Houston. (passed one chamber, 2025-09-03) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HR154/
- HR 70: Congratulating Bryan Collier on his retirement from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. (passed one chamber, 2025-08-27) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HR70/
- HB 26: Relating to contracting with law enforcement agencies in certain counties. (became law, 2025-09-17) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB26/
- HB 23: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain nonprofit corporations, located in a populous county, and used to promote… (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB23/
- HB 122: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain nonprofit corporations, located in a populous county, and used to promote… (introduced, 2025-07-18) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB122/
- HR 1128: Congratulating Wallace Thomas Shook Jr. of Conroe on his 100th birthday. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-25) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1128/
- HR 1098: Commemorating the 25th anniversary of Fast Track Specialties. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-24) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR1098/
- HR 897: Recognizing May 6, 2025, as Golf Day. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR897/
- HR 878: In memory of Carl Wayne Warwick. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-24) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR878/
- HR 762: In memory of Eugene Frank Zaboroski of Cypress. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR762/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $34.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-05-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/samharless126/status/2057466971822711153
- 2026-05-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/samharless126/status/2052115307162959990
- 2026-01-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/samharless126/status/2015874809272410507
- 2025-11-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/samharless126/status/1989382685572379066
- 2025-10-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/samharless126/status/1978182365743616045
- 2025-09-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/samharless126/status/1966928456857292801
- 2025-08-27 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/samharless126/status/1960712821638942943
- 2025-08-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/samharless126/status/1960173309548810492
- 2025-08-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/samharless126/status/1960347873440141715
- 2025-08-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/samharless126/status/1960086027550552160

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=126
- Campaign site: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.samharless126.com/&ved=2ahUKEwjnq-m60qGGAxVOvokEHWsPC3sQFnoECA8QAQ&usg=AOvVaw2m9wSxdDGdwoIfOccYj8-5
- X: https://x.com/samharless126
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/samharless126/
- Instagram: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.instagram.com/samharless126/&ved=2ahUKEwjRnOzr0qGGAxXHrYkEHbosDk4QFnoECBUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1iH4nvA9jXRGOrcFC2OaMq
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-harless-58a15599/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2db06a9d-ae17-4881-98b4-5172fdfca19f