# Cecil Bell

Cecil Bell is a Republican member of the Texas House for district 3.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Texas House, district 3
- Serving since: 2013-01-03
- Current term: TX 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/33f871c9-15a6-4094-9181-ff822cd9eca4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/33f871c9-15a6-4094-9181-ff822cd9eca4 (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

Bell reported $692.0K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

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

169 classified statements: 169 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 | Bell | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 28.4% | 2.9% | 6 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 7.7% | 9.3% | 350 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 18.9% | 31.9% | 585 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.4% | 1.8% | 219 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 14.2% | 12.7% | 303 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 1.2% | 1.4% | 276 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 47% (State House Republicans 18%); Taxation 13% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Crime and Law Enforcement 9.4% (State House Republicans 11%); Health 9.4% (State House Republicans 10%); Law 9.4% (State House Republicans 3.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.42 (standard error 0.01), from 146 donors and 858 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 61% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (TX 2025–26 session)

3,637 roll calls. Attendance 98.7% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 76% (85%). 219 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 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 114 bills: 83 reached committee, 40 passed one chamber, 18 passed both, 17 became law. Cosponsored 108. 35.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 117 of 145).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 57: Congratulating Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Michael Lee Russell on his retirement from the Texas State Guard. (passed one chamber, 2025-08-28) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HR57/
- HR 32: Congratulating Horace Hodge on his retirement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (passed one chamber, 2025-08-27) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HR32/
- HB 161: Relating to the authority of the attorney general to investigate violations of law by certain local governments and to take action against those local… (introduced, 2025-08-15) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB161/
- HB 67: Relating to the allocation and deposit of certain surplus state revenue to the property tax relief fund for use in reducing school district maintenance and… (in committee, 2025-08-18) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB67/
- HB 76: Relating to prohibiting certain criteria in a local governmental agency contractor selection process. (introduced, 2025-08-15) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB76/
- HJR 16: Proposing a constitutional amendment to exempt from ad valorem taxation the total market value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly persons and… (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HJR16/
- HB 57: Relating to a requirement that an appraisal review board rely on an appraisal of residential real property prepared by an appraiser and submitted to the board… (introduced, 2025-08-15) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB57/
- HJR 18: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes. (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HJR18/
- HB 183: Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly individuals and their surviving… (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB183/
- HB 72: Relating to state preemption of certain municipal and county regulation. (introduced, 2025-08-15) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB72/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $692.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 85% 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.

- 2026-07-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/cbelljr/status/2081188908100919354
- 2026-07-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/cbelljr/status/2073826916570714415
- 2026-05-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/cbelljr/status/2053252347120202003
- 2026-05-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/cbelljr/status/2052207508056359096
- 2026-05-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/cbelljr/status/2052342045771985111
- 2026-04-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/cbelljr/status/2040575694300705252
- 2026-04-03 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/cbelljr/status/2040190050118389765
- 2026-03-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/cbelljr/status/2038061656966672557
- 2026-03-27 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/cbelljr/status/2037333237534449943
- 2026-03-27 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/cbelljr/status/2037336830073319779

## Links

- Official site: https://house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=3
- Campaign site: https://cecilbelljr.org
- X: https://x.com/cbelljr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CecilBellJr
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cecil-bell-ab38ba76/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/33f871c9-15a6-4094-9181-ff822cd9eca4