# Jay Dean Jay Dean is a Republican member of the Texas House for district 7. - Party: Republican - Seat: Texas House, district 7 - Serving since: 2017-01-10 - Current term: TX 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/37886d81-901f-43b4-841b-f3ffbfeeb257 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/37886d81-901f-43b4-841b-f3ffbfeeb257 (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 Dean reported $567.1K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Republicans (median $33.7K). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.45 (standard error 0.01), from 383 donors and 852 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 66% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (TX 2025–26 session) 3,721 roll calls. Attendance 91.8% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 68% (85%). 261 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2025-09-03 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · passage · SB 1 Relating to campground and youth camp safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB1/ - 2025-09-03 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · passage · SB 1 Relating to campground and youth camp safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB1/ - 2025-09-03 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 58 bills: 51 reached committee, 23 passed one chamber, 17 passed both, 17 became law. Cosponsored 117. 39.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 106 of 145). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 99: Relating to the repeal of or limitations on certain state and local taxes, including school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes, the… (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB99/ - HB 100: Relating to the use of certain federal funds received by the state to provide property tax refunds to Texas homestead owners. (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB100/ - HB 102: Relating to public school accountability, including reducing state required accountability exams to the minimum required by federal law and replacing current… (in committee, 2025-08-18) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB102/ - HB 101: Relating to requiring voter approval for certain local tax rate increases adopted pursuant to a disaster declaration. (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB101/ - HB 103: Relating to a comprehensive review of taxable goods and services. (introduced, 2025-08-15) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB103/ - HB 135: Relating to a comprehensive review of taxable goods and services. (introduced, 2025-07-21) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB135/ - HB 134: Relating to public school accountability, including reducing state required accountability exams to the minimum required by federal law and replacing current… (introduced, 2025-07-21) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB134/ - HB 118: Relating to the use of certain federal funds received by the state to provide property tax refunds to Texas homestead owners. (introduced, 2025-07-17) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB118/ - HB 116: Relating to the repeal of or limitations on certain state and local taxes, including school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes, the… (introduced, 2025-07-17) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB116/ - HB 119: Relating to requiring voter approval for certain local tax rate increases adopted pursuant to a disaster declaration. (introduced, 2025-07-17) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/891/HB119/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $567.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 90% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://www.house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=7 - Campaign site: https://www.jaydeanfortexas.com - X: https://x.com/JayDeanUSA - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jaydeanfortexas/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-dean-1522539/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/37886d81-901f-43b4-841b-f3ffbfeeb257