# Cody Vasut

Cody Vasut is a Republican member of the Texas House for district 25.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Texas House, district 25
- Serving since: 2021-01-12
- Current term: TX 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3194ee5e-f4d8-4449-8ff6-ec47c0822a3d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3194ee5e-f4d8-4449-8ff6-ec47c0822a3d (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

Vasut sits at +0.86 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 97% of State House Republicans.

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

391 classified statements: 391 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 | Vasut | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.8% | 2.9% | 323 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 10.5% | 9.3% | 263 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 23.8% | 31.9% | 500 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.8% | 1.8% | 287 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 7.2% | 12.7% | 476 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 49% (State House Republicans 18%); Law 12% (State House Republicans 3.1%); Taxation 11% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Economics and Public Finance 7.5% (State House Republicans 12%); Education 7.5% (State House Republicans 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.86 (standard error 0.02), from 423 donors and 543 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 97% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (TX 2025–26 session)

3,758 roll calls. Attendance 85% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 96.2% (85%). 713 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2025-09-03 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 102 bills: 91 reached committee, 49 passed one chamber, 26 passed both, 25 became law. Cosponsored 222. 48.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 72 of 145).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 128: Amending the House Rules of Procedure to authorize additional constitutionally compliant, proportional penalties for members absent without leave for purpose… (passed one chamber, 2025-09-04) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HR128/
- HR 76: Congratulating Reanna Santos of Angleton on being named Miss Rodeo Texas 2025. (passed one chamber, 2025-09-02) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HR76/
- HCR 14: Congratulating Lori Rickert on her retirement as presiding judge for Brazoria County Court at Law No. 4 and Probate Court. (became law, 2025-09-17) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HCR14/
- HB 4: Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas. (became law, 2025-09-05) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB4/
- HJR 33: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the property tax reduction fund and dedicating certain surplus state revenue to the fund. (introduced, 2025-08-04) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HJR33/
- HB 265: Relating to the elimination of ad valorem taxes and the creation of a joint interim committee on the elimination of those taxes. (introduced, 2025-08-04) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB265/
- HB 267: Relating to the inclusion of instruction regarding the beginning of human life in the health curriculum for public school students. (introduced, 2025-08-04) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB267/
- HB 264: Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district composed of Brazoria County. (introduced, 2025-08-04) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB264/
- HCR 10: Congratulating Lori Rickert on her retirement as presiding judge for Brazoria County Court at Law No. 4 and Probate Court. (introduced, 2025-08-04) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HCR10/
- HB 266: Relating to the prohibition of lobbyist representation of certain clients. (introduced, 2025-08-04) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB266/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $180.0K (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.

- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/cvasut/status/2109759876033331508
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/cvasut/status/2109759952080265596
- 2026-09-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/cvasut/status/2103280389196582924
- 2026-09-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/cvasut/status/2103173865509945731
- 2026-09-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/cvasut/status/2103259949640061105
- 2026-09-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/cvasut/status/2102591836560769028
- 2026-09-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/cvasut/status/2102511389072138706
- 2026-09-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/cvasut/status/2102516165574615525
- 2026-09-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/cvasut/status/2102516768526971321
- 2026-09-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/cvasut/status/2100931626901332182

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=25
- Campaign site: https://www.votevasut.com
- X: https://x.com/cvasut
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votevasut/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cvasut
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cvasut/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3194ee5e-f4d8-4449-8ff6-ec47c0822a3d